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Massive Multiplayer Online Games Communities: Lessons for Diversity in School Classrooms
Computer gaming is often seen as a barrier to good performance at school. It is claimed that young people are becoming more obese, demonstrating poor psychological adjustment and developing addictions to video games (Kulman, 2015). However, by using a systems approach to the understanding of group dynamics, based the Hackman and Morris (1975) Input-Process-Output Model …
Learning Strategies and Learner Attitudes in the Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game Cube World
The rapid progress of technology has revolutionized learning and in the field of computer assisted language learning, use of digital games has expanded significantly. One type of game that has been attracting interest is massively multiplayer online role-playing games (henceforth MMORPGs). Recent research has drawn attention to the potential of these games as arenas for …
Development of an Online Cognitive Evaluation System
Undergraduate study is an one basically to our job. If we can choose the best and fit for our behavior, it will be the best to develop highly cognitive skill to prepare for a job in the future too. This research to development of an online cognitive evaluation system for high school students to find …
Automated Students’ Thai Online Homework Assignment Clustering
This paper proposes a model to cluster students’ Thai online homework assignments before teachers go for further for grading, in other words Automated Students’ Thai Homework Assignment Clustering. The proposed model consists of 5 parts: 1) Thai Word segmentation, 2) Stop-word removal, 3) Term Weighting, 4) Document Clustering, and 5) Performance Evaluation. The Thai Word …
Internet Users Attitudes towards Online Targeted Advertisements
Users leave their footprints about their interests while they are surfing on the internet. Companies have the opportunity of capturing user’s implict data on the internet by behavioural targeting. So that they can deliver the advertisements of the products or services that appeals to those consumers. Users are being exposed to targeted advertisements according to …
Online (Re)Learning: Factors in Accessing the Internet to Aid in Mathematics Understanding
This paper aims to examine and analyze an aspect of digital learning scarcely, if not at all, covered in the literature; that is, possible factors that motivate students in accessing the Internet for aid in understanding mathematics. Using activity theory as a lens in viewing these factors, this study makes considerable contribution to the research …
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
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ISSN: 2186-2303 – The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences 2013 – Official Conference Proceedings
“Working Together Towards a Sustainable World”
June 9 – 12, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2186-2303
ISSN: 2189-1036 – The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Dubai – 2016 Official Conference Proceedings
IICEDubai2016, Dubai, UAE
Conference Themes 2016: “Education and Social Justice: Global Trends, Local Solutions”
Saturday, February 27 – Monday, February 29, 2016
ISSN: 2189-1036
ISSN: 2187-476X – The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy 2015: Official Conference Proceedings
ACERP2015 The Osaka International Convention Center, Osaka, Japan
Conference Theme 2015: “Power”
Thursday, March 26 – Sunday, March 29, 2015
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ISSN:2188-272X – The Asian Conference on Society, Education and Technology 2013 – Official Conference Proceedings
ACSET2013 – Learning and Teaching in Changing Times
Osaka, Japan
October 24 – 27, 2013
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Perspective Convergence of HIPs, Moments, and Active Learning in Construction Management Education: Comparing and Combining Findings From Multiple Research Projects
High-Impact Educational Practices (HIPs), the importance of memorable experiences throughout one’s education, and active learning seek to magnify the student experience. The convergence of these strategies, known as Transformational Active Learning Experiences (TALEs), has importance to the student-centered educational experience in higher education. Four recent studies in construction management education have yielded separate and distinct …
International Tandem Learning: Technological Challenges of Inter-Institutional Projects
It is difficult to dispute that most significant changes in education over the past hundred years have resulted from the ubiquity, use, and availability of technology. This generation of university students is the first wave of participants in higher education for whom the entire knowledge-base of humanity throughout history is available in real time, in …
AI in the City: Speculating on Potential Futures Through Media Art
This paper analyses the increasing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) in the social and spatial experience of contemporary urban living, and how media art projects can enable us to speculate on its future implications. AI technologies are being combined with sensors, surveillance cameras and databases to improve the efficiency of key urban infrastructures and make …
Oral History Projects: Practicing a Foreign Language and Exploring Culture While Serving Local Immigrant Communities
This paper offers a pedagogical framework for a community engagement project that can be used by instructors of any language. Over the past twelve years, students in Professor Maria Grazia De Angelis’ Italian classes have interviewed Italian immigrants living in the San Francisco Bay Area. To develop their language skills, they conduct videotaped interviews in …
University/NGO Cooperation on Small-Scale Education Projects: Nursery School for North Dagon Township
Although Myanmar is now enjoying rapid economic growth, its education standards are lagging far behind. To grow strong as a nation, empowerment must be given to the younger generations through a more comprehensive and accessible education system starting with the youngest among them, the preschoolers. This presentation introduces a project to establish a nursery school …
Exploration of Justice in the Redd+ Projects Implementation in Indonesia
Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation “Plus” (REDD+) was first proposed at The 13th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as a climate change mitigation plan. It claimed to be just for both developed and developing states because it distributes the benefits evenly. In contrast, the forested country which …
Multisensory Approaches From Interactive Art to Inclusive Design
In interactive art and multimedia installations, the public plays a fundamental part. Visitors change the meaning and the appearance of artwork according to their sensitivity and preferred way of interaction. For designers, this audience is the set of users on which they should focus their projects. Among the most pervasive technologies are a variety of …
Undergraduate Research and Grant Applications: Access and Barriers at a Transnational University
Undergraduate research is an important opportunity that students should take advantage of. The benefits of undergraduate research have been proven many times, showing benefits to both the students and faculty who participate. Research grants have been an important part of increasing participation in research by overcoming the cost barrier, however, other barriers still exist. In …
Are Teachers Willing to Change? Teachers’ Beliefs About Practice Change in Vietnam
Teacher belief is an essential element that guide teachers to deal with challenges in teaching, shape the classroom environment, and influence student’s motivation and in-class achievement. However, teacher belief may be influenced by various factors inside and outside of classroom, particularly the pressure that makes them comply with their colleagues, with curriculum, and with student …
BreMo: A Mobile Application to Promote Primary Knowledge About Breast Cancer
To promote early diagnosis – an essential pillar of breast cancer management (WHO) – thousands of apps exist on the Google Play Store. Only 13% of all breast cancer apps focus on awareness and self-check and have not been scientifically evaluated. The primary objective of this study was to co-design and develop BreMo for Nepalese …
Multidisciplinary Education: About Some Aspects of Teaching Biophysics
This article presents one of the most pressing issues for undergraduate educational programs – interdisciplinary education. An interdisciplinary subject requires careful consideration of new issues and concepts in different contexts, identifying relationships between subjects, and developing common aspects, which is quite difficult to effectively implement within one discipline. This article discusses the problems and prospects …
“I Don’t Have Any Knowledge About Space. What Should I Do?”: Helping Japanese Pre-service English Teachers Survive Their Teaching Practicums
This paper outlines a support structure for pre-service English teachers which is being implemented at a private Japanese university as part of a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) funded research project. Through the design and delivery of practical teaching workshops the researchers are working to provide meaningful support for pre-service English teachers. …
Cultivating Preservice Teachers’ Professional Vision About Multilingual Students Through Video Analysis
Teacher professional vision is comprised of three skills: perception of relevant classroom events that influence student learning, interpretation of how incidents connect to pedagogical theory, and the decision-making that the teacher will undertake to anticipate student response to learning or proposing alternatives to observed activities to maximize student learning (Gippert et al., 2022). Previous research …
Designing an Alternate Reality Educational Game That Integrates Virtual Reality and Storyline to Learn About the History and Culture of a Local Town
Local cities in Taiwan actively emphasize the preservation of town cultural assets and the creation of distinctive cultural attractions. In this study, we designed an alternate reality educational game, taking the love story of the town of Puzi in Taiwan 70 years ago as the theme, and connecting several representative cultural attractions. The learning objective …
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 …
Challenges and Success Among International Students: What Makes International Students Resilient?
International students face an array of challenges while attending higher education institutions. Among these challenges are the resettlement process of making a home in a new country, developing new relationships (e.g., friends, close relationships), and attending college courses in a country and culture different from their own. Using the grounded theory method, we interviewed international …
Preferences for the Form and Financing of Long-term Care Among Older Adults – The Case of Warsaw and Madrid
As the number of family carers decreases, older adults with advanced dependency will have to rely on formal long-term care. Most older people prefer home-based care – provided by family members (informal) or by formal caregivers in their own home. However, as dependency increases, informal care is no longer effective. The aim of this study …
Code-Switching in Mathematics Teaching in Early Childhood Education: Switching From English to the Home Language
In communication and linguistics, code-switching (CS) refers to the process of using two or more languages in speech. South Africa is a multi-lingual and multi-racial society. Schools form part of societies, therefore it is to be expected that this ‘multi-ness’ will also be evident in schools. In many South African schools, children are taught two …
America, Our Home? A Qualitative Study of 1.5 Generation Asian Americans
Background: As the population of Asian immigrants and their children continues to grow in the U.S., it becomes increasingly important to improve our understanding of how these individuals experience growing up and living as Americans. The term 1.5-generation refers to a group of immigrants that is neither first- nor second- generation; these individuals fall in …
The Power of Personal Stories: Building Resilience Through Story-Telling in a Safe Space
The prolonged global pandemic forces much of daily operations to retreat into the domestic space (i.e. work from home) and students to learn in their home instead of going back to the school. Numerous reports have shown increased stress levels in family members, including the working mother who is burdened with work from home arrangements …
Hospital to Home and Community Experiences of Discharged Adult Psychiatric Patients: A Phenomenological Study
Transition experiences of psychiatric patients are crucial in their recovery, and may or may not lead to psychiatric re-hospitalization. In the Philippines, less is known about what happens to psychiatric patients post-discharge. The study utilized a qualitative approach in exploring how discharged psychiatric patients transition from the hospital to their respective homes and communities. Data …
International Collaboration in Higher Education: A Reflection of Student and Lecturer Experiences
The influence of international collaboration opportunities on student and lecturer experience in higher education is unmistakable. Not only do international collaboration projects provide the opportunity for internalisation, the improvement of cultural sensitivity and understanding, as well as problem-solving in culturally diverse teams, it also provides a reflection opportunity for lecturers on current lecturer teaching practices …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
Fostering Outgoing Mobility by Implementing an Innovative Online Platform for Partner University Allocation – ITMO University Educational Design Practices
Within the Russian internationalisation strategy for increasing incoming and outgoing academic mobility indicators, ITMO University utilises a variety of tools to match the objective. Increased number of ITMO students aimed at spending a semester abroad and constantly growing number of 200+ active academic partners worldwide become a challenge which calls an innovative solution. While students …
The Application of the Bilingual Online Dictionary Brazilian Sign Language/Portuguese in a Brazilian Higher Education Institution
This work supports the issue of accessibility for deaf students in Higher Education, developed by the Inovar+ project with support from CEAD (Coordination of Open and Distance Education). Its objective is to understand, from the perspective of Brazilian Sign Language (Libras)/Portuguese Translators and Interpreters (TILSP), the use of the Bilingual Libras/Portuguese Dictionary as a pedagogical …
Application of Project Based Learning Methods in Distance Learning During the Pandemic
To prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the university world, one of the methods is online learning, which is carried out using a smartphone or laptop. However, in online learning, lecturers must be innovative so that learning objectives are achieved, obstacles in online learning include internet signal disturbances, sleepiness, boredom, and health problems such as …
Bridging Asynchronicity and Engagement: Data-Driven Insights Into Flipped Learning
Advocates of flipped and blended learning have reported on how these models encourage students to actively engage and become agents in their own learning. There is, however, limited evidence on the extent to which asynchronous online learning materials developed for flipped learning programmes support students to actively engage in their learning. Using back-end data analytics, …
Chat-Based Learning Management Assistant Hybrid Learning
The communication channel for distance learning has been evolved from physical mail, teleconferencing, and email. However, the current trend of the most common communication channel has shifted to online chat. It has replaced the email for most of the communication, and it is almost real-time as well as easily accessible. The work introduces a new …
Exploration of Self-regulation and Impulsiveness Between Problematic Online Gamers and Non-gamers
Self-regulation refers to the basic skills of attention, which is an advanced level process on conscience and effortful inhibitory control (Konstanz, 2009; Liu & Chang, 2018). Previous research studies claimed that self-regulation might be one of the important risk factors for game addiction (Griffiths, 2010; Safarina & Halimah, 2019; Yau et al., 2013). In addition, …
Study of University Education in COVID-19: Considering Future Lectures Based on Survey Results
COVID-19, which is longer than expected, has a great negative impact on our society and life. We are restricted in our actions and many restaurants and businesses are bankrupt. The unemployed are also accelerating. In the field of education as well, various restrictions were imposed, and we had no choice but to change to a …
A Study of Students’ Orientation in the Virtual Classroom
One of the most important features determining successful adjustment and learning in the virtual classroom (VCR) is an individual’s ability to quickly, independently, and flexibly orient oneself in the new learning environment. It means grasping an idea of information-technological resources as well as the course organization with its academic, administrative, technical, and communicational requirements. In …
Open Learning EFL Systems: A Multi-Faceted Approach
This presentation reports on a one-year longitudinal study that adopted a blended teaching approach and aimed at designing and implementing an online EFL course to be used by students aged 13-16 years old along our more traditional face-to-face lessons. The reason for creating a more dynamic learning environment aligned with the rest of the curriculum …
Language Use and Identity within the Virtual Community of Mahjoob.com
This paper introduces the virtual community of the Mahjoob.com website, a global community of 1,261 web forum posters, where globalizing and localizing techno-linguistic trends are simultaneously manifested by web forum posters who strategically select between English, Arabic, and 3arabizi, an online Arabic-English hybrid language, in order to project different online identities. To illustrate these trends, …
Design and Evaluation of an Online Workplace Promotion Decision Analysis Training Game With Provided Simulation Context
Appropriate appraisal methods and promotion conditions are one of the most important issues that companies must face in their sustainable development. The promotion decision team also faces the problem of different audit experiences and decision-making. This study designed a highly realistic remote educational game to simulate the promotion of a company manager as the theme …
Exploring Learning Performance of Using Different Scaffolding on Problem-Based Learning
The essence of Problem-based learning is to construct knowledge, to share knowledge, to approach their goal, and to solve the problems. However, in online collaborative construction environments, environmental changes and personal characteristics will considerably affect the effectiveness of the problem-based learning. Therefore, online instructors need to provide facilitations to help learners completed their learning tasks. …
The Implementation of Electronic Transactions as Seen from the Consumer Protection Law
Nowadays, the development of information technology and telecommunications has resulted in the various services of existing telecommunication facilities, as well as the products of sophisticated information technology which are able to integrate with the information media. Computer as a tool of people which is supported in the technology development makes the trade to be smooth …
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 …
Pre-service Teachers’ Learning Experiences With Educational Technologies in South Africa
Online teaching and learning have become a fundamental platform for teaching and learning in higher education institutions, more so, since globally an extensive academic disruption was experienced during the coronavirus pandemic 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown. This study describes pre-service teachers’ perceptions on online teaching and learning platforms at one University in South Africa. The purpose of …
Are High-proficiency Learners Effective Feedback Providers? A Case Study on Online Peer Feedback in L2 Writing
Due to the advancement of technology or computers, it provides language learners with ample opportunity to engage in meaningful communication in the target language without physical and time constraints. In another line of research on peer feedback in second language (L2) learning, a common belief held by most practitioners is that providing feedback on written …
Facilitating Autonomous Learning During a Health Crisis – COVID-19 Contingency Plan in Singapore
As the Singapore government raised its alert level in the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic, language programmes were urged to step up and offer emergency contingency plan to convert all face-to-face lectures into online lessons. This necessary action, namely a switch from classroom to communication technologies posed a number of challenges for language modules to …
Learner Responses to Language Exchange Activities in a Technology-mediated Environment in the COVID-19 Era
In response to the pandemic, language teachers around the globe are transforming their face-to-face courses into online courses and developing technology-mediated online activities has become one of the pressing tasks. While the body of research on online teaching addressing current day issues is rapidly growing (e.g., Foreign Language Annals. 2020; 53), research exploring students’ reactions …
KOL Training on Live-Streaming Platform in Taiwan
Recently, with the coming of multimedia and technology development, new-type industries come out. In addition, live-streaming industries are the crucial milestones in 21st century. We can combine videos, short clips and online community to develop new business model. Through online community and social software, people can share their daily lives online with their creativity to …
Use of Simulations in Teaching U.S. History for Motivating in Online and Blended Learners
Facing unmotivated and inattentive students, teachers turn to new methods to engage classes, such as video lessons and interactive content. A literature review of this nature benefits educators in providing a counterpoint of the disadvantages and best practices of simulations for classroom success. Simulations, including role-playing scenarios, video games, map exploration activities, and mock trials, …
If the Amazon Turkers Are Representative of the “New” Economy, What Does it Mean for Mental Health Services?
Objectives: The structure of formal economies has changed significantly in the past decade, making millions of people partly or wholly dependent on the “gig economy.” This study illustrates the different personality and psychological profile of this growing population group, and how it relates to a need for different mental health services. Design and Methods: A cross-sectional …
On the Identification and Suppression of Hate Speech in Online Contexts
This paper focuses the issue of identifying indirect hate speech on digital platforms. In previous studies, the authors have addressed automated flagging and suppression of hate speech in YouTube material. We found that such operations are characterized both by problems pertaining to the vagueness of the hate speech concept, as well as a problem compounding …
The Impact of Environmental Factors on the Well-Being of College Students During On-Line Classes
The COVID-19 pandemic has urged schools and universities to hold online classes instead of a traditional face-to-face setup. With this, students are required to convert spaces in their homes as their designated study areas wherein they can focus on their studies online. In turn, this creates cognitive dissonance between the student’s perception of what an …
Networked Music Improvisation: A Common Rhythm for Art and Science.
In a context of isolation of different knowledge, simultaneous online music improvisation reestablishes a sense of justice synthesizing equanimous “points of view” in a unique experience called the “moment of hearing”. This is the outcome of intending to hear and perform in a common pulse that replaces the sense of touch in technologically mediated communication. …
Improving Kindergarten Readiness by Upskilling Parents Through a Webinar Series Entitled “Ready, Steady, Zoom” During the New Normal
The pandemic has forced the Philippines’ education system to discontinue face-to-face sessions and adapt to new modes of instruction, but education must continue to advance, and teachers must adapt. Kindergarten preparation has always played a role in how well students do throughout their first week of face-to-face sessions. Other studies indicate that parental participation has …
Students’ Experiences with Blended Learning Using a Flipped Classroom Approach
Flipped classrooms have recently emerged as a result of technological, instructional and pedagogical developments. They reflect a specific approach to blended learning in which direct instruction is shifted outside the classroom (in an online learning environment) through the use of digital technologiesGiven the dearth of research on the use and effectiveness of this new blended …
ISSN: 2186-229X – The Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities 2021 Official Conference Proceedings
ACAH2021 – Held online from Tokyo, Japan
Monday, May 24 – Wednesday, May 26, 2021
ISSN: 2186-229X
ISSN: 2186-5892 – The Asian Conference on Education 2013 – Official Conference Proceedings
ACE2013 – Learning and Teaching in Changing Times
Osaka, Japan
October 24 – 27, 2013
ISSN:2186-5892
ISSN: 2188-1154 – The European Conference on the Social Sciences 2013 – Official Conference Proceedings
ECSS 2013, Brighton, UK – Society, Environment & Trust: Towards Sustainable Systems of Governance
Brighton, UK
July 4 – 7, 2013
ISSN: 2188-1154
ISSN: 2188-1162 – The European Conference on Education 2013 – Official Conference Proceedings
ECE 2013, Brighton, UK – Learning and Teaching Through Transformative Spaces
Brighton, UK
July 11 – 14, 2013
ISSN: 2188-1162
ISSN: 2188-1111 – The European Conference on Arts and Humanities 2013 – Official Conference Proceedings
ECAH 2013, Brighton, UK – Connectedness, Identity and Alienation
Brighton, UK
July 18 – 21, 2013
ISSN: 2188-1111
ISSN: 2186-2311 – The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment 2013 – Official Conference Proceedings
“Working Together Towards a Sustainable World”
June 6-9 2013, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2186-2311
ISSN: 2188-112X – The European Conference on Language Learning 2013 – Official Conference Proceedings
ECLL 2013, Brighton, UK – Shifting Paradigms: Informed Responses
Brighton, UK
July 18 – 21, 2013
ISSN: 2188-112X
ISSN: 2186-2311 – The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment 2014 – Official Conference Proceedings
ACSEE 2014, Osaka, Japan
Conference Theme 2014: “Individual, Community & Society: Conflict, Resolution & Synergy”
Rihga Royal Hotel, Osaka, Japan
Thursday, June 12, 2014 to Sunday, June 15, 2014
ISSN: 2186-2311
ISSN: 2187-4743 – The Asian Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences 2015: Official Conference Proceedings
ACP2015 The Osaka International Convention Center, Osaka, Japan
Conference Theme 2015: “Power”
Thursday, March 26 – Sunday, March 29, 2015
ISSN: 2187-4743
ISSN: 2189-1028 The Asian Conference on Technology, Information & Society 2015: Official Conference Proceedings
ACTIS2015, Kobe, Japan
Conference Theme 2015: “Power”
Thursday, November 5 – Saturday, November 7, 2015
ISSN: 2189-1028
ISSN: 2187-4743 – The Asian Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences 2014: Official Conference Proceedings
ACP 2014, Osaka, Japan
Conference Theme 2014: Individual, Community & Society: Conflict, Resolution & Synergy
Rihga Royal Hotel, Osaka, Japan
Thursday, March 27, 2014 – Sunday, March 30, 2014
ISSN:2187-4743
ISSN: 2189-1001 –The Asian Conference on Business and Public Policy 2020: Official Conference Proceedings
ACBPP2020 – Online from Tokyo, Japan
Friday, November 6 – Saturday, November 7, 2020
ISSN: 2189-1001
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
Collaborative Writing Challenges and Strategies for Successful Elimination
In spite of having good ideas for research topics, some educators may not be able to bring their concepts to fruition because of poor collaborative writing synergy between the various contributors. Whether we choose to advertise it or not, many educators have stories of collaborative writing dysfunction, which in turn may lead to failed projects. …
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 …
Analyzing the Architectural Internship Program in India and Recommending Guidelines
An internship is a period of professional work experience that plays a significant role in the lives of architecture students. During that period, they would learn the work culture of an office and understand the work environment, enabling them to handle projects individually and understand the details for execution. Further, it would facilitate personal development. …
Participatory Peer Education: An Empowering Process for the Individual, Organisation, and Community
Studies of peer-led adolescent health education establish effectiveness or acceptability, exploring the phenomenon largely through an experimental lens. Central to this perspective is a focus on outcomes and with this, the premise that to be successful an initiative must significantly change the knowledge, attitudes or behaviour of the target population. This does not guarantee successful …
Competences 4.0 As Resilience Factors in Educational Project Management During COVID-19
The Covid-19 pandemic affected all aspects of human life and education systems became one of the spheres most severely disrupted. The international dimension of education, and especially Erasmus+ Programme – the European Union initiative supporting the development of competitive skills and competences among pupils, students, adults, teachers, academics and professionals – was also affected. International …
Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Hospitals to Improve Environmental Sustainability
Businesses have started integrating CSR as a critical strategy in their core operations, plans, and activities to promote sustainability. Hospitals are one such domain where it is inevitable to be socially responsible with its daily operations. It is also essential to understand the impact of environmental CSR initiatives in the context of hospitals. Despite this, …
Why Parents Do What They Do: Developing and Validating a Survey for the Mathematical Lives of Parents and Children
Learner variability presents an enormous challenge for teachers and schools. Even as early as kindergarten, incredible learner diversity exists in terms of children’s early learning experiences, especially in mathematics. Research has shown that this variability begins in the home environment, where parents and caregivers have the biggest impact on the child’s readiness for school. Regular, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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) …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
A Study on the Effectiveness of Active Learning in Different Learning Environments: Active Learning Method in the Field of Business Management
With the spread of active learning (AL), various teaching methods have been proposed in business management education. However, it is difficult to understand a pragmatic science like business management for undergraduate students who do not have business experience. In this situation, we proposed an active learning method based on the PDCA cycle to draw out …
ISSN: 2186-4705 – The Asian Conference on Technology in the Classroom 2014 – Official Conference Proceedings
ACTC 2014, Osaka, Japan
Conference Theme 2014: “Individual, Community, Society: Connecting, Learning and Growing”
Rihga Royal Hotel, Osaka, Japan
Thursday, April 17, 2014 to Sunday, April 20, 2014
ISSN: 2186-4705
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
ISSN: 2186-4705 – The Asian Conference on Technology in the Classroom 2016: Official Conference Proceedings
ACTC2016 Art Center of Kobe, Kobe, Japan
Conference Theme: “Convergence and Divergence”
Thursday, April 28 – Sunday, May 1 2016
ISSN: 2186-4705
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, …
ISSN: 2186-229X – The Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities 2022 Official Conference Proceedings
ACAH2022 – Held online from Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, June 1 – Saturday, June 4, 2022
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
ISSN:2189-1044 – The IAFOR International Conference on Language Learning 2015: Official Conference Proceedings
IICLL2015, Dubai, UAE
Conference Theme 2015: “Education, Power and Empowerment: Developing Transnational Spaces”
Sunday, March 08, 2015 – Tuesday, March 10, 2015
ISSN:2189-1044
ISSN: 2186-5906 – The Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2021: Official Conference Proceedings
MediAsia2021, Online from Kyoto, Japan
November 09-11, 2021
ISSN: 2186-5906
ISSN: 2188-1146 – The European Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment 2013 – Official Conference Proceedings
ECSEE 2013, Brighton, UK – Sustainability, Society, and the Environment: Searching for Synergies
Brighton, UK
July 4 – 7, 2013
ISSN: 2188-1146
ISSN: 2186-5906 – The Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2023: Official Conference Proceedings
MediAsia2023, Online and In-person from the Kyoto Research Park, Kyoto, Japan
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 to Friday, October 13, 2023
ISSN: 2186-5906
ISSN: 2186-5906 – The Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2022: Official Conference Proceedings
MediAsia2022, Online and In-person from the Kyoto Research Park, Kyoto, Japan
October 17-20, 2022
ISSN: 2186-5906
ISSN: 2189-1028 – The Asian Conference on Technology, Information & Society 2014: Official Conference Proceedings
ACTIS2014, Osaka, Japan
Conference Theme 2014: “The Data-Enriched Enterprise”
Thursday, November 20, 2014 – Sunday, November 23, 2014
ISSN: 2189-1028
ISSN: 2186-2303 – The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences 2014 – Official Conference Proceedings
ACSS 2014, Osaka, Japan
Conference Theme 2014: “Individual, Community & Society: Conflict, Resolution & Synergy”
Rihga Royal Hotel, Osaka, Japan
Thursday, June 12, 2014 to Sunday, June 15, 2014
ISSN: 2186-2303
ISSN: 2187-476X – The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy 2014 – Official Conference Proceedings
ACERP 2014, Osaka, Japan
Conference Theme 2014: Individual, Community & Society: Conflict, Resolution & Synergy
Rihga Royal Hotel, Osaka, Japan
Thursday, March 27, 2014 – Sunday, March 30, 2014
ISSN:2187-476X
ISSN: 2187-4751 – The Asian Conference on Cultural Studies 2013 – Official Conference Proceedings
‘Encounters and Exchanges’
May 24-26 2013, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2187-4751
ISSN: 2189-1044 – The IAFOR International Conference on Language Learning – Hawaii 2016 – Official Conference Proceedings
IICLLHawaii2016, Hawaii, USA
Conference Themes 2016: “Convergence and Divergence”
Friday, January 8 – Monday, January 11, 2016
ISSN: 2189-1044
ISSN: 2187-5294 – The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2016: Official Conference Proceedings
FilmAsia2016 Art Center Kobe, Kobe, Japan
FilmAsia2016 Conference Theme: “Justice”
Thursday, October 27 – Saturday, October 29, 2016
ISSN: 2187-5294
ISSN: 2189-1001 –The Asian Conference on Business and Public Policy 2015: Official Conference Proceedings
ACBPP2015, Kobe, Japan
Conference Theme 2015: “Power”
Thursday, November 5 – Saturday, November 7, 2015
ISSN: 2189-1001
ISSN: 2189-1036 – The IAFOR International Conference on Education 2015: Official Conference Proceedings
IICE2015, Dubai, UAE
Conference Theme 2014: “Education, Power and Empowerment: Developing Transnational Spaces”
Sunday, March 08, 2015 – Tuesday, March 10, 2015
ISSN: 2189-1036
ISSN: 2186-5906 – The Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2020: Official Conference Proceedings
MediAsia2020, Online from Kyoto, Japan
November 12–14, 2020
ISSN: 2186-5906
Digital Experience Theatre: Ideation Tool for Developing Socially Significant Digital Products
The problem identified in the Digital Experience Theater (DXT) research project is related to the development of interactive digital products, particularly mobile devices, with relevance for empowering a place and its community. Digital products, increasingly ubiquitous in contemporary societies, are a powerful medium for the sociocultural mapping of a community in a simultaneously local and …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Engaging University Students in Designing an E-magazine
Student learning outcomes rely on the depth and quality of their engagement in language learning. Since the early 2000s, the concept of engagement has gained a lot of attention from researchers. They often define engagement as a complex construct that consists of behavioral, cognitive, and emotional components. In addition, students’ engagement is very important in …
The Utilities of New Media for Indonesian Organic Community
Making a commitment to eat healthy food is a great start towards a healthier life. Organic food has become very popular issue in Indonesia because it provides a variety of benefits. But in fact, as the biggest agricultural country in the world, people in Indonesia is not really aware about organic food. Consequently, Organic Community …
Early Diagnosis Prediction From COVID-19 Symptoms Using ANN-Based Machine Learning Method
Timely diagnosis of COVID-19 is crucial to mitigate the risk of virus transmission. Traditional diagnostic methods, such as medical laboratory and antigen tests, while effective, are not always easily accessible. This study proposes an innovative approach to detect COVID-19 promptly using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), eliminating the need for laboratory tests. By analyzing an individual’s …
Representation of the Student’s Controllable Performance Features Based on PS2CLH Model
Nowadays, the number of studies measuring and representing students’ learning and performance has increased. However, there remains a lack of research that represents and measures factors or features within students’ control that impact their performances. For university managers, subject tutors and academic mentors, it is essential to represent, measure, analyse and monitor student performance alongside …
A Comparative Study of Motivations in the Learning of East Asian Languages
Understanding learner motivations for studying a foreign language has long been recognized as an important factor in providing effective language instruction. In recent years, foreign language education has been devalued in higher education in the U.S., resulting in the removal of foreign language requirements or reduction of course offerings. In this context, understanding learner motivations …
The Effect of Deforestation on Sediment in the Upper River Basin of the Lam Phra Phloeng Reservoir, Thailand
Land use in the upper river basin of the Lam Phra Phloeng reservoir, especially the forested area has mainly been for agricultural and residential purposes. The area suffers periodically from floods and droughts. Increased erosion since forest clearance has led to the increase of sediment load in rivers draining into the reservoir. As a result, …
Evaluation of Zeolite Efficiency for Removal of Cesium Ions From Seawater
Cesium is a radioactive material which is a big problem when it leaks into seawater. Zeolites are an alternative for removing cesium because they absorb cationic elements and are widely used due to their simplicity, high efficiency and low cost. The objective of this study was to investigate the efficiency of NaCl treated zeolite for …
A Longitudinal Study of Japanese Students’ L2 Oral Grammar
It is assumed that teachers’ educational lectures and materials are having some impact on students’ knowledge and skills. This longitudinal study examines the reality of how Japanese L2 university students’ accuracy in English changes over an academic year. In April / May 2018, 15 Japanese university students provided a self-introduction monologue followed by a three-question …
Power Dynamics in Development-Induced Resettlement
The undertaking of resettlement in development projects is often a controversial process that has attracted a lot of debate and activism. Resettlement, often involuntary, results from projects aimed at providing resources such as water, electricity, housing, etc., typically to the masses. The irony of this process, however, is that while it is usually claimed to …
Planning for Capacity Building on Career Support of Vietnamese Technical Colleges: A Perspective of South Korea’s Official Development Assistance
The purpose of this project is to provide a model for establishing a career support system for higher education institutions in Vietnam by applying and spreading the social partnership model of Vietnamese industry, government, and school. Since capacity building projects may not achieve their goals even if they complete all their individual activities, it is …
A Three-Level Problem Corpus for Introductory Computer Programming Courses
Solving problems is a very important exercising activity for students in an introductory computer programming course. The paper introduces the construction of a three-level problem corpus for training the students’ programming skills.The first level consists of the C programming language syntax problems, including data types, control flow, functions, pointers and arrays, structures, etc. For each …
Improving Student Learning by Growing a Teaching and Learning Culture in an Engineering School
The problem addressed in this presentation is that lecturers in schools of professional education such as engineering schools are typically disciplinary experts first, researchers second, and teachers third; they typically have limited knowledge about good educational practice unless the school provides measures to develop such knowledge and practice. To address this problem in a School …
Videos as a Final Project for Assessment of Spanish as a Foreign Language in High Education Context
The present article shows how we are using audiovisual projects to assess different skills in the Spanish language of a Spanish beginner¬¥s group of students that are learning Spanish as a Foreign Language in a College context. We are using midterm and final projects to evaluate their learning process. It is a variant of Project …
Applying a Project Management Strategy to Rule of Law Programs: Recommendations for Myanmar Based on Lessons Learned From Afghanistan
Since 2003, the US government and international partners have worked to develop the rule of law in Afghanistan. This effort has focused on areas such as the judicial system, corrections system, informal justice system, legislative reform, legal education and anticorruption efforts. In a report issued by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, RoL programs …
Does Motivation Break the Chains of Desistance?
Desistance, educational mobility, and social theory are fields that aim to promote social mobility and encourage the eradication of delinquency and inequality. Desistance is defined by Maruna and Farrall (2004) as the status where an individual is no longer offending. These are split into defined phases; primary desistance, where the individual has a gap in …
Developing Language and 21st C Skills Through Problem-Based Learning
Students at the American University in Cairo are expected to be able to work on group projects and produce high quality outcomes. However, coming from a school background where rote learning is stressed, many of the students joining the Intensive English Program (IEP) at the university lack the essential problem-solving, creativity, collaboration, and communication skills …
Inclusive Research With People With Intellectual Disabilities as Co-researchers – Towards Emancipation
Inclusive research covers various forms of participation of researchers with disabilities in the research process. Its idea is that non-disabled researchers create conditions for cooperation ensuring the maximum — meeting the needs of both parties — involvement of people with disabilities. It focuses on issues important primarily for the population of people with disabilities (co-researchers …
High Impact Practices & Transformative Learning Experiences of a Mentor-led, Field-based, Cohort Model for Teacher Preparation
High Impact Practices (HIPs) are intentionally designed transformative learning experiences (Kuh, 2008). These hands-on, collaborative, practices are considered “high impact” because they promote student persistence and they hold the power to change lives. This presentation will: a) describe the university-wide institutionalization of transformative experiences (GC Journeys); b) highlight the unique dimensions of a mentor-led, field-based …
Learners’ Expectations and Satisfaction in an Intercultural Telecollaboration Project
The aim of this paper is to analyse the data collected in a six-week intercultural telecollaboration project between the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) (Spain) and Morgan State University (US). Participants from UPV were 9 Spanish-speaking learners of English and 5 international students from the Erasmus+ programme, who engaged in both synchronous and asynchronous activities …
Assessing the Responsibility of Project Leadership on Project Management Success in Global Multinational Organizations
Cultural diversity in the global environment includes different leadership competencies and organizational requirements. Project-based organizations with global expansion objectives have organizational cultures that challenge the project innovation environment, team efficiency, and project success opportunities in foreign contexts (Caligiuri & Tarique, 2012; Thamhain, 2013b). Environmental and cultural challenges increase the risks involved with the team-building process …
Sonic Kinesthetic Forest: Listening to and Dancing With Trees
Sonic Kinesthetic Forest is an interdisciplinary research project and pedagogical investigation that uses sensory-based, creative methods of drawing, sound, and movement for connecting humans more viscerally to trees and forest landscapes. Our work responds to David Abram’s premise in The Spell of the Sensuous that sensory practices are vital for mitigating human disembodiment, desensitization and …
Design and Evaluation of an Educational Board Game for Learning ESG Sustainability Challenges
Towards the Paris Agreement underlines the need for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, it has become more and more important for companies to transform and create an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) sustainable development ecosystem. Moreover, there is a growing emphasis on educating and training employees in the concept of ESG. In addition to traditional …
Educational Services for Students With Disabilities From Moving-In to Moving-Out of Chiang Mai University
The research objectives were to examine the state of educational services that Disability Support Services Center at Chiang Mai University (DSSCMU) provided to students with disabilities in compliance with the four strategies of education for individuals with disabilities in higher education under the Office of The Higher Education Commission. There were 59 participants in the …
Systems Design Education in Industrial Design: A Hybrid Approach of Combining ID Studio and UX Design Courses as a Superblock
Traditional Industrial Design (ID) curricula have successfully trained students in fundamental ID skills. However, the increasing complexity of modern industries and technological advancements call for integrating Systems Design and User Experience (UX) principles. This paper introduces the “ID+UX Superblock,” a hybrid educational model combining ID Studio and UX Design to better prepare ID students for …
Grading of Project-Electronic Courses in the Pre-COVID, COVID, Hybrid, and After-COVID Semesters
Providing consistent and fair grading of the student’s work during a semester is never a simple task. Consistent and fair grading becomes even more complicated when the course organization is changed. This contribution explores the practical experience of teaching three electronic courses: “Electronic Instrumentation”, “Real-Time Digital Signal Processing” and “Image processing”. Before 2020 above courses …
Development of Interaction Simulation Video for Enhancing Digital Empathy Skills
This study applies research and development design aimed creates an interactive simulation video that enhances digital empathy skills. There are two groups of participants. First, six experts in educational technology and digital empathy content were purposively selected. Second, 48 high school students were multi-stage sampling. The research instruments were (1) the evaluation form to check …
CATalysts for Learning: Elevating Education With Authentic Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)
Classroom assessment techniques, or CATs, are invaluable tools for formative assessment in any classroom and represent a formative approach to assessment. Their purpose is to improve the quality of student learning rather than collecting evidence for evaluating or grading students. Classroom assessment provides faculty with real-time feedback about their effectiveness as teachers and gives students …
The Art of Observation and Documentation of Children’s Play
How might we use data to make children’s learning through play visible? Noticing and valuing the ideas, thinking, theories, questions and feelings of our youngest learners involves the process of observation. Understanding their strengths, interests, needs and challenges also comes from meaningful documentation. At the same time, one of the most difficult aspects of observing …
A Study Examining the Development of STEM Inquiry-Based Pedagogies With TVET Education Lecturers: An International Professional Development
The National Standards Curriculum implemented in 2016 in Jamaica includes expectations that STEM disciplines be integrated into the primary and grades 7-9 curriculum. This integration is framed on an inquiry-based model driven by problem-based and project-based learning. Lecturers therefore need to know about STEM integration and how to model this to preservice teachers. This paper …
Learning From the Ground: How Mathematics Teachers View Collaboration Through the Learning Action Cell Program
Teacher professional development is as important as the education of students in schools. The Professional Learning Community (PLC) is one of the effective bottom-up strategies for professional development as it gives teachers opportunities to collaborate and share experiences and expertise, rather than merely receive knowledge from an expert outsider. The Learning Action Cell (LAC) is …
Teaching the Notion of ‘Civil Society’ Through Classroom: How Can Teachers in Tajikistan Use the Ethical Pathways to Human Development Module to Instil the Notion of ‘Civil Society’ Amongst Secondary Students?
It has been proved over the past that civically active youth have been a potent force for change. Yet, youth in newly established democratic regimes frequently suffer as a result of their civic participation. In order to help the younger generation, select safe chances for their civic involvement, it is necessary to explain the concept …
Unheard Voices: A Narrative Exploration of Moroccan Science Learners’ Experiences With French-Medium Instruction Policy
Claiming the ‘failure’ of the Arabicization policy adopted a few years after independence, the Moroccan Ministry of Education decided in 2019 to officially reintroduce the French language as a medium of instruction (FMI) for science subjects. This decision ignited a tense debate about languages in the country especially among politicians. In this very polarized political …
Ten Months Around the World’ – Promoting English Language Acquisition in the Early Years of Childhood Education
For a Bilingual Generation (FBG) is a new emerging enterprise promoting English language acquisition in the early years of childhood education. During their ten-month-long programmes, the teachers and children travel around the world and visit countries where they discover and learn about the local culture, flora and fauna. Studying different countries not only enriches and …
Decision Making on Institutionalization Based on Resources, Cultural Differences and Personal Preferences
This discussion is based on literature review of studies pertaining to successful ageing, home care support and institutionalization in Singapore. The Singapore government adopts the “Many helping hands” approach, in which the government advocates three tiers of assistance (self, community, state), and heavily rely on the Asian concept of filial piety for support to the …
Envisioning a Healthier Build Environment for Elderly People with Dementia in Denmark – A Conservatory for People and Plants
Recent scientific research has shown how exposure to daylight, clean air and continual contact with greenery, natural elements and habitats are crucial factors for human well-being (e.g. Gonzalez & Kirkevold, 2014; Detweiler et al, 2012). In the wake of these findings, it is highly important to improve access to facilities that enable and promote these …
Accepting the Difficult Realities of Caregiving of Aging Carers Living with Adult Persons with Intellectual Disability and Challenging Behaviours
Background: Many persons with intellectual disability (ID) continue to live in the family home in their adulthood. Yet, caregiving becomes more difficult as family carers grow older. Aims: To explore how the adult persons with ID and challenging behaviour (CB) have influenced the lives of aging carers, and what aging carers do to accept the …
Practice-based Engineering Education Using Digital Transformation (DX) Under Covid-19 in a Japanese University
The Engineering Education Center attached to Niigata University has engineer lectures which alternate between lectures and practical experience with dormitory style education. Students from different grades and fields gather and work on manufacturing in a lively and open-minded manner like dormitory students. Students participate in competitions such as robot contests, present their research at international …
Family Caregiving as a Spiritual Experience: Experience of Spirituality of Korean Family Caregivers in Elder Caregiving
This study explored the nature of spirituality of Korean family caregivers who cared for older adults at home and its impacts on their caring experience. A qualitative design guided by natural inquiry approach was adopted and involved semi-structured in-depth interviews. Eighteen family caregivers, who cared for older adults with frailty at home, were recruited by …
Can Physical Design Help Improve Self-regulation in Children and Build Resilience: A Theoretical Exploration
The environment is an important component in child development, and it represents the external sources that affect a child’s cognitive, behavioral, mental, and social development. According to Bronfenbrennerʼs ecological system model, it is crucial to understand the interactions between a child and his/her environment. This interaction can influence and shape the development of self-regulation (SR), …
Engaging Parents in Newcomer Children’s Language Teaching and Learning
This study examines benefits that arise from the pedagogical practice of translanguaging, which utilizes bilingual children’s full language repertoire, in a pre-kindergarten classroom where parents are invited to join their children, bringing their home language alongside the English instructional language to the classroom. Extensive research demonstrates that when parents are engaged in their children’s teaching …
Parental Involvement in Early Childhood Education in Lao PDR: Case of Vientiane Province
In the past decade, significant and measurable progress in Early Childhood Development (ECD) has been accomplished in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), but it continues to be behind the average development level of the world. Given this evidence, this case study on parental involvement in ECD attempts to examine the extent of parental involvement …
Effective Cognitive Stimulation Training for Mild Cognitive Impairments in the Elderly: Perspective from Participants and Interprofessional Teams
Introduction: Cognitive stimulation training (CST) was effective to reduce risk of cognitive decline and dementia in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The proposed of this study was to explore factors that contribute to an effective CST for MCI elderly from perspective of interprofessional team members and participants. Methods: After finish 6 sessions of CST, data …
Borderlands – Exploring Commonalities and Overcoming Challenges in Sarawak
Today there still exist many borders which hamper transit and crossings for many others. Case in point is the border between Sarawak and Kalimantan, a border whose crossing requires documentation for many a potential traveller. In this regard it is helpful to remember that most national borders are different from natural borders. National borders are …
‘Off-Site Insights’ – A Qualitative Study of Teacher Professional Development Through the Pandemic and Beyond
The Professional Development Centre (PDC) at Mallya Aditi International School, Bangalore, India, began teacher training when Covid-19 hit and all interaction moved online. The aim was to create a democratic and organic training process with equal understanding of one’s colleagues as well as the goal ahead. PDC also reflected on generic training practices that never …
Green Architecture and Environmental Design using Rapid-Prototyping Social-Networking Sandbox Tools, followed by Professional Architectural Software
In 2012 the United Nations UN-Habitat’s Sustainable Urban Development Network partnered with European Union sandbox-game developers of architectural and social-networking software. The U.N. goal is to upgrade 300 public spaces worldwide by 2016 by joining professional designers with local inhabitants in virtual-world simulations of public spaces so that a collective design experience may be realized. …
Distance Learning: Its Challenges and Opportunities to Adolescents Relationship
Pandemic became one of the most feared unseen enemy where people are forced to stay at home. The pandemic forced everybody to stay at home. Hence, the study focused on adolescents who are under the distance learning modality. The study delved on the perceived challenges and opportunities of distance learning to their family relationship. This …
Language-Specific Gesture Patterns in Bilinguals: Differences Between L1 and L2
Bilingualism involves mastery of both speech and gesture patterns in a second language (L2). Previous studies on first language (L1) production have shown that speech and co-speech gesture form a tightly integrated system, with co-speech gesture mirroring the patterns observed in speech. However, less is known about the online effect of language on gesture in …
The Development of a Malay Language Pretend Play Assessment Kit for Assessing Malaysian Children’s Pretend Play
Pretend play involves representation of objects or individuals as another for amusement seeking and one of the multifaceted play activities that children engage in for fun, yet promotes a myriad of skills development and learning including cognitive, language, social, and emotional skills. Children across gender, geographical and cultural backgrounds engage in pretend play, however, there …
A Brief Report Regarding a Relationship Between Specification of BYOD Devices and ICT Proficiency Test
In this information society, information literacy and computer skills are one of the most important factors in higher education. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning was widespread and became a general way of learning. Sendai University introduced a curriculum based on BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) in 2023. The university presented recommended minimum specifications; …
ISSN: 2758-0989 – The European Conference on Arts, Design & Education 2022 Official Conference Proceedings
ECADE2022 – Held onsite and online from the University of Porto, Portugal
Thursday, July 7 – Sunday, July 10, 2022
ISSN: 2758-0989
ISSN: 2186-5906 – The Asian Conference on Media & Mass Communication 2011 – Official Conference Proceedings
“New Horizons”
November 4-6 2011, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2186-5906
ISSN: 2186-2311 – The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment 2011 – Official Conference Proceedings
“Sustaining the Future”
June 2-5 2011, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2186-2311
ISSN: 2186-5892 – The Asian Conference on Education 2011 – Official Conference Proceedings
“Learning and Teaching in a Globalised World”
October 27-30 2011, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2186-5892
ISSN: 2186-2281 – The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship 2011 – Official Conference Proceedings
“Ancient and Modern” & “Journeys of Discovery”
May 27-30 2011, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2186-2281
ISSN: 2186-2311 – The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment 2012 – Official Conference Proceedings
“Working Together Towards a Sustainable World”
May 3-6 2012, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2186-2311
Transforming Science Education at Grade 9 With a Pedagogical Technological Integrated Medium: An Integrated Approach for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
The study aimed to explore the potential of technology beyond its role as a teaching tool in science education by introducing the concept of a Pedagogical Technological Integrated Medium (PTIM). The PTIM approach functions as a platform for scaffolding, enabling students to construct meaningful knowledge structures. It brings together teachers (T), learners (L), and parents …