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A Model of Small-Group Problem-Based Learning in Pharmacy Education: Teaching in the Clinical Environment
Problem-based Learning (PBL) is an alternate method of instruction that incorporates basic elements of cognitive learning theory. Colleges of pharmacy use PBL to aid anticipated learning outcomes and practice competencies for pharmacy student. The purpose of this study were to implement and evaluate a model of small group PBL for 5th year pharmacy students in …
Acquisitive Prescription ss a Mean of Acquiring Ownership: An Albanian Perspective on the DCFR
Acquisitive prescription has been for centuries a consolidated institute through which becomes possible the acquisition of ownership. The goal of this article is to analyze the real impact of DCFR (Draft of Common Frame of Reference) in creating a uniformity for acquisitive prescription rules in European Union (with a special emphasis in Albania.). After the …
Barriers and Challenges of Online Assessments During the COVID-19 pandemic: Perceptions of Undergraduate Pharmacy Students
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed inherent weaknesses and posed novel challenges during the implementation of distance education. This mixed-method study aimed to investigate undergraduate pharmacy students’ perceptions of the barriers and challenges in online assessments during the pandemic lockdowns. A self-reported questionnaire was designed to collect responses from third-year pharmacy students from April – May …
Patients’ Rights and Medical Liability Within Off-Label Prescription
Off-label prescription refers to the use of a medication beyond what it is established in the respective Marketing Authorization Application (MA). This broad definition encompasses situations in which the drug was used for a therapeutic indication not authorized in the MA; with a different dosage or with a different frequency than those mentioned in the …
Assessing Interest and Educational Gaps in AI and Robotics Applications for Elderly Care Among Healthcare Students
The global integration of AI and robotics (AI/R) in elderly care has immense potential, but significant educational gaps persist, especially in developing countries. To address this, we surveyed 188 undergraduate healthcare students in Vietnam in June 2023. Our aim was to assess their interest in AI/R applications in elderly care and identify educational deficiencies. Using …
Navigating Well-being and Academic Success: Insights From University Dormitory Life
University dormitories provide a supportive environment, yet students encounter challenges impacting academic performance and well-being. In 2024, a web survey targeted 288 undergraduates residing in campus dorms in Vietnam. Assessing participants’ characteristics, physical attributes, lifestyle patterns, and mental health status (DASS-21) revealed key insights. The findings unveiled an average of 2.9 roommates (SD = 1.41), …
Data Management of Standard Test and Assessment O-Net From Students Grades 6 And 9 During the Year 2010 And 2013
This study was aimed to analyze the differences of academic achievement and results of the 8 subjects’ test from the Ordinary National Educational Test (O-NET) that took place during 2010 and 2013 of the students Grades 6 and 9 in Chachoengsao province, Thailand. The samples were taken from 81 schools under the Educational Service Area …
Assessing Barriers to the Diffusion of Net-Zero Homes: Consumer Response to the Solarhouse Demonstration Project
Buildings are responsible for a significant proportion of the total energy and carbon emissions worldwide and as such the building sector can be integral to the implementation of sustainable development strategies. One of those strategies is encouraging the construction of net-zero energy buildings and residential houses. Data was gathered from attendees of the 2017 Expo …
Role of Female Physicians in Women’s Health Movement in Japan: The Case of Prescription-Free Emergency Contraception During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Although the COVID-19 outbreak resulted in challenges to global public health, it also posed new challenges in people’s private lives due to the stay-at-home policy. Understandably, this measure aims to prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, it influenced intimate relationships in the private sphere, such as unintended pregnancies, sexual violence, and domestic violence in younger …
Strength Through Poetry as We Regain Our Balance in the Cinematic COVID Aftermath
Drawing on aforementioned Seamus Heaney and his symbolic reference to a great sea change or tidal wave indicating that a new chapter is about to begin, and “The City” by contemporary writer Ted Hughes ̶ where a life is read like a poem and in fictional dark [Parisian] city centres the writer roams “my own …
Curriculum Review of the BS Pharmacy Program of a Local University in the NCR, Philippines: A Mechanism for Quality Assurance
The Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy program at a local university in the NCR was officially approved on February 10, 2012 by virtue of the Board Resolution No. 2012-029. Curriculum enhancements were made in order to align with the thrust of the local university. On December 2021, the new PSGs for BS Pharmacy program was …
Management and Multiculturalism in Romanian Universities: A Case Study at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa” Iasi
The paper aims to highlight the role of university management and multicultural education in an irreversibly interconnected world. The research objectives were related to the testing of the fundamental hypothesis according to which management and culture influence individuals and vice versa. The results showed that the academic management influences the multicultural community, and the relations …
A Multi-Sectoral, Multi-Household, General Equilibrium Model to Assess the Impact of a Carbon Price on the Australian Economy
The Australian government announced a tax of $23 per tonne of CO2 as a starting carbon price which commenced from 1 July 2012. The economic implications of this carbon price are projected using a descriptive Computable General Equilibrium model of the Australian economy titled A3E-G. With an explicit tax, the A3E-G model is capable of …
Predicting Consumer’s Intention to Buy Local Specialty Online
The purchases of local specialties were usually seen in conventional physical stores in the past. The potential consumers were the tourists who visited the stores. Renowned products did not necessarily imply big business in this pattern of trading. With the imposition of “free independent travel” for Mainland China tourists, and the introduction of “one town …
Development of Cheap Flow Meter
In this study, we plan and develop a cheap and accurate flow meter and the boat to mount it. The purpose of this study is to reduce the cost of flow rate measurement in rivers. In the development of the flow meter, we are planning to develop a magnetic flow meter. The principle of the …
Is Paracetamol Prescribed Appropriately in Elderly Patients Admitted for a Fall? – A Geriatrician’s Perspective
Aims Paracetamol is a commonly used analgesic in older adults. There have been reports of adverse events with chronic paracetamol use even at therapeutic doses. The objective of this quality improvement activity (QIA) was to evaluate the prevalence of inappropriate paracetamol prescription in the elderly admitted for falls and to introduce strategies to reduce the …
Developing a Textbook of Writing Pantun, Syair, and Acrostic Poetry by Using the Website www.rimakata.com and Kbbi.kemdikbud.go.id
This study was aimed to develop a textbook of writing pantun, syair, and acrostic poetry by using the website www.rimakata.com and kbbi.kemdikbud.go.id. The researcher used the Research and Development (R&D) method with the ADDIE model (Branch, 2009) which the steps were Analyzing, Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating. The results of the need analysis with a closed …
A Business Model of Low Cost Carrier in Indonesia (The Influence of Perceived Advertising Spending and Price Deals on Brand)
This research aims to analyze the influence of the elements of marketing communication mix, especially the influence of advertising as seen from the perspective of the consumer (perceive advertising spending) and price deals on brand equity. Measurements were taken from the research variables by determining how much the relationship between variables. Descriptive analysis is used …
Conducting Workplace-Based Assessment in Undergraduate Training: What We Have Learned From Failures?
In outcome-based education, workplace-based assessment (WPBA) should accurately provide stakeholders with evidence of learner competencies. In undergraduate training (UGT), mini-clinical evaluation exercises (mini-CEX) and direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) accurately reflect learner performance. The portfolio is far from an independent WPBA tool. This paper summarizes changes in the WPBA strategy for UGT during UMP …
Attitudes and Preferences of Nursing Undergraduates Towards Working Abroad: A Cross-Sectional Study in Vietnam
This cross-sectional study investigates the attitudes of undergraduate nursing students in Vietnam towards international study and work opportunities, as well as the factors influencing their preferences. Data was collected through a web-survey questionnaire in April 2023, targeting students from a university in Vietnam, including participants in the Japanese language special program and regular program. The …
Using Team-Based Learning for Post-graduate Training: Challenges and Solutions
Introduction: Available evidence demonstrates that Team-Based Learning (TBL) enhances teacher-learner interactions, solves cognitive gaps, connects concepts, and builds critical thinking. Nowadays, TBL become a popular approach in undergraduate training (UGT). Surprisingly, only a few institutions implemented TBL into their post-graduate training (PGT) programs. UGT and PGT differ in their educational ecosystem, learning goals, and learner …
Crude Oil Intensity, Production Efficiency and Adaptability to Energy- Evidence from an Economy with a High Dependence on Energy Imports
Taiwan is an economy with highly dependent on energy imports. Change in oil price not only affects the cost of production, but also on the economic growth. Due to the international crude oil prices being relatively stable with low price except the first two oil crises, it has brought up Taiwan’s economic growth. However, after …
Correlation on Mindfulness, Self Esteem and Impulsive Buying Among Female Online Shopper
As the development of technology and Internet increases, many items can be purchased online. A person no longer need to come to the place to buy a desired product while they could shop online. People do shop based on human need and motivation to buy. Feelings and emotions are influenced by human mindset, and the …
The Empirical Analysis of Tea Price Under the Influence of Wage Earners
This paper pays attention on the variation of tea plantation wage earners from 2006 to 2015. A detailed description on the variation is combined with the changes of weather and annual hot issues. The types of tea are rich, and different tea has different quality standard of fresh leaves picking, especially the famous high-quality tea, …
The Relationships among Assessment Content, Learning Outcome, and Self-confidence of the Taiwanese Elementary Students about Astrology Concepts
The study aimed to investigate the relationships among assessment content, learning outcomes, and self-confidence performed by elementary students in Taiwan. Over three hundred fifth graders from seven different schools participated in this study. A measurement tool was developed by the researchers based on the revised Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives related to astrology concepts. At …
Japanese ESL Students’ Willingness to Communicate in English: The Effects of L2 Self-Confidence, Acculturation, and Motivational Types
This study aimed to identify the factors that affect English learners’ willingness to communicate (WTC) in the second language (L2) (L2 WTC) and particularly focused on self-confidence in the second language (L2 self-confidence), acculturation, and motivational types. L2 self-confidence was hypothesized to predict L2 WTC and to mediate the correlation between acculturation and L2 WTC …
Self-Confidence in Theater Acting: The Role of Self-Concept in Campus Theater
Self-confidence is a crucial factor for theater actors to perform well on stage. This study aims to analyze the influence of self-concept on the self-confidence of actors. The study specifically focuses on actors from the Campus Theater Institute of the Faculty of Arts and Design, Makassar State University (Terkam FSD UNM) who have experience as …
Correlation of Factors Influencing Japanese Proficiency Among Undergraduates at Two Sites in Vietnam
The global popularity of the Japanese language has underscored the challenges associated with attaining proficiency in diverse contexts. This cross-sectional study, conducted in 2023, involved 142 undergraduate students across two sites in Vietnam. The investigation aimed to elucidate the factors influencing Japanese language skills, with a particular emphasis on perceived proficiency, study motives, demographic variables, …
Marketing of a Net Positive Future
In many climatic regions, both in Europe and the US, it is possible to design and build homes that can be powered solely from a renewable resource. This paper will present the efforts taken in the US and Europe to aid home builders to quantify the performance of a building envelope and the levels of …
In Search of an Effective Online Campus for Online-only Universities
This is an interim report on an investigation into the psychological and social problems in online campus life at online-only universities. The immediate goal of this research is to search for an effective communication platform for the online campus at the Tokyo Online University (TOU), which has opened its doors to student in April, 2018. …
Do Prior Knowledge of Advanced Mathematics Influence Academic Confidence of Students Taking Pre-university Chemistry Courses
The relationship between Chemistry and Mathematics are directly proportional in the perspective of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. This study investigates the relationship between prior advanced mathematical knowledge attained in high school could predict the outcome of student’s overall confidence in studying Pre-University Chemistry courses. Mathematics is often perceived as a subject that …
A Comparison of Online Learning Engagement Across Cultural Backgrounds: A Study of Students at Two International Campuses Sharing the Same Curriculum
The impact of cultural background on pharmacy students’ engagement with online learning activities during remote learning and in the post-pandemic era remains unclear. In this study, we explored whether cultural differences affected students’ engagement with online activities designed for active learning and skill development. We conducted a retrospective analysis of learning management system (LMS) engagement …
Representation of Chinese-Sundanese Ethnic Identity in Suryakencana Bogor through Code Switching and Code Mixing
Indonesia has 1340 ethnic groups with 300 different ethnic groups recorded (www.netralnews.com). According to Hasbullah (www.academia.edu), there are around 726 regional languages in Indonesia, but only 456 regional languages have been successfully mapped. Indonesian language as a national language is use when one ethnic group wants to communicate with another ethnic group. Language according to …
Demand on Commodities Contributor of Poverty in Aceh Province: Analyses on Urban Households
Commodities contributor of poverty is dominated by food commodities. Rice and cigarette filter are commodities that contributes a lot to poverty. Other commodities are; fish, electricity and LPG. This study analyzed the demand of urban household for commodities contributor of poverty in Aceh province by using Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) model. Further, this research …
Virtual Reality as Supplementary Education Tool for Pharmacology Laboratory Practical: The Effect on Student Experience, Knowledge and Confidence
Virtual Reality is an emerging technology for immersive learning. A Virtual Reality Organ Bath Lab (VROBL) simulating the physical pharmacology laboratory practical was developed to help students to comprehend complex pharmacological principles. The study aimed to investigate the impact of VROBL adoption as a pre-laboratory experience on student learning experience, knowledge, and confidence levels. An …
Cross-Cultural Adaptation of International Students from China: Confidence in English Speaking Ability in ESL and EAP Classes
In recent decades, the number of international students studying at universities in United States has grown tremendously, which has increased by five percent in the previous year, reaching a total of 723, 227. Also in the 2010-2011 academic year, the Institute of International Education announced that 157,558 of international students list China as …
How to Help EFL Students Gain Confidence in Intercultural Communication: A Case Study in Vietnam
The article reports on action research on promoting English- major students’ confidence in intercultural communication through the social interaction project at a university in Vietnam. The aims of the research are to examine Vietnamese students’ problems in intercultural communication, including the difficulties they encounter and the reasons they ascribe for these communication problems; to describe …
From Imagination to Buying Things: Exploring the Moderation Role of Fear of Missing Out in Parasocial Relationship and Purchasing Intention
One of the unique research topics studied is purchasing merchandise among fandoms or communities that have specific interests, such as cartoons, anime, or celebrities. The satisfaction one gets and the feeling of happiness from being attached to one’s idol is one of the factors that makes someone willing to spend money to buy idol items. …
Using an Informatics Course to Support an Herbal Medicine Course for Learning Herbs with Volatile Oil
Phytochemistry is the one of subjects for pharmacy students. The subject is linking about herbs and its chemical compounds which contain pharmacological activities. The contents of phytochemistry are describing the structures of the large number of secondary metabolites found in plants, the functions of these compounds in human, plant biology and environment, and the biosynthesis …
ISSN: 2186-5892 – The Asian Conference on Education 2012 – Official Conference Proceedings
“Learning and Teaching Through Transformative Spaces”
October 24-38 2012, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2186-5892
Online Learning Perceptions and Online Learning Self-efficacy: Do Students’ Characteristics and Access to Technology Matter?
While online learning has become the delivery mode of choice to facilitate flexible or distance learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, this alternative approach to instruction has challenged the entire educational system in the Philippines. This descriptive study examined the online learning perceptions and online learning self-efficacy of 2027 students at a private college in Manila. …
Baby Factories in Nigeria: Implications for Education and Women Empowerment
The growth of Baby Factories has added a new dimension to the incidence of trafficking in persons in Nigeria. The main purpose of baby factories, also referred to as �baby farming�, �baby harvesting� and �baby manufacturing� is the production and sale of babies for commercial purposes. Because of poverty, illiteracy and stigmatization occasioned by unplanned/unwanted …
Commodifying Human Body for the Life Survival in Islamic Legal Perspective: The Case of Organ Purchase among Refugees
The commodification of human body for the life survival matter has been evident among some refugees who, out of desperate and dire situations, engaged in selling body organs to have a better life for themselves and for others. The research examines the discussion on human dignity and the dignity of body to respond to human …
Game Analysis on Stakeholders of Low-Carbon Building Market Promotion
Recently, the climate change has become a globe issue influencing human survival and development and all countries have taken steps to reduce carbon emissions to address climate change. Low carbon building is one of the effective methods to deal with climate change. However the low carbon building market is developing slowly. Thus, it is necessary …
ISSN: 2188-9694 – The European Conference on Politics, Economics & Law 2016: Official Conference Proceedings
ECPEL2016 The Jurys Inn Brighton Waterfront, Brighton, United Kingdom
ECPEL2016 Conference Theme: “Justice”
Thursday, July 7 – Sunday, July 10, 2016
ISSN: 2188-9694
Online Reviews in an E-Commerce Environment: Impact on Brand Trust and Consumer Equity
This study adopts a quantitative approach using a factorial between-subjects experimental design to determine the effects of online reviews on brand trust and consumer equity. Customer equity links closely with customer value, brand value and relationships unlike willingness to buy. An online user discussion forum was purpose-built to conduct experimental research for this study, using …
Resilience as a Policy Goal and a Policy Measure: South Korea’s New Deal Policy in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Resilience draws attention as a way to combat the unprecedented uncertainty today. Especially in this post-COVID-19 era, a sense of insecurity penetrates nearly every aspect of our lives, from political to economic, social, and cultural dimensions. At times, those dimensions meet and overlap each other, affecting and being affected. Resilience thus can be both a …
DEA Environmental Assessment on U.S. Industrial Sectors
A green image is recently an important component for corporate survivability in modern business. This study discusses a new use of DEA for environmental assessment by incorporating an analytical capability to handle zero and negative values. The proposed approach provides us with not only quantitative assessment on unified (operational and environmental) performance of firms but …
Future Prospects of Residential Solar Water Heating System in Oman
The excessive usage of fossil fuels worldwide is causing environmental problems. One solution to these problems is the exploitation of available renewable energy resources, including solar energy. This exploitation of renewable energy resources becomes essential to meet the large energy demand that resulted in depletion of fossil fuel resources, fuel price uncertainty and volatility, and …
Application of Grey Wolf Optimization for Time Series Forecasting
Forecasting the price of nonrenewable commodity such as crude oil is a critical task and requires careful attention. Due to the vital role of nonrenewable commodity in the economics of an organization, forecasting its price has attracted both researchers and practitioners. In this paper, a relatively new Swarm Intelligence (SI) technique, namely Grey Wolf Optimization …
The Sociology of Literature: An Analysis of Belis Imamat Novel, a Work by Inyo Soro
Belis Imamat, a novel by Inyo Soro in this study is a literary expression of the social condition on the bride pricing tradition ‘belis’ in the marital custom of the East Nusa Tenggara society. The discussed issues pertain to the structure builder of a story figure “Aku, an Indonesian term for ‘I or I am’ …
The Audit Commission of Local Government in the UK
This paper examines the Audit Commission of local government in the United Kingdom. The function of the Audit Commission, established in 1983 as an independent public corporation and dissolved in 2015, is to audit administration by the local authorities. However, in fact, the Audit Commission has been playing roles of the policy maker and influencing …
Assessing Online Study Abroad: Assessing Japanese University Students’ Online Study Abroad and the Future of Study Abroad Post-Corona
This study reflects on the experiences of students and instructors on the online international exchange program at a Japanese university during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a mixed methods approach incorporating both survey and interview data, I report on student and instructor perceptions and reflections of distance learning experiences of courses held online at a Japanese …
Outcome Predictions of Low-Performing Students: Illusion of Knowing or Lack of Confidence?
Successful performance on a test or assignment relies on the overlap between the knowledge and skills that learners possess and the particular demands of the task. The road to successful performance, however, begins well before the actual task is executed. It stems from learners’ ability to accurately predict their performance (metacognitive awareness) as well as …
Promoting Teacher Confidence With Technology Through Risk Taking and Organisational Changes: A Welsh Perspective
There is no doubt that technology is a powerful pedagogical tool, playing an important role in learning within and outside of the curriculum at varying levels of education. In Wales, the recent curriculum changes, and the emergence of the Digital Competence Framework (DCF) means that primary and secondary schools and teachers across are now responsible …
Finding Effective Ink Receiver Ingredient in Image Creation on Aluminum Plate to Replace Red Lacquer in Lithograph Process
Printmaking is an important process in Thailand, as required by many universities’ curriculums as well as Thai artists. Lithograph is rather popular among printmaking techniques. Its process is mainly utilized chemical reaction, however some chemicals are rare, then needed to be imported from foreign countries. The problem are led to “Finding effective ink receiver ingredient …
Real Science in Clear English
Real Science in Clear English The Issue English dominates the world of science. In order for students in countries such as China, India, Asia and the Middle East to compete globally in their fields, an increasing number of their tertiary institutes use English – rather than local languages – as the medium of instruction. However, …
Navigating Online Identities: Language Learners’ Narratives in Online Spaces
This research investigates the construction of Saudi university English language learners’ identities in online spaces, such as discussion boards and social media, analyzing how these digital environments influence their learning processes and identity formation. The primary objective is to understand the relationship between online interaction and language learning, focusing on the negotiation of identity through …
Scaling Protected Western Fence the Fate of Nigeria Immigrants to Europe
The world is gradually shrinking that at the press of a button events happening in far-flung part of the earth could be followed live via cable network. Globalization or capitalist penetration of every economy is the new phenomenon. Industrialized nations of the West are growing richer and having access to natural resources of the third …
A Study in Information Usage Behavior of Students in Rajabhat Rajanagarindra University
The study has following objectives as: (1) to study information usage behavior of students in Rajabhat Rajanagarindra University, (2) to study about problems in information usage and (3) study about requirements of the students in information usage. Sample comprised of 300 students. Data were collected by questionnaires analyzed by percentage, mean and SD. The results …
Education and Embracing Cultural Differences
The paper aims to highlight the role of education to overcome the cultural barriers. In the difficult times that humanity is going through, it is sometimes recognized that the world is influenced more by the culture of the place, money, information, emotions and less by reason. Emotional intelligence, imagination, inventiveness, creativity delimit areas of progress …
A Cognitive Study of Expressions Based on Hearing in English and Vietnamese
Hearing is said to be the sense of linguistic communication and in fact, in all the meanings, both concrete and abstract, it seems to be so. Through experiencing of human, hearing is used for many expressions in daily life popularly. In the view of cognitive linguistics, “the design features of languages and our ability to …
Examining the Nursing Workforce Shortage in Vietnam: Implications for Nursing Education
This study examines the nursing human resource crisis in Vietnam that emerged in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. A literature review encompassing policy documents, statistics, reports, guidelines, news, media, and academic publications was conducted. Even before the pandemic, Vietnam grappled with a nursing shortage, with a nurse-to-population ratio significantly below the global average. The …
Integrating TTF and UTAUT to Explain the Pharmacists’ Adopting Intentions of Telepharmacy
Pharmaceutical care involves the process through which a pharmacist cooperates with a patient and other professionals in implementing a therapeutic plan for the quality use of medicines. However, traditional pharmacy were limited by the shortage of the pharmacists and capabilities of communication, the quality pharmaceutical care was not provided effectively. Previous studies have pointed out …
Integration of Teaching and Learning ICT Literacy and Herbal Information in the 21st Century
In the 21st Century, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) acts as an important role to support learning of the core content. In Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum at Silpakorn University, ICT literacy and core content about herbal information were integrated to support learning herbal medicine. Several tools were introduced to collect and applied herbal information. To …
Online Flipped Learning for Engineering Students
The integration of digital tools into language teaching has increased with the COVID-19 pandemic. In parallel, online learning has become popular, resulting in a substantial amount of online courses. In addition, nowadays, it is preferred over traditional face-to-face learning in emergency situations. All of this has led educators and researchers to explore ways to improve …
Online Language Learning in the Time of COVID: Instructor and Student Perspectives
While computer assisted language learning has been a long-established form of instruction (Chapelle, 2005; Lim & Aryadoust, 2022), this mode of learning surged during the recent pandemic when in-person instruction was rapidly shifted online. While the process of planning for online language instruction has been studied in detail (Pawan et al., 2016), the sudden migration …
Designing A Multiple Submission Policy Supporting Mastery Learning for a Design Thinking Class in a Purely Online Learning Environment
Mastery learning is defined as an approach where students are equipped with complex skills required in the VUCA world instead of simple skills that only apply to traditional classrooms. One way to encourage mastery learning in the classroom is through repeated assessment, specifically formative ones. In this paper, we describe our experience in designing a …
Confidence is a Plant of Slow Growth: The Relationship of Power Distance Orientation, Team Trust, Self-Esteem and Voice Behavior
This study explores how voice behavior in the nursing workplace relate to changes in team based self-esteem and trust. According to the social identity theory and Chinese cultural influences, power distance orientation may play an important role in this relationship. The examined model investigated the mediating role of team based self-esteem relations between voice behavior …
Acute Urological Emergencies in Leicester Medical School Undergraduate Curriculum
Background & Purpose Urological emergencies are often neglected at medical school which can inevitably lead to underconfident junior doctors and poorer patient outcomes. Leicester Medical School introduced urological emergencies in the second year; however, limited content is incorporated in the students’ workbooks. As a result, junior doctors acting as clinical teaching fellows (CTFs) often have …
Design Thinking in Education as a Catalyst to Discover and Maintain a Sense of Hope, Agency, and Confidence for Students
Learning about ‘wicked problems (WP)’ in sustainability such as pollution, urban waste, and food and water shortages could incur a sense of helplessness among students. WP is complex to understand and challenging to teach. Our experience suggests how these concepts are taught is as important for student learning as is teaching the concepts of WP. …
Children’s Understanding of First- and Second-Order False Beliefs in One Narrative
The results of false belief tasks show that children acquire second-order false beliefs (B thinks that A thinks X is Y) a few years later than first-order false beliefs (A thinks X is Y) (ex. Hayashi, 2002). Although different tasks are used to investigate these two false beliefs, it was unclear whether the story of …
Consumer Guilt, Online Resale and Purchase Intention
Consumer guilt is a critical factor affecting consumers’ purchase decisions. Marketers would apply various strategies to reduce the sense of guilt so consumers can be more willing to spend the money. With the popularity of online auction, consumers can easily resell unwanted online by themselves, and the return of the resale may lower their sense …
Exploring Determinants of Voting for the Helpfulness of Online Consumer Product Reviews
With the growth of e-commerce, online product reviews have become a major information source in consumer purchase decisions. However, anyone can easily provide product review in the manner of anonymous, which may lead to the enormous amount of reviews available for consumers and the manipulation behavior of reviews by vendors. Therefore, many website owners have …
The Relationship Between the Online Learning Difficulties and Self-Efficacy Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Taiwan During the COVID-19 Pandemic
During the pandemic, all educational institutions, including senior education centers, closed. To support the physical and mental health of the elderly, Taiwan’s Ministry of Education Taiwan urged active aging centers to develop online courses. This study explored the difficulties and self-efficacy of middle-aged and older adults transitioning to online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. Drawing …
Learning Media of Currency Introduction for Children with Special Needs
Application of Information Technology and Communication (ICT) has no longer been uncommon and has reached almost every aspect of human lives, including education and learning aspects. The learning media in this study is targeted at children with special needs. It is constructed based on the standard curriculum for mathematics, especially the topics related to numbers, …
Self-Efficacy, E-Learning and Online EFL Proficiency Test
Previous studies have reported that self-efficacy plays an important role as a predictor of learners’ motivation and learning. This study seeks to address the following questions: (1) Does self-efficacy influence EFL learners’ motivation for e-learning? (2) Does self-efficacy influence EFL learners’ online English proficiency test scores? The participants of this study were 60 EFL university …
Development and Integration of Freely Available Technology into Online STEM Courses to Create a Proctored Environment During Exams
The current coronavirus pandemic has left many universities and their instructors in a sudden requirement of online education. For small private universities this creates an even more precarious situation as funds for online proctors or the purchase of software for online assessment monitoring is frequently insufficient. In addition, online assesments for STEM courses are often …
Comparing Online Learning Experiences Between University Students With and Without Special Educational Needs During COVID-19
The aim of this study is to examine the online learning experiences of university students with Special Educational Needs (SEN), and how their experiences might differ from their typically developing peers. Fifty typically developing students (mean age = 22; 29 females) and 31 students with SEN (mean age = 22; 15 females) from a local …
The Online Training to Create an Online Society That Connects Tourism for Employment and Preparation for Future Work
This research aims to: 1. construct an online training system to convey knowledge and the production process of tourist media to communities and people during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; and 2. examine people’s access to online training systems. Examine the performance of the online trainees. The findings demonstrated that: 1. The developed online …
Teacher Self-Efficacy and Emergency Online Teaching and Learning During COVID-19
This mixed methods study sought to measure and understand teacher efficacy and experience of teaching online one year into the transition to emergency remote online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study builds on our earlier work (Dolighan & Owen, 2021) that measured teachers’ sense of efficacy for teaching online at the initial stages of …
Effective Strategies for Teaching Higher Education Faculty How to Teach Online
In higher education, institutions want their faculty to have confidence going into a classroom to teach their subject, whether face to face classes, hybrid classes that are partially online, or fully online classes. How can institutions support their faculty to be effective and independent in the classroom teaching hybrid and online courses? This talk will walk …
Professional Development for Teaching Online and Hybrid Courses in Higher Education
All institutions want their faculty to have confidence going into a classroom to teach their subject, whether face to face classes, hybrid classes that are partially online, or fully online classes. How can institutions support their faculty to be effective and independent in the classroom teaching hybrid and online courses? This talk will walk through the …
To Explore the Relationship Between Socio-demographic Factors and Online Social Capital Among Undergraduate Students in Hong Kong
Along with the development of information technology, the concept of social capital has been extended to the online perspective. Major limitations of the offline social capital include the information was most often describing the socio-economic status of parents rather than the children per se. The main objectives of the study was to examine the current …
Online Discussion Using Facebook Module Versus Moodle Forum Module in a Moodle Platform: Feedback From Secondary Students in Tonga
Students engagement in online discussion sometimes defines their learning attitudes. However, the tools that is being used for online discussion may also frame the attitudes of the students in online discussion. Facebook(R) has been considered by some researchers as a great platform for online discussion. Students engagement and attitudes is part of their objectives. Many …
NINE: Digital Counseling Guide for Teenagers’ Instant Messaging with AI
Technology plays a significant role in our lives, transforming industries and offering innovative applications. However, to use technology effectively, it is crucial to understand how it works. It is also essential to use technology and social media responsibly, be mindful of the time spent using it, safeguard personal information online, and treat others respectfully when …
Connectivism in Cross-Disciplinary Teaching: An Integrative Approach to Introduce Hydrogen Energy
This presentation showcases a cross-disciplinary course designed to harness the potential of hydrogen energy for achieving net zero emissions from three different disciplinary perspectives: environmental law, Arduino programming, and energy engineering. Grounded in Connectivism Learning Theory, the course underscores the importance of integrating diverse knowledge domains to enhance practical learning outcomes, crucial for developing sustainable …
Tendencies in Higher Education System Through ANT
The report considers modern tendencies prevailing in the higher education system while training technical specialists nowadays. According to the author, excluding the humanitarian courses from curriculum results in the complete dissolution of subjectivity in the impersonal world, which is deprived of ‘living’ knowledge, i.e., definite knowledge of a definite person. The application of such an …
Factors Influencing Elderly Life Satisfaction in Thailand: A Comprehensive Study on Socio-Economic, Mental, and Physical Health, and Social Activity
This study aimed to assess the life satisfaction of elderly individuals and its associated factors, examining the empirical relationship, direction, and intensity of these variables. The investigation explored the mediating roles of physical and mental health scores on life satisfaction, using data from the fourth wave of the Health, Aging, and Retirement in Thailand (HART) …
Jurisdictional Issues in Cross Border Hacking
Increase in use of cyber technologies and at the same time increasing trends in the related crimes, compelled the scholars to discuss about the respective. During the regulation of the cyber world, one of the major problems, which was witnessed was the clash between the transnational internet and national law(s) because online activities are not …
ISSN: 2186-5914 – The Asian Business & Management Conference 2013 – Official Conference Proceedings
ABMC 2013, Osaka, Japan
Conference Theme 2013: Corporate Governance and Business Sustainability
Osaka, Japan
November 21-24, 2013
ISSN:2186-5914
The Distributional and Welfare Effects of the Emission Trading Scheme on Australian Households
The paper presents the effects of the emission trading scheme in Australia on price of goods and services, as well as on distributional income and welfare of household groups. I simulate the emission reduction target of 11% in 2009, designed to achieve the emission reduction target of 5% below 2000 level by 2020. The Computable …
The Packaging Design Factors to Reduce Alcohol Campaign for Youth People: A Case Study of Packaging Design’s Classroom
Packaging design is a one of the media tools used in communication between the products and the consumers. This research endeavors to find a factors of packaging design to reduce campaign for youth people. Firstly, it attempts to study the influence of packaging on alcohol purchasing behavior. Secondly, it endeavors to study the characteristics of …
Measuring the Effects of Online-To-Offline Marketing
Due to the emerging mobile device usage and rigid competition in e-commerce industry in recent years, companies begin to create a new strategy for their e-marketing, that is, online-to-offline (O2O) marketing, to integrate multiple channels more efficiently. However, still very few studies focus on measuring the effects of O2O marketing strategy. The purpose of this …
A Novel Business Model Based on Real Time Bidding and Online Video Interaction Technology
The aim of this paper is to introduce a novel business model based on real time bidding (RTB) and an online video interaction technology and to demonstrate how they can be integrated to boost the power of advertising. The interaction technology was built around a novel object recognition/tracking technique and a traditional video-processing one. Innovative …
The Effectiveness of Self-Paced Online Language Courses With Gamification Elements in the University Setting
Self-paced learning is a crucial approach for fostering students’ intrinsic motivation to delve deep into understanding a given subject. However, motivating students to learn through self-access online courses outside the classroom is not an easy task. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of two self-paced online language courses offered to all undergraduate students at …
The Normal Habits and Environmental Governance of Online Advertisements
When an advertisement meets a network, it actually transfers the use of human weakness to its emergence. The support of technology for releasing of human weaknesses inevitably brings changes in normal habits of online advertisement. And the changes of the ecological environment of online advertisements leads to the vulgarization of it. Due to factors such …
Assessing College Students’ Readiness for Online Learning
Advancements in technology and pedagogy with respect to distance education have highlighted the need for higher education institutions to adapt to these changes and embrace online learning as an alternative approach to instructional delivery. To assess students’ readiness to this non-conventional modality, the current study utilized the Online Learning Readiness Scale (OLRS) by administering an …
Nursing, Health Technician and Midwifery Students’ Perceptions of Their First Fully Online Learning Experience During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
This paper examines undergraduate nursing, health technician and midwifery students’ perceptions of their first fully online learning experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Online learning was a solution for several countries during the COVID-19 pandemic to pursue studies and protect students. Understanding nursing students perceptions of their experiences related to the online learning is crucial …
Motivation in English Learning: A Case Study of an ESP Course in a Thai University
Running an ESP course which requires students to participate actively in the course, the students’ ability to interact with topics a teacher raises in class is important. As a teacher, the researcher had noticed that some students enjoyed the class while some did not. This brought to an investigation to see what caused this phenomenon …
Challenges and Approaches in Adopting EIL in a Japanese EFL: Internal and External Factors
This study explores how the English education policy in Japan (external factor) and Japanese EFL learners’ mindsets toward their dialects (internal factor) affect their attitudes toward Japanese English. Also, we discuss how their attitudes toward dialects influence their self-esteem and self-confidence. First, the Japanese English education policy focuses on American or British English and strongly …
Demand Analysis for Developing Decision-Making Skills Among Chinese International Students Using the ChatGPT-Enhanced Decision Tree Learning Model
This study evaluates the demand among Chinese international students for using the ChatGPT-enhanced Decision Tree Learning Model to improve decision-making skills. A survey of 101 students revealed key needs in decision analysis, cultural sensitivity, adaptability, and self-confidence. The results show a strong demand for cultural sensitivity training and integrating cultural perspectives, but weaker interest in …
Gynos-Synthesis En Route From Conflict to Harmony a Psycho-Spiritual Re-Reading of Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf
That ‘Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains’ is true of men and women today, greatly owing to the unresolved conflicts, intra-, inter-, and trans-personal in nature. A logical derivation from this truth is that a resolution of the conflicts would regain freedom for Man, and, that the process of conflict-resolution could …
Developing a Game-Based Proprioception Reconstruction System for Patients with Ankle Sprain
Research results have revealed that ankle sprain is the top one cause for sport injury, indicating the relatively high demand of rehabilitation programme due to ankle sprain. For patients with ankle sprain, apart from providing treatment for joint and muscle tone, in order to maintain body balance and stability, proprioception reconstruction should also be considered …
Teaching beyond the Borders: Using the ELT Classroom to Raise Students’ Social Awareness
In our time where war prevails and women and children suffer different faces of abuse and when the environmental conservation needs the awareness of citizens, the need is urgent to modernize our approaches while teaching to solve these dilemmas. The English language teachers are in a unique position to promote the idea of global citizenship …
The Place of Memory and the Memory of Place
A hospital is a place for treatment of diseases. It is a liminal place where ideally people are cured and able to return back to their normal lives. Hospitals though can be sites of trauma depending on the patient experience. Lock hospitals especially were not only places where patients were treated for contagious diseases but …
A Study on the Application of Tiger Metaphors in Diaspora Woman’s Growth Narrative – Focusing on Tae Keller’s Novel: When You Trap a Tiger
Korean-American author Tae Keller applied Korean tiger stories such as Sister and Brother Who Became the Sun and the Moon and A Bear and A Tiger Who Want to Be Human to the 2021 Newbery Award-winning book When You Trap a Tiger. In this growth narrative of diaspora woman, the aspects of tiger metaphors being …
The Self on Instagram: A Study on How People With Different Hair Colors Use Instagram for Online Self-presentation
This study explores how women with different hair colors use Instagram for online self-presentation, considering how hair has been historically significant to identify a person’s status. Goffman’s framework of self-presentation was used in this study. Furthermore, he explains self-presentation through the concept of theater, in which a person performs different roles in front of an …
The Challenges and Strategies of COVID-19 Online Learning and Teaching: A Comparative Case Study of Higher Education in Afghanistan and Indonesia
The huge impact of the pandemic has altered many sectors of life, including higher education. Forcing students and lecturers to adjust themselves to online learning and teaching, the COVID-19 outbreak has created overwhelming challenges for both students and lecturers. In order to tackle the challenges and study as normally as possible, they come up with …
Instructors’ Perceptions of the Opportunities and Challenges of Integrating Technology in Crisis-prompted Online Language Instruction in the Times of Covid-19
This mixed-method study investigated higher education language instructors’ experiences during the pivot from face-to-face teaching to online teaching during the stay-at-home order in the Spring of 2020. Eleven participants discussed their approach to teaching online for the first time. The present study provided a comprehensive view of language instructors’ use of technology, their experiences, challenges, …
The Effect of Teacher Immediacy as Leverage Technology on Online Students’ Participation, Academic Achievement and Knowledge Retention
COVID-19 pandemic has led to a major shift towards online learning, emphasizing the importance of teacher immediacy in promoting students’ participation, academic achievement and knowledge retention. The transition to online learning has become increasingly prevalent, necessitating a deeper understanding of the factors that influence students’ academic performance in environment. One such factor is teacher immediacy, …
A Study of an Online Community of Practice for EFL Learning in a Chinese University
The aim of this paper is to report the investigation of an online communication group as a supplementary media for student learning English; and to report how communication online facilitated student learning and student-teacher relationship. Drawing literature on reflection and Communities of Practice (CoPs), a case study was undertaken involving 30 students in an online …
Maximising Student Engagement in Online and Blended Learning: A Survey of Learner Preferences
Blended learning is the integration of classroom face-to-face (F2F) learning with online learning experiences to engage students in a flexible learning framework. F2F lecturing is generally described as being more engaging. However, the incorporation of online resources gives students choice and flexibility in how they approach their studies, and can offer an additional tool to …
Five Years of Online Instruction: Lessons Learned
This paper outlines the researcher’s individual growth and evolution of online instruction over the span five years. The details of this paper include a synthesis of recent research combined with online teaching experience. The method used is autoethnography in which the author seeks to analyze personal experience within the cultural context of teaching in the …
Online Teaching Readiness of High School Teachers in Special Education
The advent of technology in the 21st century transformed the educational landscape initiating a shift from traditional face-to-face teaching to online teaching. Moving the classroom experience to digital platform poses a challenge on the online teaching readiness of teachers, more so in special education where the teachers’ intensive guidance and specialized skills are matched to …
Preparing Students for Taking the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE): The Design of an Online Self-paced Courseware and Evaluation
Preparing Students for Taking the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE): The Design of an Online Self-paced Courseware and Evaluation After years of education, graduates are naturally keen to give something back and contribute to society. One of the most efficient ways is to join the civil service and serve the public. The Civil Service Bureau of …
Developing an Online Knowledge Center Model to Enhance the Necessary Skills for Workers in Industrial Enterprises
The objective of this research was to develop an online knowledge center model to enhance necessary skills for workers in industrial enterprises. The development process showed that 1) there were 8 major components of this kind of online knowledge center model: concept and goal, internal/external content and internal/external courses, technology, search/information retrieval system, community/sharing, knowledge …
Online Comic in Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Learning: A Case Study of Budi Utama Multilingual School in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
This research aims to 1) investigate the improvement of CFL elementary-school students’ skill in learning Mandarin Chinese vocabulary through creating comic individually without online resources, creating online comics individually and collaboratively, 2) investigate the CFL elementary-school students’ attitude towards the application of online comics in learning Mandarin Chinese vocabulary, and 3) investigate the CFL elementary-school …
ISSN: 2186-5892 The Asian Conference on Education 2021: Official Conference Proceedings
ACE2021, Online from Tokyo, Japan
Thursday, November 25 – Saturday, November 27, 2021
ISSN: 2186-5892
Coping Up With Online Learning During the Pandemic: Challenges for Rural Students in Bangladesh
Around 38 million students were affected due to the COVID 19 related closure in Bangladesh. Students from rural areas have faced difficulties during the pandemic to cope up with online education. The education turned virtual but there was no such framework, guidelines and need-based arrangements for a smooth operation of online learning. While the pandemic …
Trusting for Authentic Friendshps in the Perceptive World of Everybody Lies Online
With the technological advancement of communication, especially the internet, more and more people no longer live life in a set of relatively fixed settings but rather they live through online societies. In online venues, it is easier for individuals to have power to manage their relationships, making it freer and expanding possibilities. As such, an …
Learning and Teaching TESOL Online During the Pandemic – Experiences From Chinese International Students and Their Lecturer in New Zealand
This study focuses on challenges for students and lecturers adapting to online teaching and learning during the pandemic. The project reports on two international student cohorts from China who had expected to be immersed in an English-speaking country for their undergraduate degree but were forced to study online. In July 2019, the Bachelor of Education …
University Students’ Perceptions of Social Experiences in Online Learning: A Post-COVID-19 Perspective
Since the emergence of COVID-19 in 2020, online learning has become increasingly important as an alternative to face-to-face higher education (HE) programme delivery globally, including in Malaysia and Singapore. With limited physical and social contact, communication, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing through digital tools play a large part in enhancing students’ virtual learning experience. Based on the …
Storytelling with Multi-media Technologies
Storytelling is considered one of the most effective ways for teaching a foreign language, and it enables learners to build greater confidence in their target language fluency through improving their presentational skills. Furthermore, storytelling sparks learners’ curiosity about the target culture while stimulating learners’ creative thinking and active learning processes. This paper investigates how the …
L2 Acquisition of the Word Order of a Mandarin Attributive-Head Construction May Not Be Affected by L1 or Word Frequency
Word order can be a difficult dimension for L2 learners to acquire, especially for learners whose L1 exhibits a different order pattern. For example, previous research reported difficulty in the acquisition of Mandarin [Attributive-Head] constructions for Thai learners with [Head-Attributive] constructions, and has attributed the difficulty to negative L1-to-L2 transfer. However, whether this difficulty is …
World Order, Regime and Law of the U.S., UK, France and Europe
After the Second World War, the United States, United Kingdom, France and Europe have built Peace, World Order, Regime and Law with NATO and alliances. In 2020, the World is confused by the coronavirus pandemic. The United States, United Kingdom, France and EU cope with the pandemic. On March 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron said: …
ISSN: 2186-5892 The Asian Conference on Education 2020: Official Conference Proceedings
ACE2020, Online from Tokyo, Japan
Friday, October 31 – Sunday, November 2, 2020
ISSN: 2186-5892
Technology, Toucan, and Language Education
Globalization and computerization along with the limitations caused by the current pandemic have all moved us towards having more online presence. From online shopping to online learning, all aspects of our lives have been impacted by technology including how we learn and use languages. The goal of this presentation is to discuss various aspects of …
Students’ Perceptions of a Designed Online Asynchronous Learning Activity Regarding the Community of Inquiry (COI) Framework
The COVID-19 pandemic situation is causing a rapid shift in higher education to be an online instruction or distance learning. This sudden change forces instructors around the globe to transform or re-design an offline course to be online instruction. In order to design an online course effectively, the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework has become …
How Can Educators Make Online Work Well?
This paper connects best practices observed and developed through experiential learning in online forums, structured as open reflective spaces, with structured feed forwards. We are all online, constantly communicating, exchanging, learning, teaching, developing and creating. In such a vast space we often lose sight of the importance of the space itself. Almost every day we …
Social Media and Online Activism in Kazakhstan: A New Challenge for Authoritarianism?
The internet provides new channels for citizen voices, expression of minority viewpoints, and political mobilisation. In Egypt, Russia, Syria and China, blogs, online forums, Facebook and Twitter already provide citizens with a new form of public sphere and alternative source of news and information, which are seen as a new platform for exchanging news. This …
Students’ Reflections on Online Teaching/Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The intensive implementation of online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic creates challenges and generates innovation opportunities within higher education. This study aimed to explore students’ reflections regarding online teaching/learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the challenges students encountered due to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, the perceived benefits, and their recommendations for future …
Lecturers’ Experiences in Teaching STEM Courses Online During COVID-19: Case of a Zimbabwean University
This paper explains the university lecturers’ experiences of teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The 210 research participants were drawn from a single university in Zimbabwe, a developing country in southern Africa. While there exists literature on the online teaching approaches during COVID-19, this paper argues that there …
The Influence of Online Social Communication Networks on the Agenda of the Front Page of Thai Newspapers
The research found that the online social media services of Facebook impacted the news agenda items of both Thairath and Matichon newspapers. Analysis of Facebook was conducted throughout the year 2011. In addition, extensive interviews were conducted with sub-editors and reporters from said newspapers. It was also found that the online media services examined helped …
Engaging Online Students in Blended Synchronous Learning: An Exploratory Study
Blended synchronous learning (BSL) is an instructional approach that enables online students to participate in classroom activities from geographically separated sites using video conferencing technologies. Despite its educational benefits, maintaining and increasing the engagement of online students is challenging. In this study, some strategies were adopted in two classes (N=22 & 23) to investigate how …
Analysis of Lecturers’ Opportunities and Challenges Regarding Formative Online Assessments at a South African Technology University
During and after COVID-19, formative online exams became widely employed at universities. Face-to-face academic activities were suspended. As a result, many institutions increased their use of information and communications technology (ICT) and adopted online assessments. University lecturers were obliged to change their pedagogical strategies, teaching and learning paradigms, and evaluation procedures. This study examined opportunities …
University Students’ Motivations and Attitudes Towards Online Learning in the Post-pandemic Era: A Comparative Study
With the growth of emerging technologies and the recession of the pandemic, online learning remains a crucial tool for assisting students in their academic pursuits. Despite that studies have shown that learners’ motivation and attitudes are key elements influencing student performance, especially in online learning scenarios, little is known about students’ current motivations and attitudes …
Learning Motivation of Adult Learners During the Transition to Fully Online Learning Due to COVID-19
This paper investigates the learning motivation amongst adult learners in Singapore, during Singapore’s transition to fully online learning due to COVID-19. A mixed methods study consisting of two phases was conducted from 2020-2021: (i) Phase One is an online survey which consists of a series of Likert-scaled items that ask respondents to reflect on their …
Exploring the Online Co-Creation Process of Design Thinking from the Perspective of Constructive Controversy Training
“Design Thinking”(DT) as a human-oriented problem-solving methodology has been widely discussed in the world. DT is becoming popular in interdisciplinary field and complex problem scope. DT workshops began to be applied around 2010 for heterogeneity team building and co-creation. However, there is still room for improvement in team performance and effectiveness during the co-creation activities …
Insights into Students’ Online Learning Experiences During COVID-19 Pandemic: Shaping How We Do Education Moving Forward
Teaching and learning have transitioned entirely into an online mode in response to COVID-19 pandemic in Mongolia. Online education in and of itself is not new to Mongolian higher education sector. However, transitioning into 100% online mode within a space of a month and continue doing so since February 2020 has been a challenge. This …
Empathy in Action: Fostering Digital Empathy Through Intergenerational Activities Among Online Users
With the widespread adoption of online media technology, all generations have become active online users in the digital world. However, each generation’s unique experiences and perspectives can create challenges in intergenerational online communication due to a lack of digital empathy – the cognitive, emotional, and social skills to be sensitive and supportive of others’ feelings, …
Development and Validation of Questionnaire on Self-Regulated Learning Strategies in Online Learning Environment
Covid-19 has resulted in a sudden shift in education settings, from face-to-face to online learning sessions. In view of this major change, it is necessary to study students’ self-regulation strategies in an online environment to enable the teachers to develop online materials that will guide students to become successful in their learning. This study aimed …
A Method to Predict Students’ Success in Distance Online Courses
Information technologies change the entire structure of the educational process. Its aspects – academic, administrative, technical, communicative, and personal – acquire specific traits in the framework of online education. Scholars and practitioners nowadays face the task of developing new methodologies of assessing and predicting students’ success in online classes. One of such methods is described …
Bridging Distance for Young Students with Disabilities in Online Learning
This virtual video presentation reviews literature on how to engage young students with disabilities in effective learning and discusses how this research can be applied to developing lessons for online teaching. Many teachers have reported their struggle to engage young children, especially children with disabilities in synchronous online learning activities. When teachers needed to take …
L2 WTC and Relatedness in Social Online Classrooms: Findings from a Longitudinal Action Research Project in a Japanese University Classroom
Synchronous, video-mediated online classrooms offer a range of challenges that do not exist in traditional, face-to-face classrooms in terms of enacting L2 willingness to communicate (WTC). Social proximity, which facilitates group cohesion and relatedness, is often reduced in online spaces resulting in significant implications for L2 learners’ desire to communicate. As the second iteration of …
Evaluate the Correlation Between Online Learning Motivation and Learning Effectiveness for Students Enrolled at the Taiwan Institute of Technology During the COVID-19 Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, following the policy of “Learning Never Stops,” schools of all levels in Taiwan adopted a flexible and interdisciplinary approach to maintain educational continuity, and online teaching became one of the main methods of achieving this goal. Our research used the ARCS model to evaluate any correlation between online learning motivation and …
Challenges in Technology Integration for Online Teaching and Learning for English Sessional Academics
The new norm, post-COVID-19, is characterized by the worldwide espousal of the virtual classroom. While full-time university academics are typically provided with continuous training support for their technology integration in online teaching, this is not so for sessional academics, who are inadvertently deprived of such opportunities. This would subsequently threaten the quality of online lessons, …
Development of Preferred Methods of Teaching Online English Questionnaire
COVID-19 opened new doors for educational institutions to adopt a hybrid system, combining face-to-face and online teaching. While strategies for face-to-face instruction have evolved, researchers are now focusing on developing online teaching methods. This research aimed to create an instrument to identify students’ preferred methods for learning English online and to determine the factors influencing …
“I’m a Different Person Now”: Online Learning as a De-Facto Higher Education Equity Pathway to Transforming Lives
In line with global trends in higher education, many Australian universities are energetically embracing the concept of flexible online learning, which has significantly increased the number of students studying university courses through online and/or open-access delivery. This mode is highly utilised by non-traditional students, and is therefore an important avenue to fulfil Australian government policies …
Communicating Online Counseling for Mental Health: Awareness and Perceptions of PSAU Students
The general objective of this paper was to determine how online counseling for mental health is communicated to the Pampanga State Agricultural University (PSAU) students by knowing its influence on their awareness and perceptions. In determining this, 380 college students at PSAU were surveyed online using the quantitative research method. The results of the study …
The Social Aspects of Code-Switching in Online Interaction: The Case of Saudi Bilinguals
This research aims to investigate the concept of code-switching (CS) between English, Arabic, and the CS practices of Saudi online users via a Translanguaging (TL) lens for more inclusive view towards the nature of the data from the study. It employs Digitally Mediated Communication (DMC), specifically the WhatsApp and Twitter platforms, in order to understand …
Ethical Use of Online and Social Media in News Reporting of Thai Newsrooms
Online and social media have transformed journalism practice and newsroom has embraced a hybrid model of news reporting including newsgathering, news distribution and use of user-generated content to survive in convergence news culture. This research aims to study ethical issue on online and social media usage in news reporting, and ways to develop ethical code …
Local Wisdom in Weaving Reed Mats by Designing Patterns at Community Enterprise of Kok Mat Transformation in Ban Sang District
This research was aimed to study context, ways of thinking, principle, wisdom evidence and knowledge management on weaving reed mats of the entrepreneur group and the continuation of adopted local wisdom through the decoration design and development the reed mat products of the Bang Pluang Reed-Mat-Transformation Community, Ban Sang District, Prachin Buri, Thailand. This research …
Graphic Design on Packaging for Development of Local Textile Products: A Case of Cloth Weaving Commodities in Mahasarakham Province, Thailand
This research aimed to raise a product brand (Underwood, Klein, and Burke, 2001) for cloth weaving commodities in Mahasarakham province, using the case study of Baannongkaen, village 4th, Lao sub-district, Kosumpisai district in order to promote the sale and marketing strategy, create a packaging design for products of the commodities. Fifteen packaging design models were …
Survey on the Role of Visual Arts in Reading Motivation and Visual Tranquility among Managers, Librarians and Library Users of Tehran
This research studies the role of artistic atmosphere in public libraries in order to create reading motivation and providing visual tranquility for the clients. The main role of public library is to disseminate information without discrimination and help social justice to reduce information gap of the society. So libraries can use visual arts to attract …
Japanese Subs for Australia? Developments in Australian Defence Procurement/Japanese Defence Export Policy
The Abbott Liberal-National Coalition government of Australia is currently in search of a replacement for the troubled Collins-class conventional submarine fleet of the Royal Australian Navy. Coincidentally, defence ties between Australia and Japan have become ever closer in recent times, particularly under the respective conservative governments of Prime Ministers Tony Abbott and Shinzo Abe. Following …
The Structure of Narrative Design. A Case Study: Interior Design Proposal of Thread of Life Gallery in Bali
When an exhibition is designed with object-oriented approach, merely focuses on conservation, display and object information, visitors often don’t understand the object. The design function as a medium of visual communication is failed. The exhibition design should be user centered and the goals are communicating objects and their context to visitors in order to make …
Purchase Intention Toward Apartments in a Metropolitan Area in Vietnam: The Mediating Role of Attitude Toward Behavior
The objective of this study is to examine the inclination to acquire an apartment in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the current state of the real estate market in a bustling city such as Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The theory of planned behavior (TPB) is expanded to identify eight constructs, and …
Participatory Processes and Co-Creation Methods as Paths toward Innovation: Evidence on the Application of Participatory Methods in Secondary Schools
This paper provides evidence of the possibilities of participatory processes and co-creation techniques as an effective way to approach the process of diagnose, analysis and prescription of any given challenge. We argue that the entering of innovation in the classroom by means of the adaptation of pre-existent participatory tools -according both to the intended goal …
ISSN: 2189-1001 –The Asian Conference on Business and Public Policy 2021: Official Conference Proceedings
ACBPP2021 – Online from Tokyo, Japan
Monday, November 1 – Tuesday, November 2, 2021
ISSN: 2189-1001
Who Am I? Omani English Language Teachers Professional Identities
This presentation will shed some light on the concept of teacher professional identity and the impact of educational policies on the development of this identity from both theoretical and practical perspectives. The initial findings of the research conducted on Omani English language teachers professional identities will be discussed and revealed. This presentation will draw on …
Social Innovation: Towards Community Wellbeing and World Peace: A Case Study of Weixin Shengjiao I Ching University’s Lifelong Learning
The global environment is facing natural drastic changes. The rapid changes have eroded our humanistic values. The implementation of humanistic education has become a most concerned issue to all countries, and lifelong learning has also become a good prescription. However, “lifelong learning” has always been a popular slogan. How lifelong learning affects people’s heart and …
Sustainable Management for a Long-Term Caring Center Taking Community Service as a Moderating Role
According to Ministry of Interior, there were more than 2.6 million people older than 65 years in Taiwan. It consisted of 11.15% of the whole population. Long-term caring for senior persons in Taiwan is now a booming business that delicate business prescription is a must for any private institution. No more than 48 beds in …
A Developing Second-order Measurement Model of Thai Adolescent’s Desirable Characteristic
Over the past decades in Thailand, some educators fixed the students’ good characters in order to becoming the primary educational indicators for teachers’ measurement. However, those characters did not cover all domains in developmental psychology and had no systematic and scientific research conducted to develop such a measured instrument. So, the present study adopted a …
Social Green as a Strategy to Design Sustainable City in Developing Countries a Case Study of Surabaya
Designing city with minimum ecological foot print is necessary. However, most cities in developing countries have lack ability to design it. Lack of budget, lack of technology, urbanization, rapid population and economic competitive pressure has created slum and waste (Zarsky & Tay, 2000). Article argues that environment policy should meet five criteria. It should have …
Exploring Online Memes as Pedagogical Tools in Health Knowledge and Behaviour
This exploratory workshop consisted of a rapid, intuitive, exploratory session around the following briefing: create a meme that displays understandable, accessible health-related content. The workshop addressed current scientific mistrust – partly due to a chasm between hermetic authoritative discourse, and the allure of subjective skepticism. Online disinformation has been pointed out as a main contributing …
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 had to convert face-to-face classes to online delivery, often without adequate guidance, training, or resources. In Japan, the situation was exacerbated by the fact that online learning in formal university education is not widespread. Therefore, …
400 Million Students in Asia Looking for Quality Online Degree Programs
There are an estimated 400 million early and mid-career professionals in China that are interested in getting a graduate degree. There are not enough residential universities to support this demand. Consequently, Asian students are looking to international institutions for degree options. Many Asian students that were studying abroad are now back at home due to …
The Role of an Online Campus in Supporting a Sudden Shift in Students’ Preferences to Enroll at a College: Forecasting the Next Five Years in Higher Education
Overnight, the higher education community experienced a shift to remote teaching and learning. The shift benefited online-only learning institutions, as students discovered their ability to manage their time in a virtual environment. This shift has generated a need for educational institutions to recognize students’ scheduling preferences. TCC Connect Campus opened in 2014 as Tarrant County …
A Comparison of Student Self-Assessment in Online and Face-to-Face Learning Environments
With the recent migration to online learning due to the global pandemic, the need to foster autonomous learners in English language courses has elicited much attention. Inherent to autonomy is the ability to assess one’s process and progress in learning. However, little research in student self-assessments has reviewed how online learning can impact this practice …
Scaffolding to Support Self-Regulated Online Learning
Recognising that equipping students with digital literacy is crucial for them to navigate online materials and increasing student agency are both important educational goals in the future of learning, this study explored the use of scaffolding to design online learning experiences to support student self-regulated learning through an online course on solving Chemistry data-analysis questions …
International Students’ Acceptance of Online Learning During Pandemic: Some Exploratory Findings
The COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 has impacted campus life in many ways, including shifting to online mode of teaching and learning, restricting face-to-face communication and activities, and forming of new norms of education. This paper investigates impacts of the pandemic to the way international students taking class and doing research, the satisfaction level, and obstacles …
An Evaluation of Parent and Caregiver Perceptions of Online Communication in Intermediate Schooling in New Zealand: Involvement and Effectiveness
A dominant theme of the 21st century has been the rapid changes in technology and the move towards online communication. The impact of these changes has influenced how schools interact and communicate with parents/caregivers. Effective partnerships between school and home have the potential to positively impact on student outcomes. The importance of parent engagement and …
The Present and Future of Online Distance Learning: Trends and Challenges of Virtual Teachers
In response to sustain quality education during pandemic and the need to address the needs of online distance learning, this research aims to investigate what are the trends and challenges virtual teachers experience after a year since remote learning has been implemented. This quantitative research was conducted through an adapted survey questionnaire most applicable to …
The Value of Online News: Addressing the Problem of Online Investment Fraud Crimes in Thailand
Investment fraud is not a new type of crime, but the number of victims has increased during the Internet of Things era. This crime is recognized both nationally and internationally as a significant financial threat. Thailand too has grappled with this form of crime. This research investigates whether the mass media, which should cover news …
Reconnecting With New Zealand: There, Online, and Back Again for English for Specific Purposes Students With a Culture Focus, 2019–2024
Many programmes taught under emergency then planned online conditions from 2020-2022 are returning to face-to-face or blended teaching modes. This article relates and reflects on student experiences before, during, and after the pandemic, in original face-to-face, emergency-online, planned online, and blended modes, on an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) programme with a special focus on …
What Drives Parents to Be More Involved in Their Child’s Online Activities?
In recent years, information has been accumulating from various sources around the world and in Israel indicating a continuous increase in children’s accessibility to smartphones. The use of these devices, which enable access to the Internet, leads to a continuous increase in children’s exposure to various dangers arising from surfing the Internet and introduces challenges …
The Use of Technology to Overcome Transitional Challenges of First Year Students From Face-to-Face to Online
Universities around the world and South Africa in particular have been involuntary forced to transit from face-to-face to online learning and teaching as a result of the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Online learning and teaching is classified as the use of digital technology to deliver tuition in synchronous mode, meaning allowing …
Modeling Choice Behavior of Delivery Provider of Online Auctioneer
Digital technology has provided a new paradigm of our society and changed our life’s interaction with the Internet. As an efficient and flexible sales channel, companies can use auction sites to liquidate unwanted inventory, as well as to assist in pricing new products, acquiring new markets for low-margin items, and reaching markets that would be …
Understanding the Lived Experiences Towards Online Learning During the Pandemic
Since the COVID-19 outbreak has come leading the face-to-face classes to be suspended, online learning has started to become a learning modality for students to pursue their education. The study aims to understand the lived experiences of students and teachers from private and public schools in Metro Manila. Students were able to adjust their schedules, …
The Effectiveness of Online Teaching Activities: A Case at UFLS – UD, Vietnam
Universities have been very interested in implementing online teaching activities, which is the optimal choice in a modern society. University of Foreign Language Studies (UFLS) belonging to the University of Danang (UD), Viet Nam have focused on implementing this activity in many recent years through a variety of work such as investing in information technology …
Using Emotional and Multiple Intelligences to Predict Graduate Online Students Connectedness
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of online learning in all areas of academia. Colleges were thrust into converting on-ground classes to online venues, creating a need to examine the needs of the learners differently. What is not known is how different intelligence strengths can influence the students’ ability to connect to their online learning …
Learning Experiences of Online English Learning With Pedagogical Redesign for Complementing Formal Face-to-Face Learning
The use of online learning in education has increased rapidly during the pandemic. Both teachers and students are more familiarized with technologies in online teaching and learning. With the readiness of technology, some educational institutes started adopting more blended learning after the resumption of face-to-face learning. However, some institutes consider the online mode as a …
Readiness Towards Online Learning of Filipino Healthcare Students in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic
The present pandemic crisis poses a challenge to Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) compelling stakeholders such as school administration, faculty members, students, as well as parents to adopt the so-called “new normal”. It has become a trend nowadays to overhear distant learning, remote learning, online learning or e-learning. Apparently, all have the same context of being …
The Effect of Online Learning on Students’ Academic Performance: A Case Study of Accounting Students in Indonesia
The Covid-19 pandemic has drastically transformed the educational landscape. Online education has become the new normal for many students worldwide. Although online learning is perceived as cost- effective, how online education impacts accounting students’ academic performance remains a subject of debate, particularly in developing countries such as Indonesia. Similar research has been extensively conducted in …
Online Learning and COVID-19 in Higher Education: A Case Study
From the beginning of 2020, the outbreak of COVID-19 caused global universities to close campuses and initiate online learning. In this situation, studies of the online learning experiences in universities are important in improving practice. This case study of the online learning implementation in a university in Singapore provides such information. The study addresses the …
Phatic Communion: How It Works in Face-To-Face and Online Communications
This is a paper that demonstrates how phatic communion works in both face-to-face and online communications. Communication is the act of transferring information from the speaker(s) to the hearer(s). Phatic communion is a type of communication that occurs in social interactions. In many communicative situations, speakers intend to convey information, but in some situations, it …
Effects of Social Media Features on Music Teaching and Learning During the COVID-19 Movement Control Order (MCO)
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many education organisations to make full use of various online communication platform technologies to continue teaching. This study aims at gaining a deeper understanding of the usefulness of an e-learning platform for teaching and learning activities. It focuses on the trends of social media usage as well as a student’s …
Empowering Learners: Online Radio Broadcasts to Enhance the Students’ Speaking Skills
The speaking skill is one of the most challenging skills to develop in the Content and Language Integrated Learning Classroom (CLIL) since it requires the student to have enough confidence and language proficiency to communicate their ideas and opinions about a topic effectively. Noticeably, students lack opportunities to talk in the classroom and use the …
University Speaking Assessment as Collaborative and Self-effective Skill Development
Educators generally agree that the mastery of speaking skills is a necessity for most EFL and ESL learners (Ounis, 2017). While scholars debate which aspect of speaking should be a priority, interactional or transactional, Klingen links both usages. 3 of Klingen’s (2000) 12 functions of speaking: personal, descriptive and explanatory are relevant to this project. …