ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Designing a Culturally Sensitive Wiki Space for Developing Chinese Students' Media Literacy
Author: Mezentceva, Daria
Date: 2014-07-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Cultural Relevance,Media Literacy,Cooperation,Interaction,Cultural Differences,Asians,Culturally Relevant Education,Web 2.0 Technologies,English Literature,Asian Culture,College Students,Majors (Students),English (Second Language),Web Sites,Pretests Posttests,Skill Development,Student Attitudes,Peer Influence,Student Needs,College Faculty,Teacher Role,Foreign Countries

Due to technological development and intensification of integration processes all over the world, people from different cultural backgrounds have more opportunities to maintain academic and professional cooperation. To make this cooperation more effective, it is important to take into consideration diverse ethnic values and their influence on interaction. That is why many researchers focus on the issues that arise when there is a need to use modern web technologies in a multinational context. This paper addresses the problem of providing education to Chinese students in a foreign country by means of wikis. [For full proceedings, see ED557189.]
Assessing Critical Thinking Performance of Postgraduate Students in Threaded Discussions
Author: Tan, Cheng Lee
Date: 2014-12-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Critical Thinking,Graduate Students,Discussion Groups,Public Colleges,Content Analysis,Mixed Methods Research

Critical thinking has increasingly been seen as one of the important attributes where human capital is concerned and in line with this recognition, the tertiary educational institutions worldwide are putting more effort into designing courses that produce university leavers who are critical thinkers. This study aims to investigate the critical thinking ability of the postgraduate students in threaded discussion. Participants of the threaded discussion were the postgraduate students of a faculty of a public university located in Klang Valley. Data was collected from the postgraduate courses' threaded discussion assignment mediated via a learning management. Overall, four threaded discussion transcripts were collected and used as the source of data of this study. The researcher assessed the four threaded discussion transcripts based Newman et.al (1995) content analysis framework. Results showed that the participants' postings mainly reflected their critical thinking ability in terms of being able to include relevant (R+ positive critical thinking indicator), clear (AC+ positive critical thinking indicator), novel (N+ positive critical thinking indicator) and justified (JS+ positive critical thinking indicator) input into the threaded discussion. It was found that in the postings, the participants integrated a lot of their personal experience into the discussion (O+ positive critical thinking indicator) and were able to link their ideas coherently (L+ positive critical thinking indicator). However, it was found that the participants generally lacked the ability to critically evaluate their peers' or their own postings. [For the full proceedings see ED557181]
A Study of Facilitating Cognitive Processes with Authentic Support
Author: Shadiev, Rustam
Date: 2014-12-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Cognitive Processes,Cognitive Ability,Learning Activities,Telecommunications,Technology Uses in Education,Teaching Methods,High School Students,Pretests Posttests,Story Telling,Photography,Scores,Questionnaires,Semi Structured Interviews,Cognitive Development,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Comparative Analysis

This study designed learning activity to enhance students' cognitive processes. Students could learn in class and then apply and analyze new knowledge to solve daily life problems by taking pictures of learning objects in familiar authentic context, describing them, and sharing their homework with peers. This study carried out an experiment and it aimed to assess the effectiveness of learning activities supported by a mobile learning system on students' cognitive processes. Furthermore, this study explored what learning strategies experimental students use during learning and how frequently. This paper discusses results, research findings, and implications along with conclusions and several suggestions for future development and research. An appendix provides a table showing the different learning strategies employed by the students. [For the complete proceedings, see ED557181.]
Exploring Social Equity Aspects in Integrating Technology in Primary Mathematics Education
Author: Stoilescu, Dorian
Date: 2014-12-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Mathematics Instruction,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Technology,Elementary School Mathematics,Teaching Methods,Qualitative Research,Case Studies,Observation,Documentation,Content Analysis,Interviews,Elementary School Teachers,Foreign Countries,Teacher Attitudes,Social Justice

This research focus on aspects of equity related to the introduction of using technology in classrooms. Technology has the potential to support mathematics pedagogy with visual representations and offer modelling and simulation facilities, increasing the creativity of the learning and teaching processes (Kaput, Ness, &amp; Hoyles, 2008; Stoilescu 2008). Introducing technology in mathematics is not always helpful. Sometimes it improves the instruction and equity and sometimes it increase inequity and the earning knowledge gap. For instance, by introducing ICT in classrooms, mathematics pedagogy is changed, as the devices involved can be used to explain, to test, and to give feedback to students. This is because ICT offers an environment that allows a dynamic context and lets instruction become more engaging and interactive. As well, technology could be used in non-creative ways in which students are only kept busy so that the knowledge accumulated is at minimum. This qualitative research study will select four exemplary teachers to discuss ways of improving technology in classrooms. Situations where introducing technology in mathematics classrooms will be discusses to see their relevance and whether they are helpful and fair or not. [For the complete proceedings, see ED557181.]
Student Learning through Hands-On Industry Projects
Author: Acheson, Lingma Lu
Date: 2014-12-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Active Learning,Experiential Learning,Computer Science Education,Industry,School Business Relationship,Simulation,Skill Development,Student Projects,College Students,Teamwork,Program Development,Program Implementation,Feedback (Response),Peer Teaching,Computer Software,Program Evaluation,Program Effectiveness,Surveys

Learning is most effective when accompanied by doing. If someone desires to become a baseball player, being told how to play the game, watching others play and even understanding the rules of the game are mostly ineffective if the individual never &quot;swings the bat&quot;. This paper outlines the implementation of this method (swinging the bat) in Computer Science courses being taught at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Previously lecture-based courses were vastly improved by introducing real-world industry projects that allowed students to fully engage in the learning process. Partnering students with non-profit, educational and civic entities requiring professional deliverables mimics real-world business scenarios that require real-world professionalism. Typical industry projects encompass a wide array of skill sets, everything from time management and team collaboration to oral and presentation skills as well as the technology and processes required. While the success of these project-based courses has been overwhelming, this type of teaching pedagogy is not void of pitfalls and challenges. While outlining the process implemented in structuring these Computer Science courses to be project-based, this paper also addresses the challenges to be considered when choosing to adopt this teaching methodology. [For the complete proceedings, see ED557181.]
Academic Use of Social Media Technologies as an Integral Element of Informatics Program Delivery in Malaysia
Author: Lim, Jane See Yin
Date: 2014-12-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Technology,Social Networks,Technology Uses in Education,Information Science,Undergraduate Study,College Faculty,Teaching Methods,Mixed Methods Research,Teacher Attitudes,Semi Structured Interviews,Online Surveys

Higher education institutions are currently examining how the current emerging technologies and social media applications can be integrated with the appropriate teaching pedagogies adopted by higher education institutions to provide students with learning experiences that take advantage of these new affordances. Due to the continuous and pervasive exposure to emerging technologies, it is being claimed that students in this generation tend to behave and learn differently from the previous generations. The technologies used to support their learning must be able to help them to find the right content for their learning, connect them with the right people, and to motivate or incentivize them to learn (Vassileva, 2008). The study reported here sought to investigate the digital status of Informatics academics who teach in undergraduate programs in Malaysia, their engagement with Social Media Technologies (SMTs) for teaching and learning activities in class, and the challenges that they face in integrating SMTs into their classes. Informatics programs are technological-oriented in nature; hence students and academics themselves would arguably be quite adept at using SMTs. The study has indicated that the use of these technologies by Malaysian academics is very much focused on individual academic initiatives, with communication as the key use of the technologies and this use is very limited. [For the full proceedings see ED557181]
Studying Challenges in Integrating Technology in Secondary Mathematics with Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK)
Author: Stoilescu, Dorian
Date: 2014-12-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Secondary School Teachers,Mathematics Teachers,Secondary School Mathematics,Mathematics Instruction,Technology Integration,Technology Uses in Education,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Technological Literacy,Knowledge Base for Teaching,Case Studies,Foreign Countries,Interviews,Observation,Documentation,Content Analysis,Teacher Attitudes,Teaching Methods,Barriers,Qualitative Research

This paper describes challenges encountered by two secondary mathematics teachers when they try to integrate ICT devices in their classes. These findings are based on using the Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) context, the four dimension framework developed by Niess: 1) overarching conceptions of integrating ICT, 2) knowledge of instructional strategies and representations for teaching, 3) knowledge of students' knowledge of technology; and 4) knowledge of curriculum and curriculum materials that integrate technology with learning. By using this analysis, we explore the challenges that teachers face and suggest ways of improving strategies of integrating ICT instruction. [For the complete proceedings, see ED557181.]
Makahiki: An Open Source Serious Game Framework for Sustainability Education and Conservation
Author: Xu, Yongwen
Date: 2014-12-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Sustainability,Environmental Education,Conservation (Environment),Educational Games,Computer Games,Open Source Technology,Energy,Water,College Students

Sustainability education and conservation have become an international imperative due to the rising cost of energy, increasing scarcity of natural resource and irresponsible environmental practices. This paper presents Makahiki, an open source serious game framework for sustainability, which implements an extensible framework for different organizations to develop sustainability games. It provides a variety of built-in games and content focused on sustainability; game mechanics such as leaderboards, points, and badges; a variety of common services such as authentication, real-time game analytics and ability to deploy to the cloud, as well as a responsive user interface for both computer and mobile devices. The successful implementation of six sustainability educational games in different organizations provides evidence regarding the ability to customize the Makahiki framework successfully to different environments. [Additional funding for this work was provided by the Hawaii Electric Company. For the complete proceedings, see ED557181.]
Building of a Disaster Recovery Framework for E-Learning Environment Using Private Cloud Collaboration
Author: Togawa, Satoshi
Date: 2014-12-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Emergency Programs,Electronic Learning,Integrated Learning Systems,Information Storage,Internet,Cooperation,Handheld Devices,Telecommunications,Higher Education,Foreign Countries

In this research, we have built a framework of disaster recovery such as against earthquake, tsunami disaster and a heavy floods for e-Learning environment. Especially, our proposed framework is based on private cloud collaboration. We build a prototype system based on IaaS architecture, and this prototype system is constructed by several private cloud fabrics. These private cloud fabrics are operated as a large private cloud fabric. The distributed storage system builds on each private cloud fabric; that is handled almost like same block device. For LMS (Learning Management System) to work, we need to boot up virtual machines which installed LMS. The virtual disk images of each virtual machines are stored into the distributed storage system. The distributed storage system will be able to keep running as a large file system. We can control the virtual machines' status and virtual machines positioning on the private cloud fabrics by the private cloud collaboration controller with a smartphone communication. The private cloud collaboration controller is able to grasp disaster alert notifications. The disaster alert notification can be caught by a cellphone carrier via smartphone function. We think that our private cloud collaboration framework can continue working for e-Learning environment under the post-disaster situation. In this paper, we show our private cloud collaboration framework. And next, we show the experimental results on the prototype configuration. [This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 25350333. For the complete proceedings, see ED557181.]
Teaching and Learning in the Digital Era: A Case Study of Video-Conference Lectures from Japan to Australia
Author: Yasumoto, Seiko
Date: 2014-12-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Blended Learning,Case Studies,Videoconferencing,Lecture Method,Academic Achievement,Electronic Learning,Distance Education,Teaching Methods,Educational Strategies,Cultural Pluralism,Program Effectiveness,Student Motivation,International Programs,College Programs,College Students,Student Surveys

&quot;Blended learning&quot; has been attracting academic interest catalysed by the advance of mixed-media technology and has significance for the global educational community and evolutionary development of pedagogical approaches to optimise student learning. This paper examines one aspect of blended teaching of Japanese language and culture in the Australian classroom. The study encompasses the Japan-to-Australia component of a bi-lateral teaching and learning program established in 2002 between the Faculty of Arts, the University of Sydney, Australia and the Faculty of Education, Gifu University, Japan. The significance of the program was affirmed by the National Institute of Multimedia Education (NIME), a Japanese government agency dedicated to research and development in e-learning/distance education in the tertiary sector, who confirmed in 2006 that the programme was the only one of its kind. Lectures provided by Gifu University, are in real time, the mode of delivery is via web-based video conference. The international exchange of lectures is one component of a rich teaching strategy created for the multicultural environment of the Australian classroom. Findings draw on student learning outcomes and views on motivation as the criterion of the efficacy of the program. The study confirms, within the defined parameters, that video-conferencing from Japan to Australia is an effective tool, as an adjunct to current teaching methods within the classroom, to enhance learning and motivate students learning Japanese culture? [For the complete proceedings, see ED557181.]
A Design and Development of Distance Learning Support Environment for Collaborative Problem Solving in Group Learners
Author: Nitta, Takuya
Date: 2014-12-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Distance Education,Cooperative Learning,Problem Solving,Group Activities,Electronic Learning,Goal Orientation,Task Analysis,Learning Activities,Models

The competency and curriculum for human resource development in knowledge based society are proposed in each country. We think the keywords are &quot;collaborative problem solving&quot; and &quot;effective use of ICT&quot;. In particular, the competency to perform the collaborative problem solving and learning with others on the network is requested in next generation. We have developed a learning environment in which multiple learning supporters support the learning process asynchronously from the remote site and have been performing educational practice. The advantage of distance learning support is that they are able to get more time to consider the goal and method of learning support and the role of each learning support. However, it was hard to grasp the state of group learner's learning activity and knowledge understanding, when there were few utterances to the learning activity of the learner on the learning environment. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to propose a Goal Setting-based Collaborative Problem Solving Learning Model (GoLaPS model) , in which group learner performs the learning process of task-analysis and task-solving based on goal setting, and develop a tool to support the group learner in the model. In this paper, we explain the structure and the learning process of GoLaPS model and the function of the developed tool based on the model. [This research has been supported in part by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan under a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) No.24240104 (2014), (C) No.25350286 (2014). For the full proceedings see ED557181]
Social Interaction Development through Immersive Virtual Environments
Author: Beach, Jason
Date: 2014-12-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Interaction,Interpersonal Relationship,Simulated Environment,Educational Environment,Autism,Pervasive Developmental Disorders,Interpersonal Competence,Skill Development,Observation,Interviews,Program Effectiveness,Summer Programs,Children,Adolescents,Elementary Secondary Education,Maintenance,Transfer of Training,Case Studies,Ethnography,Qualitative Research,Coding,Thematic Approach,Social Development

The purpose of this pilot study was to determine if participants could improve their social interaction skills by participating in a virtual immersive environment. The participants used a developing virtual reality head-mounted display to engage themselves in a fully-immersive environment. While in the environment, participants had an opportunity to explore and interact in a variety of scenarios that were designed to help develop their social interaction skills. The study observed and interviewed participants with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to determine the effectiveness of virtual environments and examine how they can be used to develop and improve social interaction skills. [For the complete proceedings, see ED557181.]
The Relationship among Principals' Technology Leadership, Teaching Innovation, and Students' Academic Optimism in Elementary Schools
Author: Hsieh, Chuan-Chung
Date: 2014-12-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Instructional Leadership,Principals,Educational Technology,Surveys,Elementary Schools,Questionnaires,Psychological Patterns,Innovation,Student Attitudes,Structural Equation Models,Influences,Foreign Countries,Elementary School Teachers,Technology Uses in Education,Statistical Analysis

This study empirically investigates the relationships among principals' technology leadership, teaching innovations, and students' academic optimism by surveying elementary school educators across Taiwan. Of the total 1,080 questionnaires distributed, 755 valid surveys were returned for a 69.90% return rate. Teachers were asked to indicate the effectiveness of technology leadership, teaching innovation, and students' academic optimism. The study used structural equation modeling with prospective data to test for model fit. The findings indicated that principals' technology leadership positively affects teaching innovation, which in turn directly affects students' academic optimism. Principals' technology leadership also positively influences students' academic optimism. The results suggest that principals should implement effective technology leadership in order to accelerate teaching innovation in school operations, thereby have a positive impact on student attitudes. [For the complete proceedings, see ED557181.]
''Beauty of Wholeness and Beauty of Partiality.'' New Terms Defining the Concept of Beauty in Architecture in Terms of Sustainability and Computer Aided Design
Author: Farid, Ayman A.
Date: 2014-12-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Aesthetics,Architecture,Sustainability,Computer Assisted Design,Case Studies

The great shift in sustainability and computer aided design in the field of architecture caused a remarkable change in the architecture philosophy, new aspects of beauty and aesthetic values are being introduced, and traditional definitions for beauty cannot fully cover this aspects, which causes a gap between; new architecture works criticism and its practice, even architecture education has witnessed this gap. This research coins a term concerning architecture as the beauty of wholeness (Beauty by capital B) and the beauty of the partiality of wholeness (beauty by small b), where Beauty is an alternative term to aesthetic values with a wider range, and it is concerned with all aspects of beauty of the architecture work form, performance, durability, culture values, while the beauty will be concerned with a particular aspect of beauty concerning the architecture work such as its ecological value, structure innovation, its reduction in energy consumption, both together can redefine architecture and can reinterpret its nature, this would open the gate for a new era of architecture criticism, education, and practice. The research will introduce scientific beauty--a beauty of the partiality of wholeness--as an example related to beauty in terms of sustainability and will use a theoretical case study to illustrate it. [For the complete proceedings, see ED557181.]