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A snapshot of students’ blogging profiles in Taiwan: From the viewpoint of knowledge sharing

In this era of Web 2.0, many young people are keeping blogs sharing their ideas, their feelings or their hobbies as a way of showing themselves. Taiwan, as a leading area of information technology, is not an exception. To explore the characteristics of blogging profiles of student bloggers in Taiwan, this study conducted a content analysis on a popular blog website. 157 student bloggers of three educational levels were recruited as participants. The results showed that there were both significant gender and educational level differences in knowledge sharing levels among participants, while blogroll links, posting categories, and blogging purposes also showed some interesting facts. These findings provide some insights of students’ blogging and may give educators or sociologists some implications.

11/29/2019 6:27:46 AM +00:00

A proposal for measuring interactivity that brings learning effectiveness

It is proposed in this paper that some type of way to measure and visualize interactivity in the multimedia or e-Learning contents is necessary in order to clearly identify interactivity that brings learning effectiveness. Interactivity during learning will arouse students’ intellectual curiosity and motivate them to learn further. Although the interaction in the communication between the teacher and his/her students in a regular classroom is ideal, it is not possible to maintain the equivalence in the multimedia or e-Learning contents. In order to rigorously formalize the field of measuring interactivity as a theory, theoretical constructs such as interactivity, interest, knowledge, and experience are redefined first. Then, the defined “interactivity” is broken down to subcomponents to develop an assessment tool for the interactivity which brings learning effectiveness. In the end, it is proved that the interactivity in learning can be measured.

11/29/2019 6:27:34 AM +00:00

A logical approach to supporting professional learning communities

Collaborative knowledge sharing requires that dialogues successfully cross organizational barriers and information silos. Successful communication in person or in a virtual community involves a willingness to share ideas and consider diverse viewpoints. This research examines a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) content management system called NASATalk, which offers public and private blog posts, file sharing, asynchronous discussion, and live chat services. The service is designed to provide a virtual environment where educators can share ideas, suggestions, successes, and innovations in STEM teaching and learning activities. This study features qualitative data from STEM education groups that helped extend the design of the NASATalk Web 2.0 collaborative tools and features. The analysis shows that the context, e-collaborative tools, integration strategies, and outcomes varied, but also contributed additional space, time tools, integration strategies, and outcomes through the virtual collaborative learning environment. This study is designed to inform the STEM education community as well as those offering virtual community resources and tools of the added value of using virtual communities to help STEM educators work together in collaborative, virtual environments to discuss ways they can improve their instruction and student performance.

11/29/2019 6:27:19 AM +00:00

Tìm ý tưởng để tạo lập văn bản nghị luận văn học

Để có một văn bản nghị luận hay, việc tìm kiếm ý tưởng là điều rất cần thiết. Tuy nhiên, trên thực tế, nhiều học sinh, sinh viên gặp khó khăn trong việc tìm kiếm các ý tưởng cho bài nghị luận văn học. Bài viết là một đóng góp của người viết nhằm hỗ trợ người học khắc phục khó khăn trong việc tìm ý tưởng cho kiểu văn bản này.

11/29/2019 6:19:41 AM +00:00

Định kiến của nam giới đối với phụ nữ trong ngôn ngữ hội thoại (qua các cứ liệu văn học)

Các phương diện định kiến đối với phụ nữ trải rộng từ những giá trị tự thân của nữ giới (ngoại hình, tài năng, tính cách) cho tới vai trò của họ trong gia đình và trong xã hội. Hình thức biểu đạt sự định kiến của nam giới đối với phụ nữ qua lời nói được thể hiện đa dạng, trong đó nổi bật nhất là các biểu thức miêu tả chứa yếu tố nữ mang hàm nghĩa hạ thấp, các từ ngữ xưng hô và các hành động ngôn từ.

11/29/2019 6:19:28 AM +00:00

Vận dụng tư tưởng Hồ Chí Minh về giáo dục lý luận chính trị gắn với việc xây dựng động cơ, thái độ học tập cho học viên trường chính trị tỉnh Ninh Thuận hiện nay

Vận dụng tư tưởng của chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh về giáo dục lý luận chính trị, đặc biệt là tư tưởng “học tập lý luận cốt để áp dụng vào thực tế” và “mục đích học để vận dụng chứ không phải học vì lý luận”, để cán bộ, đảng viên có thái độ và động cơ đúng đắn với việc học tập lý luận chính trị là một nhiệm vụ cấp thiết và có ý nghĩa vô cùng quan trọng trong bồi dưỡng, phát huy vai trò tiên phong, gương mẫu, trong rèn luyện phẩm chất đạo đức, lối sống, phong cách, tác phong, lề lối công tác của cán bộ, đảng viên hiện nay.

11/29/2019 6:19:17 AM +00:00

Các nhân tố ảnh hưởng đến mức độ hấp dẫn của loại hình du lịch nông thôn ở huyện Phong Điền, thành phố Cần Thơ

Mục tiêu của nghiên cứu là xác định các nhân tố ảnh hưởng đến mức độ hấp dẫn của loại hình du lịch nông thôn ở huyện Phong Điền, thành phố Cần Thơ. Dữ liệu của nghiên cứu được thu thập từ 224 du khách thông qua phương pháp phỏng vấn trực tiếp.

11/29/2019 6:18:44 AM +00:00

Quản lý hoạt động kiểm tra, đánh giá kết quả học tập của học sinh THPT huyện Phụng Hiệp, tỉnh Hậu Giang – thực trạng và biện pháp

Bài viết này đưa ra cái nhìn tổng quan về thực trạng quản lý hoạt động kiểm tra, đánh giá kết quả học tập của học sinh các trường THPT huyện Phụng Hiệp. Trên cơ sở phân tích và đánh giá thực trạng của vấn đề nêu trên, bài viết sẽ nêu một số biện pháp đề xuất nhằm cải tiến quản lý hoạt động kiểm tra, đánh giá kết quả học tập của học sinh các trường THPT huyện Phụng Hiệp có hiệu quả hơn.

11/29/2019 6:18:24 AM +00:00

Đánh giá của đội ngũ giảng viên các trường đại học sư phạm về mức độ đạt chuẩn nghề nghiệp của các cử nhân giáo dục mầm non ở các trường đại học khu vực phía nam

Bài viết đề cập kết quả đánh giá của đội ngũ giảng viên các trường sư phạm về mức độ đạt chuẩn nghề nghiệp của cử nhân Giáo dục mầm non ở các trường đại học khu vực phía Nam. Nhìn chung, đội ngũ cử nhân Giáo dục mầm non đáp ứng các yêu cầu về phẩm chất chính trị, đạo đức, lối sống, kỹ năng và kiến thức chuyên môn, đáp ứng được chuẩn nghề nghiệp của ngành đào tạo.

11/29/2019 6:16:08 AM +00:00

What makes lecturers in higher education use emerging technologies in their teaching?

This study is particularly interested in what motivates lecturers to try emerging technologies – those teaching and learning technologies that are new, or are used in new ways, or in new contexts to change teaching practices. This paper analyses the responses of university lecturers in South Africa, who use emerging technologies in their teaching, to a national survey which asked what motivates their practice. The rationales that lecturers use to explain their practices include a mix of pedagogic concerns, pragmatism and external imperatives. These rationales speak to common higher education discourses: effective learning, the welfare of students, and oversight and control; efficiency in the face of the conditions of higher education; as well as the external “imperatives” of the knowledge economy and labour market. Alongside these a discourse of empowerment emerged, including resourcefulness in under-resourced contexts, and creative individual responses to higher education challenges. Such discourses seem to imply that lecturers who engage with emerging technologies are asserting themselves creatively and claiming a more positive positioning in the challenging landscape of modern higher education.

11/29/2019 6:15:42 AM +00:00

Virtual team learning: The role of collaboration process and technology affordance in team decision making

The study examines two dimensions that impact virtual team decision making. One is the influence of collaboration process structure: the sequences, patterns, and routines participants use to interact and solve problems. The other is technology affordance: the strengths and weaknesses of technologies in terms of the usefulness they offer to teams when performing tasks. Some teams used a structured collaboration process with monitoring, coordination, and backup functions during a decision-making discussion. Other teams had no discussion process instructions. In addition, some teams possessed stronger technology affordance including both chat and an editable document. Other teams used chat technology alone, which offered fewer collaboration possibilities. The collaboration process and technology affordance factors were tested in an experiment in which four-person online teams worked as a personnel hiring committee. Information about four job candidates was distributed to create a hidden profile in which some information was shared across all team members, while other information was visible only to specific members. Two hundred and eight students, comprising fifty-two teams completed the study. Teams using the structured collaboration process made more accurate and higher-quality decisions. In addition, scores were higher when technology affordance included both chat and editable document tools, but this influence was not significant.

11/29/2019 6:15:25 AM +00:00

Utilization decision towards LMS for blended learning in distance education: Modeling the effects of personality factors in exclusivity

Over the decades, personality factors (attitude, self-efficacy, anxiety and computer experience) have pervaded the underpinning determinants of behavioural intentions to accept and use emerging technologies, chiefly in purviews where integration is into the working processes that may be pro traditional. The chasm in the literature has been how these technology personality factors extensively relate within and among themselves in a definite model exclusive to these factors, and their overall variance explained in usage intentions. In view of this, the study adopted a quantitative design and employed the questionnaire for data collection from 267 distance education tutors from a countrywide spread. Findings from structural equation modeling (SEM) technique revealed ‘technology attitude’ and ‘technology experience’ to be major predictors of usage intentions. The direct effects of technology anxiety and self-efficacy on behavioural intention were fully mediated by technology attitude. Non-linear relationships showed that technology selfefficacy, experience and anxiety were all antecedents of attitude towards LMS, while ‘technology experience’ alone determined ‘technology self-efficacy’. The Important-Performance Map Analysis (IPMA) revealed attitude as the most important and performing construct in determining behavioural intention. Technology attitude had technology related self-efficacy as its most important and performing construct determinant. The overall variance explained by the derived model was 35%. The study recommended that technology attitude and experience should be prioritized in LMS-related blended learning implementation in distance education. It further proposed that future studies include moderators on technology personality factors in determining usage intentions to further improve the model’s robustness.

11/29/2019 6:15:08 AM +00:00

Using knowledge management to improve learning experience of first-trimester students

To address the lack of insights into the engagement of tertiary students to manage knowledge at a course level, a knowledge management approach is proposed to allow students to interact with lecturers inside and outside a large lecture hall to create, disseminate, use and evaluate knowledge. The proposed approach was applied to an undergraduate business computing related course conducted at the offshore campus of an Australian university in the third trimester of 2012. The proposed KM approach was evaluated using quantitative analysis. The findings show that the majority of the students agreed that the computerized tool (Facebook) could enhance their learning experience by allowing students to ask for, share, discuss, and extend knowledge. In particular, the KM approach provided additional channels and platforms for the first-trimester students who were passive and preferred not to seek help from lecturers directly for cultural reasons.

11/29/2019 6:14:53 AM +00:00

Using concept maps to create reasoning models to teach thinking: An application for solving kinematics problems

This paper focuses on the creation, utilisation, and validation of a reasoning model for solving kinematics problems. This model may apply to other types of learning content (concepts, procedures, but primarily arguments). The study was conducted during a school year with 60 students using a pre-test and post-test method to quantify the effectiveness of the reasoning model developed in problem solving. The statistical analysis revealed a statistically significant difference between the performance of the experimental and control groups. The results suggest that the development and use of this type of metareasoning, which is necessary for building a reasoning model, are of great help in teaching our students to reason about kinematics problem solving.

11/29/2019 6:14:40 AM +00:00

Using concept mapping to measure changes in interdisciplinary learning during high school

In this paper, we report on the analysis of the results for 182 of the students, concentrating on the analysis of the concept maps they constructed. The results suggest that there were changes in the students’ interdisciplinary knowledge, but these were small and varied depending on the students’ school type. They also suggest that changes may be needed in the Estonian educational system to increase the students’ level of interdisciplinary understanding of science.

11/29/2019 6:14:23 AM +00:00

Using cloud computing to develop an integrated virtual system for online GIScience programs

The variety of offerings of online Geographical Information Science (GIS) programs has been extensively reported in the literature, which describes various types of degrees and certificates offered by institutions all over the world. Most online courses have merely focused on delivering lectures, for which standard presentation tools such as PowerPoint are sufficient to fulfil this task. It is imperative for GIS online courses to deliver instruction as a series of interactive steps. This paper presents how an integrated virtual system based on cloud computing can be developed to enhance GIS online courses, and how such an approach provides an interactive teaching method to improve the quality of communication between students and teachers.

11/29/2019 6:14:11 AM +00:00

Use of social networking sites: Facebook group as a learning management system

Social networking sites (SNSs) are becoming popular day by day in academia as well as in business organizations around the world. Facebook as the largest and fastest networking sites, is one of the important SNSs that can play an important role in different academic disciplines. The aim of this study is to investigate the use of SNSs by the undergraduate students of International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM). The specific objectives are: (i) to explore the frequency of using SNSs by the undergraduates; (ii) to identify the purpose of using SNSs; (iii) to examine the perceptions of undergraduates for using SNSs as an academic tool; and (iv) finally, to propose Facebook group as a learning management system (LMS) of IIUM. A structured survey questionnaire was distributed among 500 undergraduate students of IIUM and 351 responses were received. The results report that Facebook and Google+ are preferred SNSs. Sharing information with friends, getting connected with people for different level, making new friends, and passing time are the main reasons for using SNSs. This study also proposes a six-step procedure for using Facebook group as a LMS.

11/29/2019 6:13:57 AM +00:00

Understand and analyzing learning objects: A foundation for long-term substantiality and use for e-learning

In this paper, we investigated the genres of learning objects (LOs) within eight e-learning courses that provide boating safety instruction in the United States. Guided by findings from our literature review, five genres of LOs emerged during the analysis, including interactive and non-interactive graphics, interactive and non-interactive animations, and interactive text feedback. We surveyed the use of each genre of LOs within the courses and found that more non-interactive LOs than interactive LOs were adopted. Also, interactive text feedback was the most popular interactive genre available for seven courses. In our discussion, we explore potential management mechanisms of LOs in digital repositories. Our genre analysis provides a foundation for appropriate deconstruction of LOs into components, which can assist with the management of digital repositories. Effective deconstruction of LOs allows instructors and designers to successfully discover LOs that they need and reuse them in new learning units.

11/29/2019 6:13:34 AM +00:00

Trends in smartphone-supported medical education: A review of journal publications from 2007 to 2016

The present study systematically reviewed research articles published in international academic journals from 2007 to 2016, analyzed the application domains, subjects, and adopted learning strategies, and investigated the research issues of smartphone-supported medical education. The findings revealed that the application of smartphones in medical education and training has not gained much popularity over the past years. In addition to the changes in the software technology in smartphones and the rising number of studies on mobile learning in medical education, research issues have become increasingly diverse in recent years. Smartphone-supported learning has mainly been implemented to develop basic concepts of biomedical information and in information technology environments; moreover, applying smartphones in medical education did not extensively adopt such learning strategies as inquirybased learning, contextual mobile learning, mindtools, game-based learning, or synchronous sharing. This indicates that most of the studies adopting smartphones focused on skills training and basic knowledge acquisition rather than on the development of learners’ higher-order thinking, for example, problem solving or critical thinking. On the other hand, it was found that the number of experimental studies related to smartphones has increased recently. The majority of research adopted questionnaire surveys and reported learners’ cognitive performances and concepts, while learning behaviors were seldom analyzed. Therefore, this study indicates the research trends and potential research issues of integrating smartphones into medical education, and provides suggestions and references for researchers, medical teachers, and decisionmakers.

11/29/2019 6:13:20 AM +00:00

Towards a service system for social innovation in education: A possible application of MOOCs

This paper proposes a new service system that explains the process of social innovation (SI) in education in a developing country. We selected 17 Ashoka cases in the field of education in Bangladesh and analyzed them thematically. Results show that targets for SI (educational opportunities, employment opportunities, and additional educational resources) are related to the first phase of SI where social entrepreneurs foster innovative ideas that effectively solve social problems. Results also reveal that support for innovation is related to the second phase of SI, in which the SI becomes a social norm. Applying the process, the paper proposes a design of a new SI through the application of massive open online courses (MOOCs) to teach financial literacy to poor people.

11/29/2019 6:13:07 AM +00:00

The use of MOOCs to support personalized learning: An application in the technology entrepreneurship field

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are changing the way in which people can access digital knowledge, thus creating new opportunities for learning and competence development. MOOCs leverage the free and open use of digitized material through supportive on-line systems. MOOCs have gained worldwide popularity and many education providers have started to offer courses in different domains such as innovation management and entrepreneurship tackling recent demands for better employability and social inclusion. This paper presents a beneficial application of MOOCs to support the design and delivery of personalized learning paths aimed to develop competencies in the technology entrepreneurship domain. Using a design science approach, a platform for the delivery of open courses has been developed along with a set of experimental courses and learner/instructors guidelines.

11/29/2019 6:12:42 AM +00:00

The role of open educational resources in the eLearning movement

Open Educational Resources (OERs) have gained increased attention for their potential to provide equitable and accessible educational facilities for people worldwide. Obviating demographic, economic, and geographic educational boundaries can be the OERs slogan. Realization of this promise is an inevitable target of eLearning, thus offering education new challenges. In this observation paper, we express OERs altruistic and idealistic reasons as well as their opportunities and advantages for three groups of eLearning stakeholders, namely learners, teachers, and educational institutions. Also, this paper addresses open questions such as what are the current limitations and challenges of developing and distributing OERs in the fast changing global educational environment.

11/29/2019 6:12:30 AM +00:00

The role of intellectual capital in promoting knowledge management initiatives

This paper investigates the role of intellectual capital in promotion of successful knowledge management (KM) initiatives. The conclusions are based on the results of field studies conducted in the subsidiary companies of Ministry of Energy of Islamic Republic of Iran (Sistan & Baluchestan Province). Before designing the conceptual framework, relevant literature pertaining to the history of the work at hand, was reviewed by the researcher. Based on the opinions of external experts, university professors and organization’s experienced executives, a research model was developed. Tools such as textual analysis and interviews were employed to explore relationships between intellectual capital and knowledge management. A survey was conducted using a structured questionnaire which measured research variables like intellectual capital indexes and KM processes. The output of structural equations models (SEM) and LISREL statistical software showed that intellectual capital and its components have direct effects in promoting KM processes in the subsidiary companies of Ministry of Energy of Islamic Republic of Iran (Sistan & Baluchestan Province). By improving intellectual capital and its indexes, knowledge management can be improved.

11/29/2019 6:12:17 AM +00:00

The prospects of Web 2.0 technologies in teaching and learning in higher learning institutes: The case study of the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania

The study investigated the perceptions of students and lecturers on Web 2.0 as learning and teaching tools. It identified the commonly used web 2.0 tools; determined how the tools facilitate teaching and learning; assessed the appropriateness of features of the commonly used web 2.0 tools in teaching and learning and; determined the challenges associated with the usage of the tools in teaching and learning in higher education environments. The study was conducted at the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Tanzania; it employed combined research designs where both qualitative and quantitative designs were used.

11/29/2019 6:12:04 AM +00:00

The potential contributions of concept maps for learning website to assessment for learning practices

The purpose of this paper is to examine the promising contributions of the Concept Maps for Learning (CMfL) website to assessment for learning practices. The CMfL website generates concept maps from relatedness degree of concepts pairs through the Pathfinder Scaling Algorithm. This website also confirms the established principles of effective assessment for learning, for it is capable of automatically assessing students’ higher order knowledge, simultaneously identifying strengths and weaknesses, immediately providing useful feedback and being user-friendly. According to the default assessment plan, students first create concept maps on a particular subject and then they are given individualized visual feedback followed by associated instructional material (e.g., videos, website links, examples, problems, etc.) based on a comparison of their concept map and a subject matter expert’s map.

11/29/2019 6:11:51 AM +00:00

The opportunities and challenges of mobile and ubiquitous learning for future schools: A context of Thailand

Today’s new digital technologies and the spread of the internet have created numerous new opportunities and challenges for the education of the future. The rapid development of mobile and ubiquitous computing technology offered more chances to design and develop innovative learning approach with mobile devices in preparing schools and students for a future. In this paper we present case examples and the research results and reflections based on our recent developments and experiences in Thailand regarding how novel pedagogical applications, mobile technologies and software tools can be combined to enhanced students’ learning at all level of education. To the end, we propose a possible direction for the transformation of traditional teaching in science to a novel of mobile and ubiquitous learning in an on-going large-scale educational project in Thailand. This is a challenge of our educational improvement to introduce the novel mobile-assisted learning approach, with the support of mobile devices, into classroom settings, innovative instructional practices and sustainability as the way of future schools in context of Thailand.

11/29/2019 6:11:35 AM +00:00

The open corpus challenge in eLearning

Learning has transcended into a life-long endeavor in the information age. It is no longer restricted to confines of formal classrooms. Consequently, a student is not restricted to traditional learning resources like teachers, textbooks or printed content. Digital resources available on the Internet form a very significant component of self-learning. Copious volumes of learning resources without legal barriers to self-learning reside in digital repositories, educational institution portals and on numerous websites. Learners wishing to utilize the web for personalized learning are faced with a daunting array of content to wade through and select the suitable ones to fulfill his/her learning objectives. Therefore, it is not a question of availability; it is one of relevance and suitability. Typically, in addition to time constraints, learners lack the expertise to screen content for effective eLearning. Adaptive hypermedia systems (AHSs) offer a path to harnessing this large volume of learning resources for personalized learning. This review paper provides a concise and coherent discussion about the evolution of AHSs along with the challenges that need to be addressed for effectively harnessing openly available educational resources referred to as open corpus resources (OCRs).

11/29/2019 6:11:20 AM +00:00

The influence of system interactivity and technical support on learning management system utilization

In recent years, there has been a growing increase in using Learning Management System (LMS) by universities. However, its utilization by students is limited in Malaysia. The main purpose of the present study is to develop and test a model that predicts LMS utilization by Malaysian higher education students. Based on the Technology Acceptance Model, the study investigated the relationships among six constructs (system interactivity, technical support, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, behavioral intention to use and LMS use) through structural equation modelling. The participants were 216 undergraduate students from a local university in Malaysia. The result of the study revealed that system interactivity had a significant effect on perceived usefulness, but not on perceived ease of use; technical support had a significant effect on perceived ease of use, but not on perceived usefulness.

11/29/2019 6:11:05 AM +00:00

The impact of using smartphones on the academic performance of undergraduate students

This study investigated the impact of using smartphones on the academic performance of undergraduate students at the North-West University, South Africa. To determine the impact, this study deployed the quantitative research approach to collect data from 375 undergraduate students using questionnaires. It was found that most undergraduate students are using their smartphones to engage with fellow students and lecturers. It was also found that using smartphones distracts students from their studies in certain aspects. The results also showed the impact of using smartphones on students’ academic capabilities and progression.

11/29/2019 6:10:35 AM +00:00

The evolution of open learning: A review of the transition from pre-e-learning to the era of e-learning

This paper offers a summary of the developments that open learning has gone through, from the stages before e-learning emerged to when it carved out a niche position. It first analyzes how open learning moved through five stages, and identifies the characteristics and dominant technology at each stage. The five stages cover the period from correspondence learning in the 19th century to the present era of interactive online learning. It then examines how the term “open learning” has been defined in published work and how the definitions have evolved. From these definitions of open learning, seven semantic components were identified. The frequencies with which each of these components were adopted in the definitions in three periods since 1990 were then analyzed, revealing the changes in the meanings of open learning. In an extended discussion, this paper sums up the evolution of open learning and highlights some of the factors that have driven the changes. It also predicts how education will evolve with e-learning.

11/29/2019 6:09:37 AM +00:00