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The work-in-progress project is to implement computer-mediated tools in the EFL writing class in Taiwan. It aims to explore to what extents blog/wiki can be a medium of scaffolding to empower EFL writers and thus to enhance their writing process and ...

Abstract: Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is an emerging branch of the learning sciences with respect to studying how people can learn together with the help of computers (Stahl, Koschmann, & Suthers, 2006). This report will...

Globalization has strengthened the need for teaching and learning Business Mandarin as a communication tool; nonetheless, the traditional face-to-face practice is not sufficient to equip learners with adequate communicative and cultural skills as...

This study is a report on the incorporation of Web 2.0 in a blended-learning Chinese class at a State University in the Midwest in the United States. To facilitate Chinese learners’ learning without time and location constraints, a Drupal content...

This study aims to create a blended learning environment, based on the concept of competency-based training, in a Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) classroom at an American university. Drupal platform and web 2.0 tools were used as supplements to...

With the widespread availability of Internet and computer technology, on-line web-based learning has become prevalent in the field of teaching Chinese as a second/foreign language (CSL/CFL). This study examined the concepts of usability and types of ...

This proposed study aims to investigate the barriers to ICT adoption for Chinese Language teachers in U.S. universities. It examines the issues related to ICT integration that have been addressed in previous literature and experienced in current...

In this paper we focus on the roles technology played in language and literacy learning activities within a 2nd grade classroom at Zapata Elementary, a school of more than 400 students located in a metropolitan area in the Southern United States. We ...

This paper recounts and unpacks the two and one half year history of the continuing efforts of a student-initiated, student-led research group at a major university in the Middle US. Begun with a post to a listserv, the Language Learning &...