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Zoo Kids Zone in Chiang Mai Zoo: Best Practice Activities Under the Concept of Edutainment
In the term of edutainment which is currently defined as the helper for social and health problems, this paper is intended to empirically apply the conceptual framework of edutainment to evaluate the behavior of young tourists who attended to the Zoo Kid Zone in Chiang Mai zoo, Thailand. Additionally, the empirical practice done in this …
How to Predict Professional Success in Music and Beyond? Constructing Universal Talent’s Structure for the Best Vocational Choices
The purpose of this paper is to present a universal model for human talent following the example of musical talent. Psychological categories used to describe high achievements’ potential – āabilities’, āgiftedness’, ātalent’, ācreativity’, āintelligence’ and āmotivation’ – are shown as parts and elements of an organized structure. A more detailed model for musical talent is …
A Scheme for Enhancing a University Presidentās Performance in a Transforming World
As society evolves and technology advances, a university like any other dynamic institution will need to change and adjust its teaching, research and community service to stay relevant, keep pace and prepare future professionals and leaders. These adjustments need to be reflected in the universityās outlook and strategic plan to remain relevant and competitive. Consequently, …
Lived Experiences of Student-Teachers During Practice Teaching Through Remote Teaching Modality
This study presents the lived experiences of Pre-service Teachers during their internship program as practice teachers during the pandemic. This study includes a sample of Two Hundred (n=200) student interns who were deployed to different schools across the region. The springboard of this study is the systems approach utilizing the ADDIE model of instructional design. …
An Exploration of Teacher Education Policies for Cultural Curriculum in Taiwan’s Indigenous Schools
The Taiwan government has historically promoted indigenous cultural teacher training policies to cultivate teachers capable of inheriting indigenous culture. This study investigates the implementation status of the Indigenous cultural curriculum teacher training policy. It provides recommendations for adjustments to meet Indigenous cultural teachers’ increasing professional development needs, including in-service training and pre-service education. Employing a …
Learning Science in Service to Students: Applying Artificial Intelligence and Automatic Question Generation to Scale Learn by Doing
Educational technology has undergone rapid changes in recent years as artificial intelligence has begun to shape how data and content are used in student learning resources. However, as new technology is inserted into the learning ecosystem, it is paramount to ensure it is based on learning science research and created with a student-centered learning engineering …
Self-regulation Strategies for Distance Learning Study of Pre-service Teachers
Distance learning can be a great challenge because students must apply more self-regulation strategies than in face-to-face teaching. The aim is to find out the current situation of 238 trainee teachers of a master’s degree in educational technology in four aspects of self-regulation of their learning, related to their study habits: organisation of the task, …
Integrating Citizen Science Projects (CSP) in Philippine Formal Science Education: Results and Perspectives from Pre-service Science Teachers
In the Philippines, science education is currently focused on three domains: (1) demonstrating scientific inquiry skills, (2) understanding and applying scientific knowledge, and (3) developing and demonstrating scientific attitudes and values (DepEd, 2016). This paper investigated whether citizen science projects (CSPs), specifically a plants-focused CSP using PlantNet and iNaturalist, can be integrated across basic science …
The Role of SESC RJ Regarding the Change of Perspective of English Language Teaching
The English language is a mandatory subject at Compulsory Education all around Brazil. Still, not only didactic material and additional resources, but also teaching methodologies face need for updating and improvement due to its lack of correlation among its content, studentsā interest and the environment they belong to. The lack of contextualization between the lessons …
How Increasing Studentsā 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 …
Health Risk Assessment of Heavy-Metal Containing Soil Near Some Auto Service Centers of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
The municipal solid waste of coal combustion is one of the main environmental problems in Ulaanbaatar, especially in the area of “Ger” districts due to lack of heating system and no waste management [D. Altantuya et al., 2012 and B.Byamba et al., 2017 and Delgermaa et al 2016]. The coal ash is disposed of in …
The Effect of Varying Short Message Service (SMS) Intervention for Promoting Safe Sex Among Army Conscripts in Lopburi Army Area
At present, sexual risk behavior is threatening the health status of the Thai population and undermining quality of life of the population all ages. This study examined the effectiveness of self-regulation and mobile phone SMS intervention to promote safe sex among army conscripts in a central province, Thailand. Conscripts (n=192) were recruited by multi-stage sampling …
A Study on Technology Acceptance Model with the Service of the E-Gate: A Case of Mini Three Links in Kinmen
This study analyzes the 300 surveys in 2012 from Kinmen E-Gate customs clearnece system based on Technology Acceptance Model (Davis 1989) to provide suggestions on ways to promote using E-Gate system. Kinmen is an island between Taiwan and mainland China, and it is a frequently used transit hub between the two because direct commute was …
Meeting the Information Service Needs of Researchers: A Case Study of the Research Center for Science and Technology Area (Puspiptek – Indonesia)
Research center for science and technology, known as Puspiptek area, is the name of the Largest Research Area in Indonesia. In this area there are three research institutions under the coordination of State Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education. Information services to support research activities in this region provided by Center for Scientific Documentation …
Journeying with Communities: Theoretical Reflections from the Community Integration as Complex and Integrative Strategy for Teaching, Research and Community Development
Teaching and serving in a university setting is very challenging and yet very substantial. The role of the faculty members is to respond to the challenge of being agents of social transformation within and outside the university. To be able to respond from this call, faculty members must be committed and equipped with integrated knowledge, …
Ecosystem Services of Rubber Agroforestry System: A Review
Mono rubber plantation is generally known to be a source of high economic income. However, various impacts on ecology remain controversy. In order to balance between the economic and environmental aspects, rubber agroforestry system (RAS), a system that rubbers are planted together with different kinds of tress, is seemed to be the great solution. The …
Ethics Issues on Digital Contents for Pre-Service Primary Teachers: A Gamification Experience for Self-Assessment with Socrative
The Internet has brought many possibilities to access information and digital content for reusing in other contexts. This is especially interesting for future teachers of any level, who can create their educational materials readapting the already available resources -images, sounds, videos and so on- on the Internet. However, many students do not respect the licences …
Improvement of the Logistics Operations of an Integrated Waste Management Company – Application to a Real Case in Portugal
One of the strategies of companies today is, instead of directing their investments on expanding the business, focus more on cost rationalization and business transformation, in order to improve performance and reduce operating costs. In this sense, logistics represents a key function in improving the operations related to the transportation and storage of materials, always …
A Literature Review on the Strategy Planning, Implementation and Execution in Large Service Industry and Cultural Effects on Strategy Execution
The pedantic strategy is one of the key element of any cooperationās success. However, the implementation of the strategy is very important as most of the strategy fails during the implementation stage. The implementation of the strategy is daunting task as it faces many challenges in todayās organizations which endeavors to achieve the performance but …
Factors Affecting Decisions Concerning Pet-Related Service in Bangkok, Thailand
This research aims to study: 1) things that consumers want in pet malls; 2) information sources of consumers; and 3) criteria that consumers use to decide when choosing pet-related services. This is a quantitative research using questionnaire as the research instrument. Statistics used in the research are frequency, percentage, means, purposive sampling and accidental sampling. …
Supporting Teacher Education with Video-based Noticing: A Technological Innovation
In light of developments and emphasis in technology-enhanced teaching and learning in recent years, connected, yet often overlooked, is the need for teacher education training to equip teacher candidates with the necessary technological skills and pedagogical content knowledge for preparing technology-enhanced lessons. Without adequate training, it is difficult for pre-service teachers to plan effective lessons …
Propaganda in the Service of Genocide- Case of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
ISIS is considered as great threat to international peace. According to report by Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN Assistance Mission for Iraq Human Rights Office, ISIS politics on conquered territories meets statutory criteria of the crime of genocide- actions taken by ISIS are committed with intent to destroy, …
Study of Health Practice of Postpartum Women Living in Urban of Nakhonratchasima and Nearby Who Received Family Health Service by Nursing Students During Year 2005 to 2009
This research studyies the behaviors of postpartum women composed of antenatal care, using folk-postpartum medicine, newborn feeding, and family planning. Data collection was via retrospective method which operated from the registration books of maternal and newborn services belonging to the department of family and community nursing. The books were used to record learning activities of …
The Critical Success Factors of Strategy Implementation in Large Service Industry Organizations
Several studies have noted that the strategies often fail mainly at the implementation process. However, most of the research addresses the formation of strategy. The importance of strategy formation is not of lesser important. This paper addresses the implementation aspect of strategy deployment. Strategy execution is selecting a strategy for organizational action to accomplish specific …
Adoption Theories in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) of Health Service for the 21st Century
The research aims to synthesize the concepts that affect the adoption behavioral of the Enterprise Resource Management system of healthcare in Thailand. The process performed includes analysis Ā of Ā synthetic documents and related research to create an interview tool template to be used in interviewing with expert in health organizations. Eight experts who have experience working …
A Study on the Driving Factors of Service Modularization
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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
Enhancing Learner Autonomy Using Student-generated Rubrics in Speaking and Writing: A Case in One Singapore Primary School
Student-generated rubrics, as part of formative assessment, have been reported to foster self-regulation and learner autonomy. This in turn can have a positive impact on studentsā accomplishment on specific assignments. In view of these reports, an experimental design intervention was implemented on two classes of Grade 5 students (over 80) in one Singapore primary school …
The Impact of Weekly Correction and Feedback in a French Composition Class
This study aims to explore the quantitative and qualitative learning performance of a class of composition in L2 French (junior students) in Taiwan by applying statistic methods such as SPSS and Excel. The students of a French department following a course of writing during the academic year 2015ā2016 are chosen as the research object. The …
Using Google Documents to Enhance Peer Editing
Two common goals of writing instructors are to foster collaborative writing and to encourage students to develop independent peer-editing skills. One of the most commonly cited deficiencies in EFL writing, however, is that students tend to depend too heavily on feedback from their teachers, especially within cultures that are teacher-centered. Also, students often view peer …
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 …
The Usefulness of Curriculum Mapping in Writing Learning Modules
This study sought to determine the usefulness of curriculum mapping in teaching Asian History. As the High School Social Studies Coordinator, I found it essential to conduct a research on how curriculum maps enable the teachers in our academic unit to articulately plan the curriculum and effectively deliver instruction. Is curriculum mapping useful in teaching …
Utilizing Junior High English Texts at the Japanese University Level for Large Non-English Major Courses
Many non-English majors encounter extreme difficulty when it comes to writing in English. Most learners are perplexed when asked to produce sentences that are comprehensible and cohesive enough to form a paragraph. Items such as a topic sentence, connecting clauses and phases may be unknown or long forgotten from their earlier schooling. Japanese junior high …
Writing Learning Outcomes for Courses/Programs and Beyond
Program assessment for accreditation purposes is one of the main topics of discussion among higher education faculty members. Classroom management techniques often focus on day to day needs that help produce lectures and assignments. Well-written learning outcomes at the course level will support strong programs and help teachers/instructors with their daily lesson plans and assignments. …
ISSN: 2186-4691 – The Asian Conference on Language Learning 2014 – Official Conference Proceedings
ACLL 2014, Osaka, Japan
Conference Theme 2014: āIndividual, Community, Society: Connecting, Learning and Growingā
Rihga Royal Hotel, Osaka, Japan
Thursday, April 17, 2014 to Sunday, April 20, 2014
ISSN: 2186-4691
Gauging the Effectiveness of Diagramming and Scratching an Outline for Small Size Classrooms of English As L3 Users
Writing is one of the most important and challenging skills in the English Language that learners often find difficult to master. Brainstorming is a strategy that is considered effective in facilitating learners with their writing tasks. The present action research focused upon the impact of two brainstorming techniques – diagramming and scratching an outline on …
Writing the Feminine: John Fowles’s Modern Myth
John Fowles writes courageous and other-worldly women characters. John Fowles explores relationships between men and women and has built his major themes around the contrast between masculine and feminine mentality. Fowles has always constructed his fictions upon the principle that women are intrinsically better, more authentic, and freer than men. Throughout his fiction, women tend …
Egyptian EFL Writersā and Instructorsā Perceptions of Peer Written Feedback
The principal aim of this study is to compare between the perceptions of peer feedback (PF) and teacher feedback (TF) as viewed by adult Egyptian L2 writers. That aim is pursued to address the lack of abundancy of that line of research in Egypt, and particularly targeting adult L2 writers. Consequently, the study is guided …
Teaching Burmese as a Foreign Language: A Case Study
The development of Myanmar as a country has led to an increased interest from foreign NGOs, businesses, labourers and professionals alike. One significant barrier that has arisen is their ability to learn the Myanmar language. The Myanmar language is comprised of a speaking format and a writing format. The current study explored the writing ability …
A Study of Chinese University Students’ Usage of Logical Connectors in English Argumentations, Descriptions and Narrations
Logical connectors are important cohesive devices in written discourse to guide readers through texts. This study aims to examine the cognitive activities that the Chinese university students perform while adopting adversative, causal and temporal logical connectors in English argumentations, descriptions and narrations. It also investigates the factors which explain for the Chinese students’ behaviors of …
Professional Peer Review and Value in Academic Writing: Implications for EAP Course Design
For academics and professional researchers, peer review is an accepted element of their working practice. Regular submission to journals (predominantly English-language journals) is an expectation driven by intrinsic and extrinsic factors to create knowledge and value. Those who submit papers face a great deal of evaluative procedures and criteria that must be met which are …
If ChatGPT is Writing the Courses and the Assignments, Why Do We Need Faculty or Students? An Ethics Module on Academic Integrity and Generative AI in Higher Education
This presentation delves into the convergence of academic integrity and Generative AI (GenAI). It introduces a framework for a lesson dedicated to exploring the ethical dimensions of GenAI with undergraduates students. This lesson was piloted during the winter semester of 2023 and subsequently during the Spring intersession. It specifically targeted first-year undergraduates at a science …
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 …
The Literacy Practices of Adolescents in a Digital World
This study investigates young adults’ online literacy practices in asynchronous computer-mediated communication, ACMC, in Taiwan. Aligned with New Literacy Studies, this study explores choices of language, writing systems, and orthography and examines how these features influence young adults’ identity construction in an online community of practice. Viewing digital texts as a social practice entails the …
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: āConvergence & Divergenceā
Wednesday, June 29 – Sunday, July 3, 2016
ISSN: 2188-1138
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
ISSN: 2186-4705 – The Asian Conference on Technology in the Classroom 2017: Official Conference Proceedings
ACTC2017 Art Center of Kobe, Kobe, Japan
Conference Theme: “Educating for Change”
Thursday, May 11 – Sunday, May 14 2017
ISSN: 2186-4705
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 …
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 …
ISSN: 2189-1036 – The IAFOR International Conference on Education ā Hawaii 2021 Official Conference Proceedings
IICEHawaii2021
January 06-10, 2021 | Held online from Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
ISSN:2189-1036
Fostering Outgoing Mobility by Implementing an Innovative Online Platform for Partner University Allocation ā 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 āpoints of viewā in a unique experience called the āmoment of hearingā. This is the outcome of intending to hear and perform in a common pulse that replaces the sense of touch in technologically mediated communication. …
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 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 studentās perception of what an …
ISSN: 2188-272X The Asian Conference on Society, Education & Technology 2016: Official Conference Proceedings
ACSET2016, Art Center of Kobe, Kobe, Japan
Conference Theme: āEducation and Social Justice: Educating for Equality Within and Across Bordersā
Thursday, October 20 – Sunday, October 23, 2016
ISSN: 2188-272X
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, …
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 studentās …
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 āgig economy.ā 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 …
Roasting Online Towards the 2024 Elections: Frame Analysis in Indonesiaās Political Activism of Komika on Instagram and Twitter
Political fanfare has gotten louder in advance of the 2024 general elections in Indonesia, including social media. Political memes are one criticism that has attracted a lot of responses from social media users. This study focuses on how Komika on social media construct and launch critical discourse that is both specifically related to the election …
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 …
Adult Learners’ Perspectives on Distance Learning
The COVID-19 pandemic has demanded distance learning as an alternative to conventional classroom learning methods. The studyās aim was to explore the advantages and challenges of online learning as perceived by adult learners of Maltese as a second language. Data was collected from 35 adult participants by using semi-structured interviews comprised of open-ended questions. The …
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 …
Improving Kindergarten Readiness by Upskilling Parents Through a Webinar Series Entitled āReady, Steady, Zoomā 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 …
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 …
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, …
A Study of Studentsā Orientation in the Virtual Classroom
One of the most important features determining successful adjustment and learning in the virtual classroom (VCR) is an individualās 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 …
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 …
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 studentsā reactions …
Facilitating Autonomous Learning During a Health Crisis ā 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 …
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 …
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, …
Death Drive: Vampires in Anne Riceās The Vampire Chronicles
The essay attempts to discuss the literary meaning of immortality and the symbolic interaction of vampire figures in Anne Riceās works. The referring works includes: Interview with the Vampire (1976), The Vampire Lestat (1985), The Queen of the Damned(1988), The Tale of the Body Thief (1992), and The Vampire Armand (1998) . Vampires are more …
A Mentorship Model for Pre-Medical Students Disadvantaged in the Medical School Application Process
Applying to medical school is a long, convoluted, and expensive process. While some applicants may be able to afford third-party application consulting services for professional one-on-one advice, others struggle to overcome the basic financial obstacles of applying, such as application fees, travel and accommodations for interviews, and more. āGiving a Boostā (GAB) was founded at …
Politeness Principle in Business Correspondence and Language Teaching
One of the indispensable contributors for effective communication is politeness. It works as the lubricant to reduce frictions especially in business conversations. Politeness is also a compulsory lesson for language learners to take since it can bridge people from diverse backgrounds together. This essay firstly makes a brief review of the significant development of Politeness …
The Comparison of Two Different Text Processing Skills to Enhance EFL Reading Comprehension: Summarizing vs Listing the Main Points
As a global skill, reading is a cognitive activity including both surface and deep processing on its core, and developing reading comprehension is an important aspect of EFL as it requires the use of macro-level processing based on schema activation. The present study investigated the efficiency of two different text processing skills of reading comprehension; …
Karol Wojtyla’s Personalist Philosophy of Education
Karol Wojtyla and his philosophy is well known among scholars of philosophy for its rich contribution to ethics, anthropology, epistemology, and metaphysics. He is also acknowledged as a personalist philosopher because of the fundamental claims of his philosophy that enrich the movement. When Wojtyla got elected as Pope and took the name John Paul II, …
ISSN: 2186-4691 – The Asian Conference on Language Learning 2016: Official Conference Proceedings
ACLL2016 Art Center of Kobe, Kobe, Japan
Conference Theme: “Convergence and Divergence”
Thursday, April 28 – Sunday, May 1 2016
ISSN: 2186-4691
University Studentsā Perceptions of Using a Communication Platform for English Speaking Courses
Attributable to the fast pace of globalization, demand for effective English speaking skills has been growing rapidly. It is clear that a greater enhancement of the communication skills of university students is a critical mission of English educators. At the current time, an array of communication platforms is being used across different education levels. The …
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 āOne size does not fit allā, this study focused on High School Preparatory Class (HSPC) studentsā attitudes towards digital reading and their use …
The Concept of Ghostwriting from Literature to Film Music: The Moacir Santos Case of Study
In most cases, the concept of ghostwriting in film music is related to bigger budget industrial movies. It happens mainly because of the amount of simultaneous productions and the agility that the cinema market achieved. Ghostwriters was needed for the first time in a more systematical way during the āgolden ageā of Hollywood film music, …
A Stroke in Time: An Artist’s Memoir
As a teaching artist for almost three decades, Prof. Kong Ho recalls his art experience in the form of a memoir. This paper explores his retrospective study into his transcendental paintings and why he chose to write a personal memoir. This paper is divided into two parts. In the first part, Ho presents the reasons …
Are Teachers Willing to Change? Teachersā 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 studentās 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 …
Content-Based Language Teaching in International Liberal Arts Education
This research tries to define the important points that should be considered for application of Content-based Language Teaching (CBLT) in International Liberal Arts (ILA) education. The research team members have long-term experience of teaching ILA courses in two and more countries in two and more languages. Based on their own experience of teaching and the …
Roles of Core Components in Emotional Awareness to the Severity of Anxiety With the Moderator of Sleeping Quality in Youth
The aim of this research is to examine the roles of six core components in emotional awareness in the severity of anxiety in youth in order to provide early identification and training in Hong Kong. In this research, 4647 local students (N=4647, M=1982, F=2350) aged from 12-18 (M=15, SD=1.88) are invited to participate voluntarily. They …
Community Television in the mist of Digitalization in Thailand: Policy and Communityās Practice
The media reforms especially broadcasting media are clearly seen in the year of 1997 that the ownership of frequencies were divided in to 3 sectors; business, public, and community sector. Their rights are legitimate as stated in Thai Constitution and related laws respectively. 16 years pass, Community sector, a new player, seemed awakening and continued …
Supporting 21st Century Learning & Teaching; Who’s Got the Power? Academic Libraries: At the Heart of the University
In the higher education (HE) sector there has been increasing interest in delivering a range of support services within a single physical space. It has become noticeable that this space is to be found within the library, and has been termed converged or super-converged services (Bulpitt 2012). These service models have taken precedence over other …
ISSN: 2186-4691 – The Asian Conference on Language Learning 2019: Official Conference Proceedings
ACLL2019 Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
ISSN: 2186-4691
ISSN: 2189-101X – The Asian Conference on Education & International Development 2016 Official Conference Proceedings
ACEID2016, Kobe, Japan
Conference Themes 2016: āEducation and Social Justice: Learning For Global Diversityā
Sunday, April 3 – Wednesday, April 6, 2016
ISSN: 2189-101X
Transferring Results of Intercultural Communication Research to Business English Classroom: Structure and Register Fluctuation in Business Emails from British, Polish, and Spanish Companies
Emails are the most common communication means in the present business world. A broad range of email studies focused on cultural variations in business email writing, but very few approached intercultural business communication in Europe. In one of them, GĆ³mez-Moreno and Skorczynska (2013) described variations concerning the prototypical move structure and register in a corpus …
Academic Issues and Solution Proposal in a Plurilingual EFL Class in Japan
The purpose of this study is to propose solutions for issues in class of reading and writing English which South Korean, Chinese, and Japanese students attend, which is a typical plurilingual EFL class composition in Japanese universities. In Japan, a class of reading and writing English is requisite to students from Asian countries as well …
Strategies for Learning Kanji Vocabulary Among Thai Students Who Studied Elective Japanese Courses in Higher Education
The purposes of this research were 1) to study how Thai students who chose Japanese as elective courses learned the kanji vocabulary and 2) to study the differences in using strategies for learning Kanji vocabulary between beginning and intermediate learners. The sample population of this research consisted of 80 students, who were divided into two …
How Teachersā Reflective Inquiries Help them Facilitate Transfer Skills Achievement in Studentsā Academic and Non-academic Pathways?
In education, the transfer of skills refers to learning in one context and being able to apply the acquired knowledge and skills to other new situations. Many studies show that college/university students do not easily transfer skills from English courses to other courses or writing situations (Wardle, 2016; Lindemann, 2016; Beaufort, 2007). To name a …
Semiautomatic Study of Handwriting Development in Basque Children at Primary School
The aim of this case study is to understand the connections between process factors of writing, such as bursts and fluency/speed, and product factors related to linguistic complexity and the quality of the final text. With this purpose, we conducted a (pilot) study with 13 developing writers in Basque from the second year of Primary …
ChatGPT in the ESL Classroom: A Qualitative Exploration of Teachers’ Reflections on Practical Applications, Outcomes, and Future Implications
As interest rapidly grows in integrating AI tools like ChatGPT into education, perspectives remain limited from ESL teachers with practical first-hand experience implementing ChatGPT across skills in their classrooms. Thus, this paper explores ESL teachers’ experiences and perspectives integrating ChatGPT into their classrooms across core language skills like listening, speaking, reading and writing. This study …
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
ISSN: 2189-101X – The Asian Conference on Education & International Development 2021 Official Conference Proceedings
ACEID2021, Online from Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Monday, March 22 – Wednesday, March 24, 2021
ISSN: 2189-101X
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
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 …
ISSN: 2759-1182 ā WorldCALL2023: Conference Proceedings
WorldCALL2023, Online and In-person from Chiang Mai, Thailand
Thursday, November 9 āto Monday, November 13, 2023
ISSN: 2759-1182
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 …
ISSN: 2435-5240 The Southeast Asian Conference on Education 2021: Official Conference Proceedings
SEACE2021 ā held online from Singapore Management University (SMU), Singapore
Thursday, May 13, 2021 āto Saturday, May 15, 2021
ISSN: 2435-5240
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 …
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 …
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 ā the online class participation and a non-compulsory e-learning activity. The online class participation involves studentsā effort in presenting …
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 Mongkutās University of Technology …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 āa computer-assisted and classroom-based teaching modelā (p. 8). A Small Private Online Course (SPOC) …
Assessment of English Language Learning in a Time of Pandemic: Difficulties and Strategies from State Universities and Collegesā 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 …
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 studentsā comprehension of independent learning and their views about whether using online tools combined with the use of a self-access …
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 …
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 …
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 universitiesā 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 āFinding effective ink receiver ingredient …
The Struggle of Waria Buddies to Achieve Symbolic Capital in an Infectious Diseases Intermediate Care Unit in Indonesia
HIV/AIDS is a major health issue that has become the concern of various parties. Infection Diseases Intermediate Care Unit (Unit Pelayanan Intermediet Penyakit Infeksi or UPIPI) is a therapy and treatment unit for people with HIV and AIDS (Orang yang hidup dengan HIV/AIDS (ODHIV)) in Dr. Soetomo teaching hospital, Surabaya, that employed 2 waria(s) (Indonesian …
Influence of Speed and Effort on Moral Judgment of Cognitive Enhancement
Previous research suggests that pharmacological cognitive enhancement (PCE) is viewed negatively due to perceived medical uncertainty, coercion, and unfairness and hollowness of the outcome. With the increasing advancement in and use of technology, along with a shift towards machines and gadgets, there seems to exist a need for humans to improve their mental functioning in …
Legal Protection of the Millennial Generation Against the Issue of Junk Food During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The millennial generation as the nation’s next generation needs safe food consumption and does not endanger their health and soul, even though in reality the level of awareness of the younger generation to consume safe, quality, and nutritious food is still lacking because they prefer fast food because it is practical and tastes good without …
Life and Death in Verses ā A Case Study: The Writings of Lili Kasticher, The Only Woman That Wrote in Auschwitz
This paper focuses on the unique works of a young woman named Lili Kasticher, written at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp from April to November 1944. The possession of a piece of paper or a pencil stub was absolutely forbidden in Bireknau. Anyone caught with such contraband was immediately sentenced to death. Consequently, inmates at Auschwitz …
On the Teaching of Literature, in Constant Reference to Michael Riffaterre and Dionysius of Halicarnassus
This essay aims to establish a dialogical framework between Michael RiffaterreĀ“s The Poem as Representation: A Reading of Hugo, and Dionysius of HalicarnassusĀ“s De Compositione Verborum. Both Riffaterre and Dionysius agree that the criterion of correspondence with reality is not the best possible touchstone for evaluating a text. The difference is that Riffaterre arrives at …
Standard Chinese Characters and Their Role in Cultural Heritage
Hanzi is a system of ideograms that encodes the Chinese language built on the integrated representation of form, sound and meaning of matters and deeds. Over several thousand years, it has been playing an important role for cultural heritage in establishing a record of the language, history and life of the Chinese people. Only until …
Preparedness of Health Facilities to Provide Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke Management to the Growing Elderly Population Living in Bangladesh
Global populations are ageing, and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are growing fast. In Bangladesh, Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) especially, Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD) and Stroke are the major killers. Ageing is a strong determining factor for NCDs development. On current trends, the population aged over sixty-years is projected to rise from 11.3 million in 2016 to 44.1 …
Application of Comparative Law Methods in Teaching Legal English to Law Students in Russia
A major challenge inherent in a course of legal English taught to students outside the common law tradition lies in the very fact of the difference between the legal system native to the student and that of common law. This difference, manifested in every aspect ā formal and cognitive ā of legal language, should be …
La Mise Hors ScĆØne Screen Memory
Regarding mise-en-scĆØne, in Antonin Artaudās letter to theater critic, Benjamin CrĆ©mieux, Artaud candidly expressed that āmise-en-scĆØne itselfā could act as a safeguard to “another language”. Reading this today, it reflects well upon Jacques RanciĆØreās Les sorties du Verb. In Jean-Francois Lyotardās essay, LāAcinĆ©ma (1973), Lyotard expands mise-en-scĆØne to become motions inside and outside the borders …
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 …
UX Evaluation of a School Newspaper Creation Platform
Media and information literacy is an increasingly important skill, especially for the younger audiences who consume and believe in information that may not be credible. Thus, school journalism can contribute to combat misinformation and develop media literacy in young people. This paper reports on a platform developed to create school newspapers and support news writing …
Analysis of Errors Committed by Thai EFL Non-English Major Undergraduate Students
The purpose of the study was to investigate the English linguistic elements which cause errors in writing made by the first year undergraduates majoring in non-English academic disciplines pursuing their bachelor degree at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Phranakhon Rajabhat University. This study was conducted with fifty Thai EFL undergraduate students by administering …
New Revolutions in the Arts, Humanities and Education; Past, Paris 2022 and Future
The Covid-19 pandemic is one of those humongous events that places the whole of humanity into uncharted waters, paralysing and inhibiting society, yet artists often have rebelled against these new conditions by offering revolutionary works, and in Paris not least. Such recent massive crisis has just impacted on experts, professors and teachers, and they in …
A Comparative Study of Three Mathematical Models for Predicting the Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) in Secondary School Classroom
Indoor environmental quality is considered as an important indicator to reflect the occupantsā comfort level in buildings. However, it is difficult to evaluate the impact of physical parameters on the occupantsā comfort individually because of the coexistence of parameters and their interactions with each inhabitant. The objective of this research is to find out the …
Cosmetic & Disruptive Technologies Management in Education
The user experience is well developed in the business world but less so in the world of Education. Hours of testing and development are spent on refining the best process by large companies like SAP and IBM to provide customers with the best experience that inspires confidence and develops the company brand. These processes are …
A Structural Equation Model of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), School Culture and ICT Literacy on the Technostress of Science Teachers
Teachers’ Information and Communication Technology (ICT) literacy skills in employing teaching-learning modalities opened new avenues for making the teaching and learning process more dynamic and engaging. This study developed a model of TPACK, School Culture, and ICT Literacy Skills on Technostress of Science Teachersin secondary schools of Bukidnon Divisions in the School Year 2021-2022. The …
Technology and Struggling Readers: The Ticket to a Brave New Future
Technology is changing the way reading is taught and is adding new possibilities to existing pedagogical practices. The challenge for educators is to effectively incorporate new technologies in the reading classroom to effectively introduce students to the experience and benefits of multi modal texts. As Larson (2009) notes, multimodal text experiences are common for learners …
Using Attendance Analytics as a Motivational Tool for First-Year University Students: The Live Engagement and Attendance Project (LEAP)
The process of transitioning into a third-level learning environment can present cognitive, behavioural and emotional challenges for first-year students (Chipchase et al., 2017). When these challenges are not adequately addressed, studentsā motivation to engage with their academic programmes may suffer, hindering academic progression. Motivation underpins studentsā ability to generate and accomplish goals (Locke & Latham, …
The Construction of Team Paradigm: A Case Study of School Practical in Lopburi Province, Thailand
The objectives of this research were to: 1) study the characteristics of school teamwork 2) study the composition and practical of team building 3) Construct the process of team paradigm. The target group were school director, teachers, and school boards of the best practice school of teamwork in Lopburi province, Thailand (Bandanthailom School, Lopburi Educational …
Professional Growth Through Professional Employment Program
In the second semester of school year 2012-2013, JRU pioneered a special training program for graduating students in partnership with LiveIt, a subsidiary of the Ayala Group of Companies. An initial group of 81 highly-motivated graduating students from the College of Business Administration were chosen as the first group for the Professional Employment Program (PEP). …
Dyslexia and the English Language: Contributions to the Education in Regular Schools
Dyslexic people need their teachers to be knowledgeable about the subject for their learning can be effective. The “spelling, writing and reading area learning disorder”, as defines by the Dyslexia Brazilian Association (DBA), does not impede learning, as it is not an impairment; but teachers should take some differentiated attitudes. This case study aims to …
Health and Physical Education (HPE): Local and Global Communities of Practice
This paper shares a university health and wellbeing community initiative. The project (2011-2014) āBest Start: A community collaborative approach to lifelong health and wellnessā, adopts a strengths-based approach to education. What began as a partnership seed between a university and nearby schools, quickly grew to involve Australian Registered Training Organisations (RTO), the local health industry …
Discussion on the Model of Integrated Long Term Care Institutions Based on Information and Communication Technology
Introduction: aging population has become a world-wide concern nowadays, to develop a model for integrate long term care which combines the information and communication technology (ICT)and personalized service is an inevitable and urgent need in Taiwan. The smart technology including Artificial intelligence ćInternet of thingsćCloud computingćbig data have been utilizing in the long-term care area …
The Role of Design in Health Observational Studies
The specialization in “Design for Health and Well-being” has recently emerged in Portugal. This branch aims to bridge different fields, Design, Health, and Well-being. At the moment, we are working to identify what our role as designers is in the area, namely in a Cohort Study in Leiria, with 10 years duration. The present project …
The Role of Wetland Ecosystems as Critical Infrastructure for Climate Change Adaptation
Approximately $3.2 trillion USD will be spent globally on transportation, electricity and sanitation infrastructure in 2013, with an estimated $57 trillion USD investment needed by 2030 to accommodate growing populations. Natural areas are increasingly being recognised for their ability to act as infrastructure, while also providing a range of ecological, economical and social benefits. Wetlands …
ISSN: 2186-5892 The Asian Conference on Education 2018: Official Conference Proceedings
ACE2018, Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Conference Theme: āSurviving & Thrivingā
Saturday, October 13th – Monday, October 15th, 2018
ISSN: 2186-5892
Enhancing Mathematics and Science Teacher Education in Regional Australia: Pedagogical Interactions and Their Affective Outcomes
This report outlines particular aspects of a three-year project funded across six regional universities in eastern Australia, designed to enhance the pre-servicer education and training of mathematics and science teachers. The project research and implementation uses iterative processes to trial and develop modules for teacher education and other university curriculum. Trial iterations draw together, through …
YouTube Shorts as the Inner Dynamic of Strategically Changes to Channel Owners
This study explores Shorts as a dynamic of propelling changes within the inner ecosystem of YouTube and interprets relations by analyzing the discourse surrounding the launch of YouTube Shorts from the collected YouTuber episodes in Taiwan. Institutionally, native video content producers on YouTube have continuously adapted to regulatory conditions from platforms before Shorts and concerning …
Ingenuity in the Pandemic: A Cross-Course Science-Literacy Integration Project
When faced with compressed hybrid courses amidst the pandemic, two university teacher educators sought to leverage the opportunity into an innovative, collaborative project to increase authentic learning experiences for their students. Pre-service teachers in one elementary literacy and one elementary science education course collaborated on a science-literacy integration project, bringing their content expertise and shared …
The Empirical Strikes Back: Post-pandemic Multi-sensory Implementation of Scientific Thinking Into Language Teacher Education
Educational policy makers in Germany assume that the pursuit of a compulsory Master of Education teaching degree leads to the development of scientific thinking and reasoning skills, and these skills are usually documented in the form of a research-oriented Masterās thesis (KMK 2004). However, because research skills are only one of the relevant competence areas …
Long-term Home Care Communication With Dementia Elders in Taiwan: A Focus on Nonverbal Communication Strategies
The population of older people living with dementia in Taiwan is growing dramatically. To enable dementia elders to age at home, quality long-term home care service is important. One way to achieve the goal is to promote successful communication with them since without this, delivery of long-term home care service is not possible. To explore …
Developing Teachers into Teacher Leaders Through PDS
Teacher preparation necessitates extensive collaboration to develop effective, caring, and knowledgeable professionals. Positive collaboration between Professional Development School (PDS) liaisons, mentor teachers, administrators, and teacher candidates, have resulted in effective preparation of University of Hawaii at Manoaās Master of Education in Teaching (MEdT) teacher candidates. In 2019, the COE and MEdT program offered an innovative …
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 …
ISSN: 2188-1162 The European Conference on Education 2016: Official Conference Proceedings
ECE2016 Thistle Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
ECE2016 Conference Theme: āEducation and Social Justice: Democratising Educationā
Wednesday, June 29 – Sunday, July 3, 2016
ISSN: 2188-1162
Curricular Design for English Extension Courses at Universidad Libre, Bogota-Colombia
The proposal deals with an ongoing research project at the English Extension Courses at the Faculty of Education at Universidad Libre in Bogota, Colombia, that are developed by some pre-service language teachers of the BA Language Program, as part of their pedagogical research practice. It is an Action Research that develops the three main functions …
Customer Relationship Management in an Educational Institution in the Philippines
Customer Relationship Management is the process of carefully managing detailed information about individual customers and all customer ātouch pointsā to maximize loyalty. A touch point is any occasion on which a customer encounters the brand and product- from actual experience to personal or mass communication to casual observation (Anabila & Awunyo-Vitor, 2013). Universities and colleges …
Sports News on Commercial Music Radio: Reinforcing National Identity?
News is an important area where the nation turns to looking for an understanding of national and world events and to place it in a historical context. Arguably, the quality of this information can only be obtained when there is a diversity and plurality in media offerings. Modern commercial music radio is now in a …
The content analysis of sex, violence, and the use of language in television programs rated as G (General): for all ages
This study is a content analysis research that analyzes inappropriate expression in the content of television programs rated as “G (General) : for all ages” in three dimensions : sex, language, and violence. The sample comprises of 52 G-rated television programs aired on six free-to-air national television stations in Thailand ; Channel 3, Channel 5 …
Negotiating the Place for Human Rights in Education- Implications for Curricular Integration
Human rights have long been an area of concern and active research since the inception of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. The World Programme for Human Rights Education (2005-2014) has also re-emphasized the need for integrating human rights in school education as well as in the professional training of teachers through …
Reification of Social Privilege in International Volunteerism
International service learning programs are highly regarded in U.S. undergraduate education as an effective tool for enhancing and promoting intercultural dialogue. However, such a claim is questionable because the effects of social privilege on the volunteers and their actions while abroad are seldom analyzed critically. This study examines undergraduate volunteersā understanding of their social privilege …
Teacher Education and Migration: The Value of an Aesthetic Experience
This presentation will illustrate a multimodal project in the area of intercultural education. Following significant immigration flows to Malta (Mediterranean) there was a growing need in teacher training to give space to a focused reflection on identity and cultural mediation. In a very short time, teachers of Maltese were faced with a new reality they …
ISSN: 2186-2303 – The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences 2011 – Official Conference Proceedings
“Sustaining the Future”
June 2-5 2011, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2186-2303
ISSN: 2188-112X The European Conference on Language Learning 2019: Official Conference Proceedings
ECLL2019 Birkbeck, University of London & University College London, London, United Kingdom
ECLL2019 Conference Theme: “Independence & Interdependence”
Friday, July 19 – Sunday, July 21, 2019
ISSN: 2188-112X
Storytelling and Playing with History: The Ludic in French and Chinese Fiction
This paper explores how the device of storytelling can be used in fiction to construct a specifically ludic i.e. playful and gamelike literature. I compare two novels as a case-study: the 20C French writer Georges Perec’s La Vie, mode d’emploi (Life: a User’s Manual) and the 19C Chinese scholar Li Ruzhen’s fantasy novel Flowers in …
Intensive English Program for Engineering Students: An Action Research
Most international students take pre-college or pre-graduate school Intensive English Programs (IEP) to improve English skills in order to fulfill the language requirement of universities. While most IEPs offer courses that address skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing for personal and academic enrichment, to prepare students for their future majors also needs to be …
English as a Second Language; Engaging the Early Years through Interactive Tablet Application Software
An interactive tablet application for the new Microsoft Surface has been developed that targets early years of primary school education (kindergarten students) for improvement in English literacy and linguistic skills. The application services remote learning in English as a second language and is developed in accordance with school curricula and learning objectives, in collaboration with …
Teaching beyond the Borders: Using the ELT Classroom to Raise Students’ Social Awareness
In our time where war prevails and women and children suffer different faces of abuse and when the environmental conservation needs the awareness of citizens, the need is urgent to modernize our approaches while teaching to solve these dilemmas. The English language teachers are in a unique position to promote the idea of global citizenship …
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: 2186-4691 – The Asian Conference on Language Learning 2011 – Official Conference Proceedings
“Connecting Theory and Practice”
June 10-12 2011, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2186-4691
Preservice Teachers’ Clinical Experience With ESL Literacy Instruction via Popular Culture
The purpose of this virtual presentation is to highlight how one small liberal arts university in the United States’ Midwest partnered with a local school district to support preservice teachers’ understanding of ESL engagement techniques. This partnership provided opportunities for preservice teachers to gain valuable experiences with planning and implementing writing lessons focused on English …
ISSN: 2188-112X The European Conference on Language Learning 2017: Official Conference Proceedings
ECLL2017 The Jurys Inn Brighton Waterfront, Brighton, United Kingdom
Theme: āEducating for Changeā
Friday, June 30 – Sunday, July 2, 2017
ISSN: 2188-112X
Concept Deficiency: Remediation for Masters’ Theses and Dissertations
Throughout graduate departments in the United States, students and teachers report significant difficulty in forming concepts and framing subjects chosen for thesis and dissertation work. Professors focused on guiding students through this conceptualizing and framing work have reported student difficulty in writing and reading complex multi-level and pluralistic subjects. Despite the report that over a …
Effective Revising Instruction for Struggling Writers
Revising is a critical part of the writing process (Scardamalia & Bereiter, 1986). Expert writers tend to make global text revisions and target more meaning-changing revisions, which lead to substantial improvement in overall writing quality (Butterfield, Hacker, & Albertson, 1996). However, poor writers have been found to experience difficulties with revising (Midgette, Haria, & MacArthur, …