Education and Information Technology 2012:
A Selection of AACE Award Papers

Bastiaens, Theo J.; Marks, Gary H.

Education and Information Technology 2012: A Selection of AACE Award Papers

Bastiaens, T.J. & Marks, G.H. (Eds.). 2012. Education and Information Technology 2012: A Selection of AACE Award Papers. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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eBook Information

Education and Information Technology 2012: A Selection of AACE Award Papers (Ed & IT 2012)
ISBN 1-8800-9497-5
Theo J. Bastiaens, Gary H. Marks
AACE Chesapeake, VA
2012

Editors

Theo J. Bastiaens, Fernuniversitaet in Hagen, Germany & Open University, Netherlands; Gary H. Marks, AACE, United States

Abstract

This book includes 31 award winning papers from AACE’s conferences. This year's selection includes papers from the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) in Nashville (TN), the Global Learn Asia Pacific conference in Melbourne (Australia), the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (Ed-Media) in Lisbon (Portugal) and the World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (E-Learn) in Honolulu (HI). The decision to nominate a conference paper for an award was made by peer reviewers. All authors were honored during the conference and received a certificate that serves as testimony to their outstanding research and contribution to the conference.

Part 1: Social Media Opportunities

Creating the intercultural learning narrative using social network sites status updates: An innovative approach in using social mediap. 15: Jason Wen Yau Lee, Beaumie Kim, and Mi Song Kim
More than code: The significance of social interactions in young people’s development as interactive media creatorsp. 23: Karen Brennan, Amanda Valverde, Joe Prempeh, Ricarose Roque, and Michelle Chung
Supporting Collaborative Web-Based Education via Annotationsp. 33: Marián Šimko, Michal Barla, Vladimír Mihál, Maroš Un?ík, and Mária Bieliková
Lecture Capture: Good Student Learning or Good Bedtime Story? An Interdisciplinary Assessment of the Use of Podcasts in Higher Education p. 43: Lena Paulo Kushnir & Kenneth Berry, University of Toronto, Canada; Jessica Wyman, Florin Salajan
Findings from Net Geners’ Multi-Modal and Multi-Task Learning p. 55: Robert Zheng

Part 2: New Phenomena In Learning: Mobile Learning/Gaming/Virtual Worlds

Device Independent Mobile Applications for Teaching and Learning: Challenges, Barriers and Limitations p. 61: Ferial Khaddage and Gerald Knezek
Towards Personalised and Adaptive Multimedia in M-learning Systemsp. 67: Arghir-Nicolae Moldovan and Cristina Hava Muntean
Knowledge Creation in MMOG: An Empirical Study p. 79: Joseph Siu-Lung Kong and Ron Chi-Wai Kwok
The ‘Lost City’: Development of a National-Level On-Line Mystery Game Using Freeware and Low Budget Technologyp. 9: Tom Benjamin
Play games to learn: Pre-service teacher developmentp. 101: Alan Amory
Beyond Immersion – Meaningful Involvement in Virtual Worldsp. 111: Andrew Cram, John Hedberg and Maree Gosper
Virtual Research Arena: Presenting Research in 3D Virtual Environmentsp. 121: Mikhail Fominykh and Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland

Part 3: The Formal Curriculum & Technology

The Curriculum as an Ontology - A Human Centered Visualization Approach p. 131: Simone Kriglstein and Renate Motschnig-Pitrik
Students’ Perceptions of Online Learning and Instructional Tools: A Qualitative Study of Undergraduate Students Use of Online Tools p. 141: David Armstrong
Online Discussions: The Effect of Having Two Deadlines p. 147: Michael Herrick, Meng-Fen Grace Lin and Charlotte Huei-Wen
Calculus in elementary school: an example of ICT-based curriculum transformation p. 155: Andrew Fluck, Dev Ranmuthugala, Chris Chin and Irene Penesis
“Green” Training: Chronicling the Reuse of Government Healthcare Instruction p. 163: David Twitchell, Mitchell Seal and Christopher Lynch
Authentic e-Learning in a Multicultural Context: Virtual Benchmarking Cases from Five Countries p. 173: Irja Leppisaari, Jan Herrington, Leena Vainio, and Yeonwook Im

Part 4: Assessment

Student Perceptions of Immersive Virtual Environments for the Meaningful Assessment of Learning p. 185: Jillianne Code, Jody Clarke-Midura, Nick Zap, and Chris Dede
Visualizing summaries of performance for instructors assessing physical-motion skills p. 195: Neil Rowe, Jeff Houde, Rey Osoteo, Riqui Schwamm, Cory Kirk, Ahren Reed, Saad Khan, Chris Broaddus and Chris Meng
Learning Presence in the Community of Inquiry Model: Towards a Theory of Online Learner Self- and Co-regulationp. 207: Peter Shea

Part 5: Literacy

Literacy in Multimedia Environments: Preliminary Findings p. 215: Barbara O’Byrne, Diana Bailey and Stacey Murrell
Student-Centered Library Instruction: An Assessment of Online Graduate Students’ Information Literacy Skills and Needsp. 221: Swapna Kumar and Marilyn Ochoa

Part 6: Roles, Competencies & Attitudes

Paths to Exemplary Online Teaching: A Look at Teacher Roles, Competencies and Exemplary Online Teaching p. 229: Evrim Baran, Ana-Paula Correia and Ann Thompson
Virtual Gender Roles: Is Gender a Better Predictor of Internet Use than Sex? p. 237: Amy Trombley
Meeting ISTE Competencies with a Problem-Based Video Framework p. 243: Yvonne Skoretz and Amy Cottle
Validating the Computer Attitude Questionnaire NSF ITEST (CAQ N/I) p. 249: Leila Mills, Jenny Wakefield, Anjum Najmi, Dean Surface, Rhonda Christensen and Gerald Knezek
Leveraging the Affordances of YouTube: Pedagogical Knowledge and Mental Models of Technology Affordances as Predictors for Pre-Service Teachers’ Planning for Technology Integration p. 257: Karsten Krauskopf, Carmen Zahn and Friedrich W. Hesse
Supporting the Online Adjunct in Higher Education: A Delphi Study p. 265: Marie Larcara

Part 7: E-Learning Adaption

The Factors Influencing E-learning Adoption by Academic Staff: A Case Study in Taiwan p. 273: Kuo-Tung Huan and Elspeth McKay
Adopter Types of E-Learning Innovations in Higher Education. Empirical Findings p. 285: Helge Fischer and Thomas Köhler