Global Learn Asia Pacific 2011--Global Conference on Learning and Technology
Mar 28, 2011
Editors
Siew-Mee Barton; John Hedberg; Katsuaki Suzuki
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 337
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A Suggestion of an Initiative Game Which Encourages Students to Consider Pro-Social Behavior
Hiroki Murakawa, Kansai University, Japan
In Japan, elementary school are facing problems that students lack pro-social behavior. Many students have trouble considering other people’s feelings. According to previous studies, Initiative... More
pp. 1229-1234
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Designing Games for Learning: Challenges of Transferring a Course into a Summer School Format
Maja Pivec, FH JOANNEUM, Austria
This paper addresses challenges and solutions of transferring a delivery of a semester course into a compressed format suitable for a week long summer school. To achieve set learning goals and... More
pp. 1235-1236
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Envisioning new learning environments through gaming. A 21st Century Digital Workforce Apprenticeship.
Joshua Squires & Mark Evans, MoWerks Learning, United States; Lucas Jensen & Michael Orey, The University of Georgia, United States
The 21st Century Digital Workforce Apprenticeship curriculum is a program for students that are interested in learning more about video gaming and the video game industry. The curriculum uses video... More
pp. 1237-1244
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A Checklist for Evaluating the Potential of Mod Tools in Developing Role-Playing Science Learning Game
Hong-Zheng Sun Lin & Guey-Fa Chiou, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
This study intends to develop a checklist for helping educators to evaluate the potential of mod tools to be applied in developing learning games. In the first phase, researchers developed draft... More
pp. 1245-1251
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Use of Learning Portals in Education in the Arab Region
Mohammadi Akheela Khanum & Shameem Fatima, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
With the advancement of Internet and World Wide Web the definition of business, entertainment and education has changed in astonishing ways. In late 1990s web portals opened a new arena for... More
pp. 1252-1256
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Investigating Online Student Roles as a Basis for Understanding Learning and Development in a Learning Community
Elaine Khoo & Michael Forret, University of Waikato, New Zealand
This paper reports findings of a case study of a semester long fully online graduate course designed to facilitate a learning community at a New Zealand tertiary institution. It adopts a... More
pp. 1257-1265
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Crowdsourced Grading: Exploring the Validity and Effects of Student-Authored and Student-Evaluated Textbooks
Patrick O'Shea, Appalachian State University, United States; Jennifer Kidd, Old Dominion University, United States
This paper describes research into the effectiveness of a “crowdsourced grading” model used in a course where undergraduate students authored their own textbook using wikis and marked each other’s ... More
pp. 1266-1271
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Developing an epistemic community in the classroom as teacher development
Xueli Wang, Beaumie Kim, Jason Wen Yau Lee & Mi Song Kim, National Institute of Education, Singapore
This study attempts to understand the influence of developing epistemic community in classroom on teacher's professional development. The case study reveals that implementation of an epistemic... More
pp. 1272-1281
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E-book Instruction and Its Effects on Teaching and Learning
Chinyin Chen, Meiho University, Taiwan
During the past few decades, many researchers have advocated designing multi-media instruction materials based on Keller’s ARCS model of motivation design in order to enhance learning effectiveness... More
pp. 1282-1291
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The Relationship between E-book Users’ Learning Performance and Related Factors
Chinyin Chen, Meiho University, Taiwan
Use of an E-book (CD-ROM version) as a textbook in the classroom is a relatively new phenomenon. There is a vast supply of research concerning the relationship between learning achievement and... More
pp. 1292-1302
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Preparing students for the job application process using the marketing effectiveness of a positive digital footprint.
Mark Heil, Yongsan International School of Seoul, Korea (South)
Job changeover is increasing among many fields and an individual holds a position for only 4.1 years on average. Technology is constantly evolving while affecting the methods of businesses and... More
pp. 1303-1309
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Western Teachers as Beginning Learners of Arabic: The Evolution of Their Interest and Beliefs about It as a Foreign Language
Hazem Kasem, Emirates College for Advanced Education, United Arab Emirates
The purpose of this case study was to investigate the evolution of interest and beliefs about Arabic as a foreign language among three western faculty at a college of education in United Arab... More
pp. 1310-1313
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Flexible Learning in a Workplace: Blended a Motivation to a Lifelong Learner in a Social Network Environment
Jaitip Na-songkhla, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
The research’s focused on a motivation that brought into an account of the success of learning in a workplace program. Motivation based upon Behaviorist learning approach—an online mentor and an... More
pp. 1314-1319
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The Development of the System to Solve the Problems of PBL
Makio Fukuda, Osaka International University, Japan; Michinori Yamashita, Rissho University, Japan; Toshiyuki Ueyama, Chiba University of Commerce, Japan; Minae Nishimoto, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
We are executing PBL (Project Based Learning) so that the university student may improve the problem solving skill. Because the learner can learn practicing it, this learning method has been... More
pp. 1320-1325
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Multiple paths to common outcomes
Cheryl Howard, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Australia
Pedagogical theory is concerned with the ways in which educational materials might be delivered in teaching and learning environments and may provide guidelines for the development of educational... More
pp. 1326-1332
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An Integrated eLearning Model: Indications of a changing organizational culture at the University of the Western Cape (UWC)
Juliet Stoltenkamp & Jephias Mapuva, E-Learning Unit;University of the Western Cape;Cape Town, South Africa
The introduction of technology has been to augment the traditional teaching methods and not to replace them. As eLearning takes root at the institution, the eLearning unit is able to highlight the ... More
pp. 1333-1334
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Using Log Data of E-Learners Obtained by Educational Data Mining to Provide Relevant Information to Individual E-Learners
Shigeyoshi Watanabe & Takehiro Nakamura, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
In this paper we describe a support system for e-Learners who study an e-Learning subject. The system suggests a reference page to the learners who experience a learning impasse. The primary... More
pp. 1335-1341
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Is the assumed necessity to give learner control in distance education an 'urban legend'?
Jean Claude Callens, Katho, Belgium
Different factors -for example: new technologies, the increased importance of some competencies, and ‘weisure’- may lead to the assumption that learner control is a prevalent condition to make... More
pp. 1342-1345
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The absence of structure as affordance to support critical reflection?
Jean Claude Callens, Katho, Belgium; Jan Elen, K.U.Leuven, Belgium
During their studies pre-service teachers are repeatedly asked to reflect. In this contribution we examine to what extent structure may be considered as an affordance that supports critical... More
pp. 1346-1351
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A Constructionist Approach to Computer Science
Stefano Federici, University of Cagliari, Italy; Linda Stern, The University of Melbourne, Australia
The use of traditional introductory approaches to computer science needs to be re-evaluated in light of an increasingly technology-savvy cohort of students. New and powerful environments, such as... More
pp. 1352-1361