Month: May 2021
Analysis of the Feeling Image of Internet Media Advertising
The study explores people’s feeling image of internet media advertising. Nowadays, YouTube is the most popular online video platform and …
Determinants of Emergency Remote Online Learning Satisfaction During a Pandemic
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic caused a major disruption to tertiary education around the world. With very little warning, university faculty …
In Pursuit of Latvian-Lithuanian Federation: Jonas Šliūpas in Hawaii
The collapse of the tsarist regime in the Russian Empire was a window of opportunity to seize independence for the …
The Exchange of Men in Mary Chin’s ‘The Woman in Kenzo’
The Woman in Kenzo is a Hong Kong popular fiction written by Mary Chin. It was first serialized in City …
Managing the Barriers to Online Learning: Towards a Framework for a Resilient and Inclusive Virtual Classroom
This paper identifies the barriers to online learning face by the students and explores the strategies they employ to manage …
A Blended and Interactive Online Learning Courseware Enhances Bioethics Learning in Medical Education
We will discuss an interactive, multifunctional e-learning Courseware that we developed, which strongly bridges the gap between art, bioethics and …
Resilience in the Face of an Epidemic: W. S. Maugham’s the Painted Veil and Its Film Adaptations
William Somerset Maugham’s classical novel The Painted Veil (1924) and its three Hollywood adaptations (1934, 1957, 2006) explore a marital …
Droids and Peasants: Akira Kurosawa’s Thematic Influence on the Star Wars Saga
Following the international success of Rashomon (1950) and Seven Samurai (1954), Akira Kurosawa’s films came to exemplify Japanese cinema to …
Japanese Kawaii Culture and Hello Kitty as an Identity Marker for Asian-American Women
This thesis examines the character of Hello Kitty, from its creation, to its enduring cultural presence in Japan. In particular, …
The Use of Different Strategies by Writers in Integrated Writing Assessment
In recent years, there has been an accelerating trend towards using integrated writing tasks (IWT) in second language (L2) writing …
The Accessibility of Web-based Lessons During the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this age of content digitalization, equal access to web-based learning resources is important as it contributes to offering all …
Art and Self-expression on Social Media: The Recreation of the Historical Value During the Pandemic State in 2020
In this paper I discuss from an ethical and aesthetical perspective how a specific account on Instagram has changed the …
Literary Reception and Translation of Cantonese Opera From the Pedagogical Perspective
Cantonese opera has been a treasurable art in Hong Kong. Several attempts were made to translate the opera scripts into …
Website Advertisement: Examining the Effect of Interactivity and Curiosity on Consumers’ Cognitive Absorption and Knowledge Acquisition
One of the goals of effective advertising is to ensure not only attracting the target consumers’ attention, but also engenders …
Nepalese EFL Teachers’ Perception and Practices of Differentiated Instruction
Differentiated Instruction (DI) is a pedagogical premise that provides benefits, such as meeting diverse learner needs, accommodating students with varying …
Bridging Global and Local Education During the COVID-19 Era
Over the last several decades rapid globalization has strongly influenced most nation’s economies, cultures, and societies. Educational institutions, and especially …
Investigating the Impact of Acquiring Collocation and Lexical Bundles on Improving Language Proficiency of First Year College Students
This presentation introduces the outcome of a study that investigated the impact of teaching collocation & lexical bundles on increasing …
Disease Selects its Victims: Inequality in Falling Ill to Infectious Disease in Bleak House
Though unnamed, the infectious disease in Dickens’s Bleak House (1852–53) is definitely smallpox. The fever, delirium, blindness, and scars that …
Blended Learning is the Future of Education
Online Learning is part of Blended learning and is a learning technique in which use of both ordinary teaching and …
Differences as a Source of Creativity: Friendship Between Wang Hui and Yun Shouping
The biography of Wang Hui (1632-1717), a famous seventeenth-century landscapist in China, has been written many times over. While the …
A Comparative Study of Motivations in the Learning of East Asian Languages
Understanding learner motivations for studying a foreign language has long been recognized as an important factor in providing effective language …
Exploring Blockchain Technology and its Usefulness in Education
Blockchain Technology has been known to most People pertaining to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Blockchain has been now around for …
Developing High School Students’ STEM Competencies Through a Sports-based Educational Program
Sports is one of the significant drivers capable of fostering cognitive and scholastic skills in the young generation. Its' potential …
Learning through Teaching: Reciprocal Peer Teaching in Language Education
This study discusses pedagogical effectiveness of reciprocal peer teaching in language education by putting students at the centre of the …
The Impacts of the Anti-COVID Measures Introduced in the Czech Republic and Spain in the Context of Preschool Education
The text presents a part of a broader research study carried out at the Faculty of Education, Palacký University Olomouc …
Ethno-cinematographic Rhizomes: Examples From the Independent Cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Anocha Suwichakornpong
We propose a conceptual framework of filmic analysis, the "ethno-cinematographic rhizome", as a parallel and convergent vehicle of audiovisual artistic …
No City for Fatal Women: Gender, Power, and Noir Convention in Marvel’s Jessica Jones
This paper aims to analyze both the employment and subversion of traditional noir convention in the web television series Jessica …
Levelling the Playing Field: A Case Study on the Benefits of Integrating Student Feedback Through Fluid Course Development
A challenge in teaching and course planning is striking the balance between the skills and knowledge students need to learn …
A Critical Review of Environmental Education for Sustainable Development Goals, UNCRC and Child-Friendly Schools
Global warming and other acts of environmental destruction have significant consequences for both the social and economic sectors. The protection …
Culture and Human Resource Management: Understanding Communication in the Ages of Globalization
This paper will examine the international management of culture and human resources communication. The various movements of human resources and …
Do You Trust Me? A Systematic Literature Review on Student-teacher Trust Relationships and School Identification
Trust between a student and a teacher and school identification are described in scientific research as focal points of learning, …
Synoptic and Authentic Assessments: Moving Away From Traditional Assessments to Integrate the Development of Transferable Skills
Using traditional forms of assessment (e.g. exams and essays) does not fit with a programme that aims to have a …
Feedback: What It Is and How to Use It Effectively in a Digital World
The COVID-19 pandemic presented us the challenge of simultaneously moving towards hybrid and blended teaching provision, and designing assessments that, …