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The success of (online) courses depends, among other factors, on the underlying didactical models which have always been evaluated with qualitative and quantitative research methods. Several new evaluation techniques have been developed and established in the last years, and one of them is ‘learning curves’, which aim at measuring error rates of users when they interact with adaptive educational systems,...
Through investigation on Qingdao university teacher college 100 web courses and its users, we found web courses based on THEOL platform have series of questions in use process. Such as: platform and resource needs to be improved, Students' learning stays in the shallow learning state, Emotion exchange loss, etc. Therefore, we must adopt some effective measures such as Strengthening software and hardware...
Recently, cyber-entrepreneuship is commonly accepted by undergraduates, and its risks has been drawing great attentions from researchers. Based on case-study and semi-structured interviews for 20 cyber-entrepreneurial undergraduates, content analysis method (CAM) was used to identify five kinds of cyber-entrepreneurial risks: project risk, resource risk, management risk, technology risk and experience...
In order to meet the requirements from the enterprises and enhance employability of students of computer science, the present paper proposes a new idea on the course design of software development based on CDIO Concept. The new course design is directed by double projects. The complete project helps students to know the aim of learning and main contents of the course; the underdeveloped project keeps...
In this paper, we describe the influence of an interactive education system on the actual activity inside the classroom of an early elementary school. We developed an Anoto-based digital pen system and conducted a case study on the school. After six practice lectures, a questionnaire survey and interviews were used to reveal the effects of our system. We concluded that the system was effective in...
The paper analyzes the underlying causes of the underdeveloped application of educational technology in vocational education in China. It is a one-sided understanding and a simple application of the concept of educational technology. According to the interpretation of the concept of educational technology of AECT in 2004, a good application of educational technology must promote effective study, emphasize...
Teaching-Aided Website (TAW) is a complex social technical system. As a result, the evaluation on TAW's service quality (SQ) is a complicated social process. The paper analyzes the characteristics of college TAW. Then it designs the evaluation index system and approach for measuring the Website's SQ. AT last, it gives the process and result of the case study on a college TAW. The data indicate that...
Information and Communications Technology(ICT) has been widely adopted by higher education institutions (HEIs) in the UK to for example provide greater access for different target learners and become vehicles for enriched pedagogical experiences. Many studies have discussed the great impact of ICT on teaching and learning and the changes it can bring. However, as revealed in literature as well as...
The computer science classes in China's institutions of higher education often have large numbers of students. In addition, many institutions offer ldquoblendedrdquo classes that include both on-campus and online students. These large blended classrooms have long suffered from a lack of interactivity. Many online classes simply provide recorded instructor lectures to which distance students listen...
In this study, how undergraduates use QQ and how their behavior related to academic purposes in informal setting were examined by interview and content analyze. It was found that QQ was used as a learning supporting tool spontaneously by undergraduate. Learners initiated various learning activities, such as peer-to-peer online help, class discussion and academic document sharing by QQ without any...
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