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Coverage of Various Communication Platforms: A Guide for Marketing Universities
The digital era has ushered the rise in the utilization of alternative communication platforms in integrated marketing communications (IMC). These include the use by organizations of traditional media and newer online media. The sole or combined utilization is driven by the platform’s coverage, cost, contribution, commonality, complementarities, cross-effects, and conformability. The contemporary business environment necessitates …
ISSN: 2186-5906 – The Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2018: Official Conference Proceedings
MediAsia2018, Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
MediAsia2018 Conference Theme: “Reclaiming the Future”
Tuesday, October 9 – Thursday, October 11, 2018
ISSN: 2186-5906
The Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioural Group Therapy on Infertile Men, a Randomised Clinical Trial
We tried to investigate the effects of cognitive behavioural group therapy (CBGT) on infertile men’s anger and positive and negative affect. Forty-three men with infertility for at least five years were selected for a randomised clinical study. Spielberger’s State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-II (STAXI-II) and the PANAS scale (positive and negative affect) were filled out by …
Cushioning Teacher Bullying: An Exploratory Study Towards Establishing Support Mechanism
Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods was used in carrying out this research since Teacher Bullying (TB) is not yet thoroughly explored in the Philippines. In the first phase, a narrative inquiry was administered to extract significant experiences of teachers in terms of “bullying forms” and its “effects” on their teaching performance and well-being, as well as …
The Effect of I-Ching Education on the Temperament of Elementary School Children, Lifelong Learning Capability and Bullying Behavior
Among the world’s four ancient civilizations, only Chinese culture has remained viable into modern times. The main reason is that Chinese culture is constructed on a cultural structure of positive value. The foundation of philosophy for Chinese culture is I-Ching. The purpose of this study is to explore how promoting I-Ching reading education in elementary …
Technology-assisted Collaborative Writing: A Comparative Study Between Product vs. Product-and-process Assessment Methods
Influenced by the widespread application of technology-assisted pedagogies in ESL/EFL teaching and learning, the effects of coupling collaborative writing (CW) with technology have captured the interests of language teachers and researchers in recent years. Various research topics have been examined, including students’ interactions, writing quality, student revision, peer feedback, and group dynamics. Nonetheless, limited research …
An Empirical Investigation of Feedback Sequencing on Emotion Regulation Processes
The effects of receiving feedback on course assessments have emotional implications for students (e.g., Ryan & Henderson, 2018) that extend to motivation and behavior (Boud & Falchilvov, 2007). Receiving negative feedback, then, may have harmful effects on students’ emotions, motivation, and performance. A way in which students’ emotions may be regulated is through employing the …
ISSN: 2186-4705 – The Asian Conference on Technology in the Classroom 2011 – Official Conference Proceedings
“The Right Tool for the Right Job”
June 10-12 2011, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2186-4705
Preschool Teachers’ Learning Self-efficacy in Predicting Technology-teaching Integration: A Comparison Between Taiwan and Malaysia
In Asia, Taiwan is one of the world’s leading producers of information and communication technology products and government continuously invest in teacher development on technology to empower teachers to improve school education in the digital era. Some studies concerned teachers’ technology integration, and their self-efficacy in the online learning context. However, little research has been …
Technology Adoption in Graduate Education: Basis for Faculty Development Plan
With the rapid growth of the technological environment and the current COVID-19 epidemic, the way we interact and conduct business has undergone significant changes. Graduate education institutions are not exempted from these changes, as administrators and faculty are under pressure to research and implement new learning approaches in order to ensure the continuation of service …
Is There Still a Gender Myth: Science Fields for Boys and Humanities for Girls?
MEXT, Japan (2006 and 2016) reported the numbers of university students’ enrollments. In the area of Electric Communication Engineering, particular, it is almost 16 times differences in 2006 between men (132,404) and women (8152). It is almost 10 times difference between men (103,476) and women (9546) in 2016. The authors of this study, however, believe …
Supporting Asian Students in US Degree Programs
This presentation will review how different universities are supporting Asian students during the COVID pandemic. Traditionally, some of these programs have required Asian students to attend university in person in the United States. Due to issues with COVID and the US government, many students were not able to obtain the appropriate visa to attend in-person …
Faculty Development in Response to COVID-19
The impact of COVID-19 on education can not be understated. This presentation will review what faculty development methods were effective for teaching faculty how to build robust online courses as all instruction at our higher education institution moved online. Different professional development options including from self-serve templates, YouTube playlists, self-paced courses, workshops, individual consultations, and …
Flipping with a mooc: A Case Study of an English Academic Writing
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) have been growing in popularity with educational researchers and learners in online environments. Courses in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in higher education setting often bring together students from different academic backgrounds. However, MOOCs platforms haven’t provided many choices for EAP courses. For this reason, such courses tend to demonstrate …
The Resilience of Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic: An Action-Research Study of Gender Differences
In the present action-research study, we illustrate an evidence-based response of educators to the widespread concerns that learning in undergraduate students accustomed to face-to-face courses might have been curtailed during the pandemic by the switch to online instruction. The study focuses on general education courses, which usually enroll freshmen and sophomores. Namely, it targets learners …
Remote Teaching of the Arts in a Time of COVID-19
COVID-19 pandemic resulted in educators making a sudden shift to a largely online modality in teaching. For educators used to studio teaching, this change could be radical in terms of teaching approaches. Arts-based pedagogies tend to be studio-based and experiential. The presentation discusses the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on art and music pedagogies in a …
ISSN: 2189-1036 – The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Hawaii 2021 Official Conference Proceedings
IICEHawaii2021
January 06-10, 2021 | Held online from Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
ISSN:2189-1036
Writing in a Foreign Language
For many Japanese students, writing is probably the most difficult skill in English. The Ministry of Education of Japan (MEXT) conducted research on the English proficiency of the third year (senior year) students of high school in 2014 and 2015. They reported that in writing and speaking the scores of tests were significantly lower than …
Ultimate or Alternate? Enhance the E-Learning Experience for Creative Media Students: Hong Kong and Singapore Perspective
Online learning (E-learning) platforms such as Blackboard, Moodle, and MOOCs have been widely used in various higher educational institutions. These E-learning platforms have been designed and developed for students to enhance their learning experiences by promoting blended learning. Current research in this area has demonstrated the effectiveness of online learning for distance education and as …
Automated Proctoring Solutions: Modern Techniques to Evade & Lure Computerized Proctoring Systems
Automated proctoring solutions are popular tools across multiple types of instruction, including online, hybrid, and face-to-face. Choosing the correct application to proctor online assessments is a tedious process that involves discussions about securing the integrity of examinations and who should absorb the cost of the chosen proctoring solution. Modern automated proctoring solutions are customizable; in …
Community College Instrumental Faculty Using Technology to Engage Remote Learners During a Pandemic
Instrumental faculty include music instructors and directors focusing on teaching specific instrumentation, often in ensemble or orchestra settings. During the pandemic, community college instrumental faculty relied heavily on technology to engage remote learners. Research regarding their experiences currently exists, and a better understanding of what transpired will inform both pitfalls and best practices for using …
Assessment of English Language Learning in a Time of Pandemic: Difficulties and Strategies from State Universities and Colleges’ Language Educators
This study investigated the assessment methods used by English Language Educators (ELEs) in State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) for Flexible Learning (FL) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected through individual semi-structured online interviews and follow-up email interviews with 11 ELEs from different SUCs. The study aimed to identify the challenges they faced in assessing …
Remote Learning Satisfaction among Higher Education Learners During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia and Thailand
Covid-19 pandemic that started in early 2020 has exponentially changed how education is delivered to higher education students in Malaysia and Thailand. The present teaching and learning routine that depended much on face-to-face interaction between educators and learners and to a certain extent blended education was disrupted when the world was attacked by the Covid-19 …
Emergency Remote Teaching a New Curriculum During a Pandemic
The COVID-19 outbreaks worldwide led the academic institutions to entirely cancel face-to-face teaching including laboratories and other learning experiences as a step against the risk posed by the virus. Alternatively, various measures were initiated by the higher education providers to implement social isolation, and online or remote teaching was adopted with rapid curriculum transformation. Online …
The Role of TikTok videos in Facilitating University Student Engagement in Virtual Classrooms in Egypt
TikTok is a video-based application that is immensely popular, especially among young social media users. Research shows that TikTok has been useful in remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The current study examined the uses of TikTok videos among university students in Egypt and how these videos enhanced their online engagement in virtual classrooms. This …
ISSN: 2188-1162 The European Conference on Education 2021: Official Conference Proceedings
ECE2021 Online from London, United Kingdom
Thursday, July 15 – Sunday, July 18, 2021
ISSN: 2188-1162
The Empirical Study of a SPOC Embedded Flipped Classroom Model for College Intercultural Communication Course: Perceptions of Students
Higher education in China has experienced a significant transformation from an elite educational system to a stage of massification since the first decade of the 21st century. In 2007, the Department of Higher Education launched the College English Curriculum Requirements, promoting “a computer-assisted and classroom-based teaching model” (p. 8). A Small Private Online Course (SPOC) …
Does Effort Payoff in Learning? Statistical Analysis on Statistics e-Learning Experience Outcome
Due to COVID-19 and safe-distancing measures in Singapore, most of the university classes have been moved to online for the past 2 years. With the change, we have provided two channels to facilitate students learning experiences – the online class participation and a non-compulsory e-learning activity. The online class participation involves students’ effort in presenting …
Fostering Independent Learning through the Use of Edmodo and a Self-Access Learning Center
Web 2.0 technologies have become an ubiquitous component of our daily lives (McBride, 2009), and their immediate exploitation in the field of second/foreign language education came as no surprise. The present study aims at examining students’ comprehension of independent learning and their views about whether using online tools combined with the use of a self-access …
Development of Informative Reports for Analysis of Student Admission, Case Studies for the Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, KMUTT
Before Covid-19 crisis, the results of undergraduate admission were reported using paper-base with raw data. As a result, the administrators were unable to apply the unclear information for decision in a timely manner. This case study was performed by the academic affair of the Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology …
Proposed Solutions to Reading Loss Faced by Arabic Language Teachers During COVID-19 in the UAE
Research shows that the sudden transition to emergency remote teaching has negatively impacted students’ reading abilities, particularly in the Arabic language. To understand the specific challenges faced by Arabic language teachers in the UAE, a survey was conducted involving Arabic language teachers. The survey aimed to explore the quality of teaching, student-teacher interaction, learning outcomes, …
RE/CONNECT Virtual Exchange and Art Exhibition: A Framework for Creative and Meaningful International Exchange During COVID-19 Restrictions
One of the consequences of COVID-19 for Japanese art university students has been a narrowing of the educational experience. Many study abroad programs have yet to be resumed and international exchange opportunities dramatically decreased. The risks to student well-being and need for a new direction in post-COVID education have been recognized. One positive outcome was …
Altered Andragogy: Lessons From Lockdown for Systems Engineering Education
Systems Engineering (SE) is a largely interactive and applied discipline which has been mainly taught via face-to-face tuition. The move to online-only teaching due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic thus posed significant challenges for SE education. The andragogical strategy involved had to be rethought and redesigned such that key precepts of student learning could be …
Learning Experiences of College Students From Mindanao, Philippines During School Closure
The Coronavirus-19 disrupted almost everything, including schooling. The United Nations (2020) reported that nine in ten students in 166 countries were prevented from attending in-person classes due to government-imposed lockdowns. Academic institutions were forced to modify their modalities and strategies to fulfill their mandate of educating their students. The Notre Dame of Kidapawan College, a …
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 …
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, …
A Genre Analysis of Job Application Letters Written by ASEAN Applicants
Recent genre-based studies on job application letters have increasingly focused on cross-cultural awareness. However, very few have been conducted in the ASEAN context and none has investigated at a regional level as of yet. Hence, this study aimed to analyze the generic structure (a.k.a. moves) used in job application letters written by ASEAN applicants. The …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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’ …
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
Media Representation of the Regional Image of Shaanxi Province in China’s Mainstream Media in the One Belt One Road Context
As the starting point of the ancient silk road. Shaanxi province is the important pivot of China’s One Belt One Road initiative. The local government attaches great importance to the construction of the regional image of Shaanxi province. There are three kinds of regional image presentation; entity image, media image and the cognitive image. The …
The Profile of Sharing through Social Media: The Coca Cola Case
Social media are used for individuals with the aim of a great many individual and social motivations. Social media stands, in itself, for communication environments based on the social effect. Individuals are influenced by what other individuals share and by their existence even if they aren’t in interaction with them, and express themselves through social …
Content Analysis of Augmented Reality in Viral Video Advertising
In the digital era, networking hardware is mature and stable, and various new media have been derived, driving the trend of AR advertising. The advertising industry gradually regards AR as an important communication tool for advertisers to launch marketing campaigns (Craig, 2018). The advertising campaigns combine new AR technology that allows customers to participate in …
ISSN: 2186-5914 – The Asian Business & Management Conference 2012 – Official Conference Proceedings
Negotiating a Way Forward: Asia Post Crisis and Post Catastrophe
November 16-18 2012
Osaka, JapanISSN: 2186-5914
Residential Preference Toward Logo of Thai Property Developer
A logo is considered as one of the simplest tools that serves an organization in distinguishing itself from others. In competitive markets, attractive logo is capable of adding value to goods and services particularly for the industry that image and trustworthiness are the main concern such as real estate business. This research aimed to investigate …
Facebook : Communication Behavior of Thai Teenagers in the Public Sphere
Currently, young people are increasingly using the Internet, especially social networking sites. Facebook.com has grown dramatically with many researches showing that the largest group of Facebook users are adolescents. The research of “Communication Behavior of Thai Teenagers in Public Sphere: A Case Study of Social Networking Website Facebook” conducts three methods: an informal interview of …
ISSN: 2186-2281 – The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship 2013 – Official Conference Proceedings
‘Exchanges and Encounters’
April 4-7, 2013, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2186-229X
How Far Does the Influence of Cultural Differences Go on the Implementation and Outcome of a Pedagogical Approach? Implications from Two ESL Classrooms
While contextual influences on teaching and learning are now widely recognized, it is interesting to see how far such influences may go. To investigate how far cultural differences may affect the implementation and impact of a pedagogical approach, a study was conducted in the naturalistic settings of two ESL writing classrooms at the same grade …
ISSN: 2186-5914 – The Asian Business & Management Conference 2011 – Official Conference Proceedings
Challenges and Opportunities II: Perspectives and Reflection
November 11-13 2011, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2186-5914
Research of Primary School Students’ Knowledge and Attitude to Internet Tolerance
Internet tolerance is a very relevant problem in the context of the 21st century, when a greater percentage of communication between people, including children, occurs precisely in the virtual space. The survey included 230 girls and boys from Primary school. The research is conducted through a questionnaire, which includes 20 questions and explores student’s opinion …
Exploring Physical Stores in Omnichannel Retail Strategy: How Interaction Design Is Changing In-store Behaviour
The research investigates the use of interaction design in retail environments in the current omnichannel scenario, where many different coordinated retail channels operate simultaneously.The growth of online shopping forced retailers to look for a new meaning of brick-and-mortar stores in which customer experience is more relevant than making a purchase. Where the transaction happens is …
A Shifting Gender Regime in Contemporary China? Fans’ Queer Readings of the Film Ne Zha
The animation film Ne Zha was a hit in the summer of 2019 in Chinese cyberspace. The film generated a lot discussion and user generated content from online fans. This is due largely to the film’s nuanced depiction of the relationship between its protagonist Ne Zha and his friend/enemy, Ao Bing. The homosocial/homoerotic undertone in …
Free Will Beliefs and Moral Responsibility: Disbelief in Free Will Leads to Less Responsibility for Third Person’s Crime
This study examined the effects of belief in free will on attribution of moral responsibility. Past research conducted in Western countries has found that people’s belief in free will influences subsequent social judgment and behavior. For example, induced disbelief in free will caused participants to give lighter prison sentences of the criminal (Shariff, Greene, Karremans, …
Applying Technology-Mediation to Assist Junior College Students to Learn Japanese as 2nd Language and Improve the Efficiency
This study is based on college students’ as study objects and attempting to explore the application of technology-mediation method for students to learn a second foreign language, such as the effectiveness of the Japanese courses.The research includes two experiments. First experiment; the treated group students using the pre-test method divided into the Japanese language high …
Supporting Literacy in High Poverty Areas
This virtual presentation will focus on the affects that poverty has on literacy and literacy instruction. Literacy development can be supported by print-rich homes; however, due to the effects of poverty, especially generational, many children are growing up with limited interactions of reading materials outside of school. While the effects of poverty will be shared, …
ISSN: 2186-5892 The Asian Conference on Education 2018: Official Conference Proceedings
ACE2018, Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Conference Theme: “Surviving & Thriving”
Saturday, October 13th – Monday, October 15th, 2018
ISSN: 2186-5892
From Self-regulated Learning to Computer-Delivered Integrated Speaking Testing: Does Monitoring Always Monitor?
Despite the salience of monitoring in self-regulated learning (SRL) and L2 speech production in non-testing conditions, little is known if the metacognitive construct functions in testing contexts and whether it affects learner performance. Given the reciprocal and paramount effects that have been extensively recognised between learning and testing, namely, the fundamental goal of language learning …
Thai Students Developing Intercultural Sensitivity as Study-Abroad Program Buddies
Several empirical studies have examined the intercultural sensitivity of visiting overseas students in various study-abroad contexts. However, research on the intercultural sensitivity of native hosting students, including in buddy programs, where visiting students and local students are paired for purposes of intercultural exchange is lacking. Although such programs can have have positive effects on participants, …
The Impact of Social Media on University Students’ Learning
Social media are now seen as important tools for education as they can assist students in self-study and in clarifying their misapprehension. Nowadays, social media is increasingly utilised for educational purposes, especially by university students. According to this reality, this paper analyses the impact of social media on university students and its effects on students’ …
ISSN: 2186-5892 The Asian Conference on Education 2016: Official Conference Proceedings
ACE2016, Art Center Kobe, Kobe, Japan
Conference Theme: “Education and Social Justice: Educating for Equality Within and Across Borders”
Thursday, October 20 – Sunday, October 23, 2016
ISSN: 2186-5892
Development of Learning and Teaching by Television Creative
The objectives of this research were (1) to study development of an instructional model based on television creative presentation and (2) to study effects of learning focusing on creative television production project published through YouTube media. The populations of this experimental research were 31 students taking the Television Creative Presentation Course at Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University …
Development of Instruction Based on Active Citizen Project
The objectives of this research were 1) develop instruction based on Active Citizen Project and 2) to study effects of instruction based on Active Citizen Projectaccording to the national framework for higher education. This research study was an experimental research whose populations were 70 students of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Course at BansomdejchaoprayaRajabhat University, …
Application of Designers’ Sketching Skills in Design Education
The use of sketches in the generation of design ideas is thought to have various effects. However, previous studies have yet to elucidate exactly how sketching skills influence the expression and development of design solution candidates. Elucidating the role and effects of sketching skills is expected to transform sketching training, in which considerable time is …
ISSN: 2186-229X – The Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities 2016 Official Conference Proceedings
ACAH2016, Kobe, Japan
Conference Theme 2016: “Justice”
Thursday, April 7 – Sunday, April 10, 2016
ISSN: 2186-229X
ISSN: 2187-4743 – The Asian Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences 2012 – Official Conference Proceedings
“Trust”
March 29-31 2012, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2187-4743
A Within-Asia Comparison of Anxiety in English Language Classrooms
Anxiety in English language classrooms is often considered as one of the major sources of students’ reticence and shyness, frequently reported as one of the common characteristics of Asian learners. But, do all Asian students share the same characteristics in the setting of language learning? There might be some differences even if they share the …
“Universal” Video Games? Reintroduction and Influence of Cultural and Social Identities in the Virtual World
As of today, The Video Game Industry has become one of the most profitable and influential leisure businesses in the world. Alongside this trend, Video Games have become one the most important elements that contribute to the integration of online media and connectedness, mainly because of the offers of interaction and entertainment that provides to …
ISSN: 2759-1182 – WorldCALL2023: Conference Proceedings
WorldCALL2023, Online and In-person from Chiang Mai, Thailand
Thursday, November 9 to Monday, November 13, 2023
ISSN: 2759-1182
Does Sociality Become Virtual or Natural in Social Network Services? The Example of Facebook
Sociality means a number of individuals living and interacting together, which can lead to complicated social relationships and structure. In recent years, Social network services (SNSs) and online communities have been growing quickly. SNSs offer a variety of social behaviors that simultaneously expand and challenge our conventional understanding of sociability. Specifically, SNSs provide flexible and …
Systematic Literature Review: Learning Design Using the Flipped Classroom Model to Improve Learning Outcomes and Student Participation
With the help of anytime, anywhere access to online technologies, the flipped classroom learning approach focuses on students’ needs to improve learning efficiency. One style of learning is called a “flipped classroom,” which combines face-to-face synchronous interaction with online, individual learning. This study aims to analyze the use of the flipped classroom model to improve …
Koto-tsukuri: Education at the Interface
The move to online was a serious disruptor. We reflect here on almost three years of fully online educational work at university level in a science-based curriculum in Japan. Presented as a workshop at the conference, participants experienced a real-time deployment of a class management system put together with low-code tools. Initial setup was to …
Eliot’s Notion of Tradition and Its Significance in the Age of Multimedia
Our world today is being remade through the continuous spread of multimedia. We are actually living in what is called ‘New Times’. Multimedia has changed our life enormously. Despite the fact that some technological advances have caused some negative developments in our modern times: some people are being distracted, overly stressed, feeling qualitatively empty, alienated, …
Considering Pedagogical Strategies for Countering Distraction and Its Sources
This research-based presentation reports on the issue of student distraction and disruption in online versus physical classrooms at university level. It is hoped that it will provide useful insights to teachers based on actual student feedback. The research was conducted by using a Student Disruption and Distraction (SDD) Questionnaire which garnered responses from 50 students …
Challenges and Benefits Those New Technologies Bring to Teaching Mathematics
Technology is not a new concept to mathematics. As technology continues to advance, computer-assisted or computer based instruction is becoming an integral part of higher education. In online education, technology replaces some or all of the face-to-face interactions, with self-paced content that is delivered through an online system. This new situation requires new approaches and …
Design of Challenge Based Learning Module for Developing Social and Digital Skills of Vocational Education Students in Thailand
The design of a learning module to achieve social and digital skills for students in the vocational education system in Thailand has been introduced. The module included online lessons for self-learning and onsite activities following the process of Challenge-based Learning (CBL) classified as 3 processes: engage process, investigate process, and act process. The online lessons …
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 …
Leveraging WBCL in Higher Education Architecture Programs
Higher education programs in architecture are under increasing pressure to meet the challenges created by expanding integration of digital technologies, new online platforms, and the lingering limitations imposed by the Covid19 pandemic. New expectations for addressing expanding automation, material development, synchronous/asynchronous learning, online communication, increased environmental equity, and climate-change challenges, are triggering comprehensive changes in …
Collaborative Feedback in a Blended Learning Environment: A Case Study of an EFL Writing Class
Collaborative feedback in a blended learning environment was studied to encourage learner-centeredness in the process of writing. The study aimed to: 1) examine how Thai university students perceived collaborative feedback activities when conducted in a blended learning environment; and 2) compare students’ perceptions toward collaborative feedback through face-to-face and online interactions. The participants were 24 …
Attitudes towards Meeting in Real Life via the Internet in Japanese University Students
In recent years, several crimes concerning victims and perpetrators who had previously met via the Internet and had subsequently met each other in real life have been reported in Japan . The purpose of this study was to examine attitudes towards meeting in people person in real life known only via Internet tools including Twitter, …
Students-Enthusiasts in a Virtual Classroom: Their Contribution to the Educational Process
In this work, the phenomenon of students’ enthusiasm was explored. 47 graduate students, which took the author’s online psychology courses, participated in the study. The tasks included quantification of the students’ learning motivation based on the analysis of their online coursework, comparing it with their academic achievement, and the analysis of the developmental tendencies of …
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 students with same opportunities to pursue their learning and career goals. With the current circumstance, the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has forced most governments in the world to temporarily close educational institutions of different …
ISSN: 2436-1690 The Osaka Conference on Education 2020: Official Conference Proceedings
OCE2020, Online from Osaka, Japan
Tuesday, December 15 – Wednesday, December 16, 2020
ISSN: 2436-1690
Gen Z College Students, COVID-19 Courses & Beyond
The pandemic thrust the usage of Learning Management Systems, LMS, on teachers in all levels of education. Some students and faculty, especially at the college level, were experienced in using it but many were not prepared to the degree needed when schools were forced to go online. This paper reviews undergraduate Generation Z (born after …
Social Presence and Engagement: A Design-Based Research Study to Incorporate Web 2.0 Protocols
Increased social presence in asynchronous courses has shown to lead to student success and improved learning experiences. However, many students still lack social presence in asynchronous courses. This study utilizes educational design research (EDR) methods to frame an investigation into the issues and potential solutions for the lack of social presence in asynchronous online courses. …
A Comparative Analysis of Flexible Learning and Performance in Computer Programming Course
Learning computer programming entails conceptual and imperative knowledge. Learning difficulties often arise when novice learners apply conceptual knowledge to practice to gain imperative skills. In the post-pandemic era, learners at all levels suffered as learning overturned from fully online to hybrid learning. Lecture recording, live classes, online game-based tools, social and digital media, and collaborative …
Professional Photographers of Instagram: The Meaning of Visual Communication Through Modern Photography in Digital Society
The purpose of this paper is to study the modern forms of visual communication of people, through Instagram. In order to study the way in which the visual message is transmitted between individuals, and then how this transmission of information affects its final content, determining the creation of aesthetic experience and perception in the individual, …
Quiz Creation Add-in Tool for MS Word Supporting Hybrid Classes
At this conference, we will present a quiz creation add-in tool we are developing for MSWord. Our goal is to make it possible to create both paper tests for face-to-face classes and Google Form tests for online courses using our quiz creation menu within MSWord. Currently, the paper test quizzes support commonly used test formats …
ISSN: 2435-9467 – The Barcelona Conference on Education 2020: Official Conference Proceedings
BCE2020 Online from Barcelona, Spain
September 17-20, 2020
ISSN: 2435-9467
Effectiveness of Using Smartphone Instant Messaging (IM) App for Academic Discussion in an Undergraduate Chemistry Course
In this study, the effectiveness of using a smartphone instant messaging (IM) app (WhatsApp) for academic discussion for a first year half-credit Chemistry course in SUTD was examined. Academic discussion during and after instructional teaching is an integral part of learning. However, only 32% of the student participants had used online platform, such as Piazza …
Subject Site Usability to Student Well-Being and Burnout–Understanding the Pathway
A considerable amount of research has been conducted to learn about various factors contributing to student well-being and burnout, but there have been few studies that considered both individual and external factors together in understanding these in the context of online and blended learning. A moderated mediation model is used to understand the relationship between …
Issues and Challenges Experienced by Undergraduate Students in Undertaking an Oral Communication Assignment in the Midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic
This paper discusses the issues and challenges experienced by 91 first-year undergraduate students at a local university in Malaysia in undertaking an interview project in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, which required the use of mobile and computer technology as part of their group assignment. The assignment initially required each student to conduct an …
No Bells and Whistles: Technologically Simplified Instruction in Scholarly Reading and Writing
The Scholarly Reading eWriting Intensive was developed by an English language program in a large public university as a rapid response to the move online in the spring of 2020. Amidst the early days of the pandemic, there was concern about students’ need for “live” Zoom-style contact with other students and instructors. However, the author …
Digital Cultural Communication: Vietnamese Cultural Professionals’ Use of Facebook During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Developments in digital technologies are having an impact on the work practices of cultural professionals. Digital technologies today afford cultural professionals with new ways of exhibiting art and culture. The digital platforms of galleries and museums, including websites and social media accounts, have become curated spaces with multi-media, interactive content and large amounts of digitized …
Learning Effectiveness of Primary School Children in the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia
COVID-19 has an impact on the unpreparedness of the community and the government, especially in improving the quality of children’s education. The increasing number of cases with rapid escalation has forced the government to take steps to reduce problems, especially the education of elementary school children. The Ministry of Indonesian Education issued Guidelines for Organizing …
Research Supervision During COVID-19: A Comparison Between Supervisors’ and Supervisees’ Experiences
The COVID-19 pandemic shaped teaching, learning, and research activities and imposed an urgent online transition. Technology was extensively used to facilitate research and mentoring purposes, including research supervision. The importance of this research project stems from the need to explore the experiences of research students and research supervisors during the pandemic to assess the way …
Digital Literacy as a Factor for Sustainable Society
Digital literacy should be seen as directly related to the strengthening of information and communication technology. The integration of information and communication technologies into education at all levels and in all areas of training requires the development of skills and competencies related to the knowledge and use of digital media. The present paper explores digital …
High School Preparatory Class Students’ Digital Reading Culture and Their Engagement With Interactive English Graded Readers
Fast-growing technology of the 21st century has led to an overwhelming desire for its constantly use in educational areas where the learners are overrashly perceived as digital natives. Bearing in mind that “One size does not fit all”, this study focused on High School Preparatory Class (HSPC) students’ attitudes towards digital reading and their use …
ISSN: 2186-2303 – The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences 2021: Official Conference Proceedings
ACSS2021 – Held online from Tokyo, Japan
Monday, May 24 – Wednesday, May 26, 2021
ISSN: 2186-2303
Innovative Learning Activities with the Use of Modern Educational Technology
There is a growing trend in the use of e-learning technology for the support of learning and teaching in universities worldwide. At St. Marianna University School of Medicine, E-learning was incorporated into ESL courses for first and second-year students in 2013. e-learning materials are mainly used to supplement in-class activities and to build academic vocabulary …
Digital Transformation in Art Education for Pre-service and In-service Primary School Teachers: Potential and Challenges
The sudden disruption of normal classes caused by COVID-19 and the transition to Emergency Remote Teaching in Higher Education brought into focus the challenges as well as the opportunities afforded through remote learning-teaching to offer high quality educational experiences (Azorìn 2020, Harris 2020, Hodges et al 2020, Rapanta et al 2020, UNESCO, 2020). The new …
Modes of Learning and Performance Among Graduates During a Pandemic in a State University in Romblon, Philippines
Quality education is a key commitment of Romblon State University. By providing a performance assessment of students exposed to modes of learning during a pandemic, this study aimed to describe their performance in different learning modalities during COVID-19. This study focused on all 2021 graduates from the College of Education in determining their modes of …
Resilience Among Teachers and Students with Learning Differences During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Similar Practices in Differing Contexts
When the COVID-19 pandemic started, teachers’ and students’ initial impressions were that a return to normal would occur soon and that the shift to online and distance learning were a short-term anomaly. After 18 months of pandemic restrictions that have caused distancing in both the teaching and other social aspects of learning, remaining resilient and …
ISSN: 2188-1138 The European Conference on Technology in the Classroom 2016: Official Conference Proceedings
ECTC2016 The Jurys Inn Brighton Waterfront, Brighton, United Kingdom
ECTC2016 Conference Theme: “Convergence & Divergence”
Wednesday, June 29 – Sunday, July 3, 2016
ISSN: 2188-1138
ISSN: 2435-5240 The Southeast Asian Conference on Education 2021: Official Conference Proceedings
SEACE2021 – held online from Singapore Management University (SMU), Singapore
Thursday, May 13, 2021 to Saturday, May 15, 2021
ISSN: 2435-5240
Investigate the Difficulties of Indonesian Learner During Electronic Portfolio
Normal learning stopped, project delayed, school shut down. The universe seemed to have a halt because of the Novel Coronavirus. On the other hand, students have to continue their education through online learning which was currently the best alternative as keeping schools opened but safe for them. This learning method was the new one in …
Development of Student Status Reports of a Faculty in University Using Interactive Microsoft Power BI for Effective Academic Administration
The student status report is generally designed for academic administration to get information to analyze the learning progress. For the case study at the Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology (FIET), King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, there are 8 undergraduate programs, 7 master’s programs, and 1 doctoral program. There are average number of 755 …
Enhancing Student Learning Experiences Through Recorded Presentation Using the “Gongyeh” System
Oral presentation is one of the core competencies of the higher education professional training. The use of oral presentation is a popular assessment in higher education. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a shift from classroom learning to online or blended learning approaches where the class engagement is usually limited. This current …
Let’s Play: Using Gamification in University Classes as a Means to Increase Motivation and Engagement While Lowering Stress
Worldwide, traditional face-to-face (f2f) students struggled with a rapid shift to virtual learning as did faculty who often had limited experience and knowledge of developing online courses or knowing how to engage their students. Many institutions of higher education have returned to classrooms, first with hybrid approaches, and now f2f. However, just as the world …
The Use of Digital Means in the Teaching and Learning of Multiplatform and 2.0 News Communication
The debate promoted decades ago on the use of the ICT as a key factor for the learning processes in the university teaching, together with the advancements in the journalistic field support this paper approach (Scott, 2002). The main aim is to determine the value of using social media when training journalism students on the …
Being Citizens in the Digital Era: An Empirical Study of Chinese University Students’ Practice of Digital Citizenship
As a newly emerged concept, digital citizenship received extensive attention from researchers and was mainly investigated from the following aspects including exploring its meanings, developing reliable and valid instruments, and identifying impacting factors. However, it is detected that there is limited research focusing on researching how people behave as citizens in the online community. Employed …
Class Styles in a Private Japanese College: A Qualitative Study of Student Experiences of Face-to-Face and Remote Classes
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many Japanese universities to broaden their classroom methods. This presented a challenge for students and faculty. To improve future education, effectiveness of remote classes is important. At Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts (DWCLA), there are 11 departments in six faculties across two campuses in Kyoto, Japan. The diverse types of …
Learners’ Perspective of the Critical Benefits of Digitalisation of Teaching and Learning in Nigeria Higher Education
In recent years, the Nigeria youths have embraced online interactions through social media, though for social interactions with least applications to teaching and learning. Some examination bodies in Nigeria have adopted digitalisation of examinations to select suitable enrolments to the university, but none of the higher institutions have commenced digitalisation of teaching and learning whereby …
Exploring the Educational Potential of Social Networking Environments for Indigenous K-12 Students in New Zealand
This presentation will detail PhD research on the factors that promoted e-learning engagement in online social networking sites (SNS) for a small sample of indigenous Māori students (Y9-11) in the rural Northland area of New Zealand.The study helps address a lack of data on how indigenous students, in particular, engaged with e-learning through a series …
Exploring Student-Centered Initiatives in Virtual and Asynchronous Post-secondary Graduate Programs
As post-secondary education continues to evolve in response to diverse learners, graduate post-secondary programs have embraced virtual and asynchronous learning environments. This paper investigates the implementation and impact of student-centered initiatives within these contexts within online learning communities at the graduate post-secondary level. Educational institutions face challenges and opportunities posed by online learning environments including …
Accessing Ability: Making the Case for a Mental Health Promotion Approach to Inclusive Education
Post-secondary education plays an important role on societal and individual levels. The human capital developed during post-secondary education programs fosters social and economic prosperity by developing the country’s workforce. Completing higher education contributes to increased lifetime earning potential for everybody, but might be particularly beneficial for people with mental health related disabilities (MHRD). Therefore, as …
Students’ Experience Two Years Into the Pandemic at a Bulgarian University
After the pandemic began in March 2020, universities in Bulgaria suspended in-person learning. In the current 2021-22 academic year, schools shut down again in areas of Bulgaria where COVID-19 infection rates spiked, returning students to online learning. This study investigates the experiences of undergraduate students at a Bulgarian university about the impacts of the pandemic …
Attitudes of Thai Male VDO Game Players in Choosing to Use VDO Games’ Women Characters
This study aims to investigate the online social phenomenon related to the attitudes of Thai MALE GAMERS opting to use women characters in video games. The subjects were Thai male game players interacting in gaming community on social media– Facebook. Data were collected by using a non-participatory observation of talks about female characters among gamers …
Educational Culture in a Synchronous Class: Case of Filipino-Chinese Interface
One key target of the global education system is the equipping of graduates exhibiting sets of core 21st-century competencies. Looking into global competencies vis-a-vis language learning, inclination to English fluency is an edge for pursuing global careers. The imperativeness of accommodating English education in China is first manifested in its Open Door Policy in 1976. …
Exploring Classroom Interactions for Inclusive and Quality Education Under SDG4
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) introduced by United Nations brings together the whole nation to eradicate poverty and tackle issues of social and climate change. Its fourth SDG (SDG4), ‘Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all and promote lifelong learning’, extends from pre-primary to tertiary and vocational education. Online learning was …
Detecting Political Secession of Fragmented Communities in Social Networks via Deep Link Entropy Method
Breakdown of global connectivity in social networks trough disintegration of fragmented but interacting communities leading to political secession is a major source of forming and strengthening echo chambers and political polarization. Hence, quantifying the significance of each edge (the connection or relationship between two particular nodes, for example two friends on Facebook, or two follower/followed …
Enhancing Teaching Through Moodle: A Case Study on e-Learning-supported English Language Teaching
This paper describes the experiences of English Language Center of Nizwa College of Technology regarding the implementation of blended learning approach in teaching English. Starting a policy on the use of e-learning in English Language courses, ELC envisions to supplement lesson delivery with online resources and activities in implementing blended learning using Moodle. As there …
Does Blended Learning System Boost Student’s Knowledge Sharing in General Education Course? The Indonesian Higher Education Challenge
The role of General Education is to equip students with basic knowledge, to understand the relationship between one science and another, to teach how to apply human knowledge and experience universally, so that it will enhance mutual understanding and respect for human beings. One of the challenges in General Education learning in higher education is …
Classroom Assessment Standards: Indonesian EFL Teachers’ Assessment Practices in the Amid of the Pandemic
This study investigated assessment standards conducted by EFL Indonesian secondary school teachers and how they coped with the emergency remote teaching during the pandemic. The Indonesian curriculum assessment standard and Brookhart’s educational assessment standards were used as a research framework. An explanatory sequential research design was employed to capture the research problems holistically. First, using …
A Soft Museum of Hardware Use: Testimonies From the Early Experience of Digital Devices as Historical, Pedagogical and Narrative Assets
This research addresses the validation of narrative legacies of a first generation of digital and online media users upon its mass adoption in the 1980s and 1990s. As a complement to ongoing processes of technological obsolescence, whereby arcane digital media devices become potential museum objects or trending novelties, we vouch for the testimonies of early …
ISSN: 2188-112X The European Conference on Language Learning 2020: Official Conference Proceedings
ECLL2020 Online from London, United Kingdom
Friday, July 17 – Sunday, July 19, 2020
ISSN: 2188-112X
Solar Photocatalytic Degradation of 4-Chlorophenol in Water with Novel Shell-Core P3HT@TiO2 Nanoparticles
Shell-core poly 3-hexylthiophene (P3HT)@TiO2 nanoparticles were synthesized by a physical deposition method using tetrahydrofuran (THF) as a solvent of P3HT in a P-25 TiO2/THF suspension. The P3HT@TiO2 nanoparticles were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), X-ray Energy Dispersive Spectrometer (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV/VIS Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (UV/VIS DRS), and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). …
Transformation of the Open-Air Cinemas of Istanbul Under Urban Gentrification
This study aims to look at the history open air cinemas in Istanbul and how they formed democratic spaces for different social classes in Turkey. Open-air cinemas were located at small neighborhoods and addressed middle and lower classes who do not have access to major movie theaters at the city centers. With no hierarchical settings, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Investigation on Behaviors and Affectation on Teachers and Students Rising From Use of Tablet on Integrated Learning in Primary School
This study was aimed to determine the affectation and behaviors rising from the use of tablet in an integrated learning for grade 1-students and teachers in the primary school. The participants were consisted of 104 teachers and 416 students. Data were collected using questionnaire, where frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, analysis of variance, and …
Factors Influencing the Technology Adoption of Mobile Commerce in Taiwan by Using the Revised UTAUT Model
With the highly growing popularity of smart phones and tablets, the amount of users who use wireless Internet including mobile Internet have reached 11 million in 2013 (TWNIC 2013). Mobile commerce (m-commerce) is regarded as a tremendous market potential for businesses and customers. However, the expected benefits have not yet to be realized. The number …
Effect of Transpersonal Psychotherapy in Reducing Symptom of Craving and the Level Dependency in People with Substance Use Disorder
The numbers of young people who are addicted to drugs in Bali, Indonesia has been increasing every year and it has reached very concerning numbers. Not only the prevention of spreading drug use needs to be focused on but also the management for those who are already using drugs, so they can be productive and …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Applications of the Arduino Electronics in the Kinematics
Due to high precision, quick response and low price, Arduino electronics, including motherboards and sensors, have potential to be the main parts of physical experiments. Especially, the experimental data can be easily transferred to smartphones and tablets through the Bluetooth communication that greatly enhances the portability of the experimental equipment. There are many commercially available …
Mood and the Decision to Purchase High-Tech Products
The paper describes the results of a study of the effect of mood on the way people assessed different attributes of tablets; their assumption was that depending on their current mood, people look for certain product characteristics in making purchasing decisions. The respondents (40 males, 24 females, mean age = 26,2, S = 4,5) were …
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, …
Media Websites and Their Visitors’ Choices on Cookies
Cookies are small bits of data that are being sent from the websites a user visits and downloaded to their computers.They appeared immediately after the introduction of the World Wide Web (WWW) and are now widely used.By using these particular pieces of information, websites have the capability to offer customized services covering the personalized needs …
Flipped Classroom: The Case of Professional English Writing Course
Recently the teaching trend is to keep up-to-date with the boom in technology. Flipped teaching, which is rated as one of the “top trends in educational technology” (Watters, 2012), has gained foot in the EFL/ESL classrooms only recently (Fahim & Khalil, 2015; Bauer-Ramazani, Graney, Marshall, & Sabieh, 2016). To follow the teaching trend, the researcher …
Educational Practice and Professional Identity among Volunteer Correctional Educators: Becoming a Teacher Behind Bars
This case study examines the experiences of 8 volunteer educators working in a rural county jail in the northeastern United States. More specifically, it explores the challenge of developing a critical educational practice and nascent professional identity in a context otherwise alien to them and on the “borderlands” of contemporary educational practice It is well-documented …
Drawn In
Art, has always been about reflecting and interpreting the world. It also appears that much of today’s output seems directed towards highly individual, so artists seem to demand an intimate, and personal engagement with their art. Drawing has become such perfect platform to accommodate the artists’ personal, intimate and direct experiences of belonging in transcultural …
Social Bond of Indonesian Higher-Education Students Who Access Facebook
Along with technological advances and the rapid flow of information, people’s need to access the Internet is increasing. According to data held by www.internetworldstats.com, a site that continues to monitor internet usage in the world of on-line, internet users in Indonesia, in 2008, reached 25 million people. This is because apart from being a source …
Development of Teach by Social Networks
The objectives of this research were to compare the achievement of students’ learning through Social Networks ss to study the students’ recommendation of studying through Social Networks ss. The sample of this experimental research was 60 students in Communication Research Course, Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University, 1st Semester, Academic Year 2555/2012. The 30-student random sampling group taught …
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 …
Intermedia Motion Tracking in AR/VR – On Immersive Storytelling and Choreographic Patterns
According to the KAMC Submission Stream “Performing Arts Practices: Theater, Dance, Music”, we would like to contribute details on our current research project IML – “Immersive Media Lab” (https://research.fhstp.ac.at/en/projects/immersive-media-lab). The project was funded by FFG COIN “Aufbau” and started in 2018 at the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences under the leadership of Dr Franziska …
Reaching Global Audiences Through Platform Partnerships
This presentation will walk through how the University of Virginia has partnered with third-party platforms to reach global audiences. Data on the massive open online course (MOOC0 portfolio of the University of Virginia and the related metrics on enrollments and completions will be reviewed. The content strategy of the University utilizing courses and specializations to …
Hello Kitty’s Popularity and Its Change of Representation
Since it was introduced in the market in 1974, Hello Kitty, a fictional white cat, became a Japanese cultural icon and has been attributed as being ��kawaii�� (��cute��). Characters of Kitty have been used in a myriad of ways like iPods, PCs, Nintendo 3DS, Play Station, games, telephone, televisions, buses, jewelries, coins, and etc. 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 …
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 …
Community, Peace and Sustainability: Leveraging Institutional Positionality to Affect Local and System Change
In October 2018 the IPCC published a predictable, but no less grim, report on where ‘we’ are situated vis a vis climate change and what is yet to unfold. Despite over a hundred years of scientific concern from scientists on the human effects of industrialization and globalization we now face out of control wildfires, drought, …
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 …
Using Peerwise to Improve Engagement and Learning
This paper assesses the experiences of Bournemouth University in using the on-line multiple choice question (MCQ) tool, Peerwise, in student learning and engagement. MCQs are excellent for testing knowledge, providing reassurance or identifying development needs. The creation of MCQs reinforces learning by tasking students to generate challenging questions. By engaging students using gamification in these …
Applying DANP to Explore the Critical Factors for Building Taiwan Restaurant Industry’s Customer Loyalty
The restaurant industry in Taiwan embeds a characteristic of easy entrance and lower imitation barriers that results in a fierce competition in nature. How to build customer loyalty for encouraging customers to visit repeatedly is an essential challenge for every restaurant manager. This article employs the DANP method to explore the criteria and their priority …
How Increasing Students’ Interest and Motivation to Study Affects Perceived Service Quality and Academic Satisfaction at University
Instructional Design has provided models and theories to make lectures more effective and attractive. However, managing and evaluating educational outcomes are still challenging because of their intangibility and heterogeneity. In particular, Learning Experience (LX), results in a change in value, motivation, or behavior to study, is rarely included as an integral part of Perceived Outcome …
The Syntax and Semantics of the Benefactive Applicative in Temne
The benefactive applicative in Temne is typologically unusual for an applicative in that it has a variable, but regular syntactic effect on the valence of the verb. It can add one applied object, a beneficiary or an instrument, and two applied objects, a beneficiary and a substitutive or a beneficiary and an instrument to the …
Sustainability, Aesthetics, and Value Proposals and Practices of Colombian Slow Fashion Brands
The Slow Fashion model emerged as a sustainable approach in the fashion industry through characteristics like localism, equity, authenticity, exclusivity, and functionality. The objective of this study was to identify proposals, and practices of Colombian brands, in terms of brand identity, aesthetics and timelessness, sustainability, and communication strategies. For this purpose, we chose a qualitative …
A Kansei Engineering Approach to Evaluate Consumer Perception on Social Media: A Case Study of Giant Manufacturing Company
Nowadays, social media marketing is becoming increasingly important issue for companies to gain website traffics or attention from their customers. The main purposes of applying social medias, in marketing is as a communications tool that makes the companies and their products accessible to the target customers as well as potential customers. However, most companies do …
Disneyization of Davao City’s Public Spaces: The Myth and Amusement in Kublai Millan’s Not-So-Indigenous Sculptures
This paper explores the relationship between the role of Davao-based artist Kublai Millan’s gigantic art sculptures and the Disneyization of the public spaces in Davao City. This paper further argues how the sculptures were considered as authentic representations of indigenous peoples and cultures in the city, as well as depictions of nationalism, indigeneity and visual …
Planning and Designing Multi-function Commercial Space of Chinese Wonderland
The global economy has increased vigorously especially tourism industry. Tourism is one of the most effective way to grow local businesses. To attract more tourists, the food and culture of the destination must be special so that it is worth visiting. This study done in Yang Shuo of Mainland China. By adding the brand “Shan …
Knowledge Transfer Impact on Small Medium Enterprises’ (SMEs) Business Growth Within the Food and Beverages (F&B) Sector in Terengganu, Malaysia
Knowledge management was identified as a relevant foundational factor for small medium enterprises (SMEs)’ business growth based on its universal and dynamic nature. SMEs face a range of challenges that necessitate a combination of education, experience, and the drive to actively engage in business strategies aimed at fostering growth and success. Knowledge management is also …
Personal Branding of Jesus-Portrayed in The Movies 1987-2014: Applying Meaning Theory of Media Portrayal
A phenomenal figure throughout the centuries, a hero for Christians and the savior for believers ‘JESUS- is the name that is the center of this research. More than twenty movies since 1897 until 2014 ‘in fact the newest of Ewan McGregor’s has been featured on Sundance film festival 2015- have been portraying the life, the …
Advertorials as a Public Relations Tool and its Impact on Newspapers and Readers
Advertorials are regarded a potent form of communication, albeit with a reputation for deception. It is a portmanteau of two words advertising and editorial and refers to any piece of communication (in any media) that is sponsored by a brand and endorsed by a publisher. The key difference between advertorial and editorial content rests in …
Suratthani Rajabhat University Branding
The objective of the research is to study the different perceptions of the image of Suratthani Rajabhat University by people both inside and outside the university and to develop a strategic communication plan to manage the image of the university through studying strategic brand management by type of Higher Education Institution. The results showed that …
A Community Market as Economic Foundation of Logistics Process Starting Point: A Case Study of Community Market at Chachoengsao Municipal Stadium, Muang District, Chachoengsao Province, Thailand
A community market is the unique resource of economic rotation in the local community and is still well-accepted by the consumers among the growth of very big and highly competitive department stores. The study of the community market at Chachoengsao Municipality Stadium was conducted. The objectives of this study were 1) to study the context …
Sustainable Development of Catchment Land-Use for Multifunctional Agro-Ecological Landscapes Under a Changing Climate
Incorporating the likely impacts of climate change into regional and rural planning is vital to accommodate their profound effects on anthropogenic systems such as agriculture that interact with natural environments. The importance of agriculture to feed the growing world population without compromising the already scarce and depleted resource base, makes it a challenging, yet promising …
A Study of Multi-Agent Simulation in the Urban Transformation of Tamsui, Taiwan
Cities embed the parameters and drive components, which has intention behind the physical embodiment. Based on the research of Cedric Price’s urban planning operated by the dynamic and adaptive system showed the interactions to reflect such intentions of the immediate neighbors, participants, and the other informational feedback loop. The bottom-up intelligence becomes visible and with …
Perceived Barriers to, and Benefits of Physical Activity Among Injured or Sick British Military Veterans: A Behaviour Change Wheel Perspective
Background Physical activity (PA) has been shown to have many positive benefits for wounded, injured, and/or sick (WIS) British military veterans. Before PA is promoted in this population, however, it is important to understand the perceived barriers to, and benefits involved. Yet, to date, research has not explored this topic; despite many WIS veteran PA …
The Study of Marketing Strategy from Traditional Industries: The Case of Handmade Plain Misua Industry in Kinmen
Plain misua evolved from traditional Chinese pasta. Since the ancestors’ era, it has been one of the most important food ingredients used for ceremonies of long-life and birthday greetings, temple’s worship, as well as the local street foods. The plain misua is one of the most local products of Kinmen county. Early inhabitants have ground …
ISSN: 2186-4691 – The Asian Conference on Language Learning 2012 – Official Conference Proceedings
“Globalization, Culture and Society: What role does language play?”
April 26-28 2012, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2186-4691
ISSN:2188-2738 – The Asian Conference on Politics, Economics and Law 2013 – Official Conference Proceedings
ACPEL 2013, Osaka, Japan
Conference Theme 2013: Trust: Governance, Society and Sustainability
Osaka, Japan
November 21-24, 2013
ISSN:2188-2738
Embodied Cognition: A Strength for Adolescents’ Academic Achievement and Well-Being in the Classroom?
Background: Positive effects of embodied cognition and physical activity on executive functions, well-being and learning outcomes, have been found in toddlers and elementary school children. So far, embodied cognition in adolescents has not received much research attention. The aim of this study was to examine whether embodied cognition within a classroom context positively affects executive …
Processes of Empathy and Othering: Towards a New Approach to Teaching Literature and Ethics
There is a common belief in society that reading literature makes us better people. Empathy – the ability to enter into another’s point-of-view – often plays a significant role in this conviction, offering, in the words of Suzanne Keen, an almost magical guarantee of literature’s value in society and education (Empathy and the Novel 2007). …
ISSN: 2187-4735 – The Asian Conference on Asian Studies 2011 – Official Conference Proceedings
“Learning from the Past: Looking to the Future”
June 2-5 2011, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2187-4735
The Impact of an Increase in Minimum Wage in Vietnam
There are few studies on the implementation and effects of a minimum wage increase on low- wage workers in Vietnam. A few studies have investigated whether or not the minimum wage has had a negative effect on low-wage employment status, but, to date, no work has explicitly considered the impact of an increase in the …
Does Practice Always Make Perfect? A Study of Whether Psychotherapists Treating Older Adults Become More Efficient as They Gain More Experience
The current longitudinal study investigates the effects of practice on the outcome of psychotherapy for elderly persons. It follows 4 psychologists for the first 143 clients of their professional lives to explore whether increased practice leads to better outcomes for their clients. The participating psychologists routinely monitor the effect of their work with different psychometric …
Concept Mapping Strategy to Improve Non-computer Science Students’ Learning Achievements in Logical Database Design
This study aims to investigate the effects of using concept mapping on student’s performance on logical database modeling and to examine their satisfaction towards the use of concept mapping strategy in the database design process. One hundred and two undergraduate students participated in the study. These students were assigned into three groups with three different …
Interrelation Between Working Memory & Consciousness Consequent SLA
It has been agreed about the general consensus regarding working memory that it is extensively involved in goal-directed behaviors retained and manipulated to ensure successful task execution. The theoretical framework behind working memory including its capacity limit and temporary storage is a multicomponent system that manipulates information stowing for greater and more complex cognitive utility …
Nurturing Hope Post-COVID-19: Parental Death and Long-Term Consequences of Bereavement on Malaysian Children
Parental death due to COVID-19 is an unexpected event that tremendously affects individuals, especially children. Parents’ sudden and traumatic death can lead to traumatic grief among children. To cope with traumatic death, hope is reported to provide significant positive effects to help children to cope with their losses. Yet, this topic is scarcely discussed due …
The Washback Effect of National Exam’s New Policy towards Mathematics Learning Process in Indonesia
Since the beginning of 2015, national exams in Indonesia are no longer used as graduation standard. This policy was made because of negative effects of this standardised test toward educational system in Indonesia. One of the effects is the teaching method used by teacher that rely on memorisation and drill practice. The aim of this …
Does a Positive Suggestion Work Better in Encouraging Positive Eating Behavior?
Due to the increasing problem of diabetes caused by unhealthy food consumption behavior, countless behavioral science has paid attention to encouraging people to eat healthier foods. Previous studies suggested that framing messages with low and high-construal influences people’s food choices, and a sense of power is also found to motivate individuals to change their behavior. …
ISSN: 2432-8642 – The IAFOR International Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment – Hawaii 2018 Official Conference Proceedings
IICSEEHawaii2018, The Hawai‘i Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
Conference Theme: “Surviving and Thriving in Times of Change”
Thursday, January 4 – Saturday, January 6, 2018
ISSN:2432-8642
Learning Experiences of Libyan Master’s Students at a UK University
This paper examines learning experiences of Libyan students studying master’s courses in different disciplines at a UK University. The study forms a case study because Libyan students as a case represent a group of people seeking higher educational experiences, but coming from a country that is civil war and ongoing conflict. The paper uses community …