ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Examining Factors Affecting College Students' Intention to Use Web-Based Instruction Systems: Towards an Integrated Model
Author: Chen, Yi-Cheng
Date: 2013-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Web Based Instruction,Intention,Theories,Student Surveys,Computer Attitudes,Anxiety,Social Influences,Self Efficacy,Usability,Models,Prediction

With accelerated progress of information and communication technologies (ICT), web-based instruction (WBI) is becoming a popular method for education resources distributing and delivering. This study was conducted to explore what factors influence college students' behavioral intentions to utilize WBI systems. To achieve this aim, a WBI system was developed and employed in a vocational college in Taiwan to support undergraduate courses learning. Drawing on the concepts from Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), and Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), this study proposes a nomological framework and develops an instrument for measuring college students' intention to use the WBI platform. The empirical results indicate that students show great readiness and positive intentions towards the system for their web-based learning activities and expose a possible benefit from its use in the long term. The research findings can provide instrumental suggestions for web-based instruction practices and may serve as instrumental guidelines for WBI systems to be effectively designed to advance college students' interests and activations in the virtual learning environment. (Contains 2 figures and 3 tables.)
iPad Infuse Creativity in Solid Geometry Teaching
Author: Liu, Nelson
Date: 2013-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Mathematics Instruction,Technology Uses in Education,Handheld Devices,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Geometric Concepts,Concept Formation,Cooperative Learning,Spatial Ability,Computer Software,High School Students,Secondary School Mathematics

We unveiled our plans to revolutionize the students' spatial conception development through the challenge and support of a cooperative learning of practice, the development of the profession as a whole and through sharing 
innovation and expertise. This encompasses cognitive consultancy, curriculum integration, solutions architecture, management of cooperative learning, embedding the solution and delivering through efficient 
technology involvement. This unique difference means we can advise on the implementation of those technologies within a live environment. In Taiwan, we are experimenting with a high level of technology integration to suit the students' learning requirements in the solid geometry curriculum. Married to this idea is the use of the iPad. The implementation of a new teaching model using the iPad has been very successful. The devices have been well received by students and by teachers and are increasingly well-used in the solid geometry curriculum as their attributes and limitations are learned. Both pedagogical changes and new ways of learning engender by access to information and learning tools, progress in the implementation of the scheme has been outstanding. By having teachers become more aware of their students' cognitive skills, attitudes, and misconceptions, teaching practices and student achievement can be enhanced. (Contains 5 tables and 13 figures.)
Success Factors of E-Learning Projects: A Technical Perspective
Author: Alhomod, Sami
Date: 2013-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Electronic Learning,Success,Performance Factors,Meta Analysis,Literature Reviews,Program Effectiveness,Interviews,Foreign Countries,Program Implementation,Effective Schools Research,Questionnaires

The aim of this study is to identify the success factors of e learning programs in King Saud University from an engineer and technician&amp;apos;s point of view. An extensive study of existing literature was done to determine the 11 success factors of e learning program. The factors identified as success factors are: Sufficient Users Training, Organization Commitment. Management Support, Technical Support, Positive attitude of users, Easy To Use tools, Sufficient Training to Engineers, Sufficient e learning initiatives, Sufficient Manpower, Availability of Info on E learning Website, Support from other Departments. A survey was conducted to evaluate these success factors in King Saud University. Personal interviews were also conducted with some of the engineers. (Contains 1 table.)
Integrating Popular Web Applications in Classroom Learning Environments and Its Effects on Teaching, Student Learning Motivation and Performance
Author: Lin, Yen-Ting
Date: 2013-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Technology,Technology Integration,Teaching Methods,Learning Motivation,Academic Achievement,Web 2.0 Technologies,Internet,Computer Oriented Programs,Student Participation,Questionnaires,College Students,Industry,Student Attitudes,Teacher Attendance,Instructional Effectiveness

Advancements in information and communication technology (ICT) allowed several tools and systems to be proposed for improving classroom experiences to both instructors and students. However, most of these tools were brand-new and stand-alone programs that require users to invest additional time and effort to become familiar with their use. This requirement could adversely affect the users' motivation on using these particular programs. However, enhancing student learning motivation and participation is crucial for the teaching and learning of new knowledge or skills since motivation would affect how instructors and students interact with learning materials. In the era of Web 2.0, both instructors and students are heavily immersed in various web applications such as SkyDrive, Evernote, DropBox, and Google Apps on a daily basis. These web applications were also well-received by both instructors and students in their daily lives. Therefore, the use of well-known web applications could be a potentially novel method to engage instructors and students in meaningful teaching and learning activities. Bearing this in mind, this study proposed a learning environment supported by well-known web applications to supplement classroom teaching and learning activities, assist instructors in facilitating student learning and participation, and help improve student learning motivation and performance. Experimental results revealed that students had higher learning motivation and participation when using the proposed web application supported learning environment during and after class as it gave them access to adequate learning support. The proposed approach also gave effective assistance to instructors and students in administering and conducting learning activities during and after class. (Contains 4 tables and 5 figures.)
The Innovativeness and Self-Efficacy Predict the Acceptance of Using iPad2 as a Green Behavior by the Government's Top Administrators
Author: Hong, Jon-Chao
Date: 2013-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Handheld Devices,Corporations,Innovation,Competition,Foreign Countries,Meetings,Computers,Prediction,Computer Use,Models,Self Efficacy,Conservation (Environment),Questionnaires,Structural Equation Models,Item Analysis,Reliability,Validity,Factor Analysis,Documentation,Energy Conservation,User Satisfaction (Information),Printed Materials,Resource Materials,Construct Validity

Apple released the first iPad in 2010, and since then various operating systems have emerged. Many corporations have adopted the use of tablets in efforts toward organizational innovation. Innovation is the motivation for organizations to move forward and it is a key in the maintenance of their competitive advantage. The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) of Taiwan started to use the iPad 2 in 2010. In subsequent years, they wrote a new operating system for an innovative plan to input all meeting materials into the system. The present study used a technology acceptance model (TAM), and its innovativeness, to elucidate the rationale for the use of the iPad 2 by top administrators (most of who were more than 50 years of age and were conditioned to having secretaries handle the work of document processing). We also investigated the factors that predict the use of the iPad 2 in a business-meeting setting, and the acceptance of the iPad 2 by EPA participants. The results of this study revealed the following points. 1.) Innovativeness and iPad self-efficacy had a significant positive influence on each participant's perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PEU) of the iPad 2, as well as on its usefulness in creating a paperless meeting environment. 2.) The PEU had a significant positive influence on participants' PU of the iPad 2 in creating a paperless meeting environment. 3.) PEU and PU had a positive influence on user satisfaction. 4.) User satisfaction had a positive influence on user's will to continue using the iPad 2. (Contains 1 figure and 3 tables.)
Integrating Worked Examples into Problem Posing in a Web-Based Learning Environment
Author: Hsiao, Ju-Yuan
Date: 2013-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Web Based Instruction,Problem Solving,Teaching Methods,Mathematics Instruction,Business Administration Education,Undergraduate Students,Educational Technology,Comparative Analysis,Foreign Countries,Word Problems (Mathematics),Homework,Skill Development

Most students always lack of experience and perceive difficult regarding problem posing. The study hypothesized that worked examples may have benefits for supporting students' problem posing activities. A quasi-experiment was conducted in the context of a business mathematics course for examining the effects of integrating worked examples into problem posing activities. A total of 107 undergraduate students at a technology university were invited to join this experiment for six weeks. The problem posing activities were carried out in a web-based learning system. The experimental condition receiving worked examples was compared with a control condition regarding the number, orientation and complexity for indicating problem posing performance. To evaluate students' problems as objectively as possible, a Problem-Level-Taxonomy was developed in this study. By the independent sample t-test analysis, the results showed that integrating worked examples into problem posing has a significant skills development effect on posing more orientated and complex problems, particularly for analytical problems referring to a learning concept or a formula. Besides, novice students with none experience in problem posing may benefit from the support of worked examples to improve their problem posing skills. The implications and limitations of this study were also discussed. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
From the Perspective of Community of Inquiry Framework: An Examination of Facebook Uses by Pre-Service Teachers as a Learning Environment
Author: Kucuk, Sirin
Date: 2013-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Social Networks,Educational Technology,Blended Learning,Online Courses,Communities of Practice,Interpersonal Relationship,Pretests Posttests,Content Analysis,Information Technology,Academic Achievement,Comparative Analysis,Student Attitudes,Student Motivation,Satisfaction,Inquiry,Interaction,Foreign Countries,Preservice Teachers,Undergraduate Study,Mixed Methods Research,Surveys

Online and blended learning, developed with advances in technology, have gained relative importance in modern communities. In recent years, the concept of creating learning communities has been coined to increase effectiveness of these learning environments. Based on this concept, Garrison, Anderson, and Archer (2000) developed the Community of Inquiry Framework (CoI), which intends to create learning communities for students in online and blended learning environments to collaborate and interact with one another, and learning is based on educational experiences. CoI framework is based on three fundamental dimensions: social presence, cognitive presence, and teaching presence. The purpose of this study is to examine the development of a CoI in face-to-face and blended learning contexts in relationship to students' academic success, satisfaction, and motivation. The study is conducted in an undergraduate course delivered in both face-to-face (control group) and blended (experimental group) formats. A pretest and posttest research model is used in the study. Additionally, content analysis is used to analyze students' postings on Facebook. The research group for this study consists of 109 students in the Department of Computer and Instructional Technology Education. According to the results of this study, there is no significant difference between academic success of students in control and experimental groups. Also, there is a significant difference in some categories of motivation, satisfaction, and CoI. (Contains 3 tables, 5 figures, and 1 note.)
The Usage of e-Journal amongst Lecturers at a Public University in Malaysia
Author: Abu Bakar, Arzmi Bin
Date: 2001-04-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Electronic Journals,Comparative Analysis,Printed Materials,Mixed Methods Research,Questionnaires,Gender Differences,Likert Scales,Positive Attitudes,Electronic Publishing,Teacher Educators,College Faculty,Educational Technology,Public Colleges

With the development of electronic publishing, e-journal is readily and widely available to academicians. This study was carried out to assess the usage of e-journal amongst education lecturers at a public university in 
Malaysia. A total of 55 education lecturers participated in the study by completing a self-developed questionnaire to answer the following questions; (1) how often do education lecturers uses e-journal as a tool for 
academic purposes? and (2) What are their preferential characteristics of e-journal which factors in its usage for academic purposes? The major findings of the study revealed a positive indication on the usage of e-journal 
where 83.6% preferred to use e-journal for academic purposes compared to printed journals. Responses to the usage of e-journal for academic purposes also revealed a positive result with all the six academic activities rated as &quot;often&quot;. Responses to the preference for using e-journal also produced a positive result where respondents rated as &quot;agree&quot; to the 10 statements. Based on the findings of the study, e-journal is widely used by education lecturers and has the potential to be diffused in teaching and learning as proposed by the Diffusion Theory (Rogers 1995). (Contains 7 tables.)
Synchronous Technological Administration of Data Collection Instruments: An Ergonomic Method for Group Administration
Author: Yaratan, Huseyin
Date: 2013-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Synchronous Communication,Questionnaires,Computer Assisted Testing,Undergraduate Students,Computer Software,Computer Uses in Education,Foreign Countries,Group Testing,Factor Analysis,Test Validity,Test Reliability,Educational Technology

Questionnaires administered manually can cause surreptitious peer pressure on the candidate to finish when 'the others&quot; have completed theirs, forcing students to rush or skip individual items or may hinder the ability of
noticing participants who may be having difficulty understanding certain items. These drawbacks can have serious consequences on the results of the study. With the use of the new Synchronous Technological Administration Method (STAM), each item with the possible response alternatives is presented on a PowerPoint slide to the group and the administrator waits until all the respondents mark their choice on the optic form. The Revised Two Factor Study Process Questionnaire was administered to 1145 undergraduate students using the STAM proved to be beneficial in many ways. The percentage of missing data decreased immensely dropping from 21.4% to 2-5%, and the reliability of the whole instrument significantly increased. In addition, paper wastage was diminished and the use of the optic form eliminated hours of tedious plugging in of data which eliminated errors that were likely to occur with manual plugging. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.)
The Effectiveness of Managing Split Attention among Autistic Children
Using Computer Based Intervention
Author: Aliee, Zeinab Shams
Date: 2013-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Attention Span,Autism,Visual Stimuli,Computer Uses in Education,Intervention,Learning Problems,Task Analysis,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Asperger Syndrome,Pervasive Developmental Disorders,Elementary School Students,Satisfaction,Young Children,Children

One of the most common problems in autistic children is split attention. Split attention prevents autism children from being able to focus attention on their learning, and tasks. As a result, it is important to identify how to make autistic individuals focus attention on learning. Considering autistic individuals have higher visual abilities in comparing with ordinary people, visual supports are used to enable learning. With the requirement of visual information displays for autistic children, computer based interventions are used. Previous researches indicated that autistic children could be supported effectively by providing a structured and controlled environment using computer based intervention. In order to overcome autism children's split attention problems, design issues should be customized for them. Moving forward towards the research, it is concluded that in addition to the design issues to be considered for the autistic children, teaching issues are also required to be
incorporated. This research aimed at providing a computer based application, considering the identified design issues incorporated with the teaching issues based on Fakih method for the autistic children to manage their split attention. The considered design issues incorporated with teaching issues are evaluated to identify whether they are effective in enhancing autistic children's split attention and learning. (Contains 1 table and 7 figures.)
Measuring Attitudes toward Computer and Internet Usage among Postgraduate Students in Malaysia
Author: Abedalaziz, Nabeel
Date: 2013-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Graduate Students,Internet,Attitude Measures,Gender Differences,Ethnicity,Behavior Theories,Information Technology,Factor Analysis,Multivariate Analysis,Surveys

The aim of this study is to investigate and measure postgraduate students' attitudes toward the Internet and computer use. Specifically, the present study sought answers to the following questions: What is the overall
profile of postgraduate students' attitudes toward the Internet and computer use? Do postgraduate students' attitudes toward Internet and computer use differ in terms of gender? Do postgraduate students' attitudes toward the Internet and computer use in instruction differ in terms of field of study? Do postgraduate students' attitudes toward the Internet and computer use differ in terms of ethnicity? Do postgraduate students' attitudes toward the
Internet and computer use differ in terms of age? A total of 289 postgraduate students participated in this study. Attitudes scales to assess postgraduate student's attitudes toward the use of Internet and computer were used.
Results reveal that: (1) participants have a high level perception of the usefulness and their control of the computer and Internet, (2) no significant differences were found between participants' attitudes toward the
Internet and computer related with gender, field of study, and ethnicity, and (3) postgraduate student's attitudes toward computer and Internet usage is age related. (Contains 9 tables and 1 figure.)
mLearning Scaffolding Model for Undergraduate English Language Learning: Bridging Formal and Informal Learning
Author: Abdullah, Muhammad Ridhuan Tony Lim
Date: 2013-04-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Electronic Learning,Scaffolding (Teaching Technique),Undergraduate Students,Case Studies,Learning Theories,Models,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Handheld Devices,Informal Education,Focus Groups,Web Sites

Learning using mobile devices also known as mLearning is the current buzz word in the present debates over the use of technology in education. Although mLearning has a high prospect for future education, it is yet to be
incorporated widely in mainstream formal education. The lack of a contemporary theory of learning and model for the mobile era has been one of the main issues hindering the incorporation. Although past studies have
discussed learning theories and models for mLearning at great length, there is a wide gap in the investigation of theory and model for language-learning in the mobile context. Hence, this paper aims to describe how learners
could be assisted in language-learning via supportive scaffolding using mobile devices at the undergraduate level using Gilly Salmon&apos;s five-stage scaffolding model. This model is supported by Vygotsky&apos;s Zone of Proximal Development as the basis of learning theory. A case study was conducted on undergraduate language learning in a private university in an attempt to seek how this model could be applied for mLearning. The results from the study revealed improvement in learners&apos; language performance but more importantly the results also suggested some adaptations to be made to the model in order to adapt it to language-learning in the mobile context. As mLearning should include informal learning, the key characteristic of the adapted model shows how formal learning and informal learning can be interwoven using mLearning.  (Contains 6 tables, 4 figures, and 2 footnotes.)
The Effect of Banking Personnel's Access to E-Learning Opportunities on Their Professional Achievement
Author: Karaaslan, Ilknur Aydogdu
Date: 2013-04-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Banking,Employees,Access to Education,Electronic Learning,Web Based Instruction,Inservice Education,Workplace Learning,Success,Employee Attitudes,Gender Differences,Educational Background,Departments,Employment Level,Surveys,Foreign Countries

Developments in information and communication technology create the spread of education and economic opportunities. E-learning is one of them. For companies in the banking sector, web-based training is a new
opportunity to create a harmonious labor force with new technology and to increase the efficiency of business productivity. E-learning with practice of these new technologies, offers bank employees individual learning, regardless of time and space. Nowadays, because e-learning provides opportunities for learning without interfering with the flow of work for
the staff working at the appropriate time and space, an economic advantage is provided to both the bank as company and its employees. Therefore, spending on education decreases. However, the level of benefit that bank staff gains from educational opportunities changes on the basis of certain demographic characteristics. This situation is an important variable with regard to the effect of e-learning which is seen in the efficiency of the
business. This study on foreign-owned banks was carried out on employees in Izmir. Foreign-owned banks in Turkey are entering the market and have achieved a lot of success and innovation. Today, nearly 350 branches, 7,000 employees and serve more than 3 million customers and in the last 22 years they have achieved sustainable growth and innovation. In addition, this study investigates the role of e-learning in vocational success and the
levels of web-based education that bank staff enjoy. Web-based training is effective in increasing the bank employees' professional achievements, but was reported to vary according to individual differences. (Contains 1 table.)