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This study applied a computer system, Value Focused Association Map (VFAM) presenting the students’ essays, to understand students’ learning outcomes. Although there were many ways of presenting learning outcomes, the map provided an alternative of ...

This empirical research employed a web-based learning platform called The VICAS System to investigate the relationships of subjects' participation in an e-learning discussion forum with a number of independent variables, including a subject's sex,...

With the rapid growth of online programs and courses at Fort Hays State University (FHSU), the university has faced the challenge of supporting faculty members as they transition to online teaching. Hong Wang, Lawrence V. Gould, and Dennis King...

As computer technologies have advanced rapidly, a new model that differs from traditional educational methods, computer assisted instruction (CAI), has been promoted extensively in recent years. Among CAI researchers, there is growing consensus that ...

The vertical scales of large-scale achievement tests created by using item response theory (IRT) models are mostly based on cluster (or correlated) educational data in which students usually are clustered in certain groups or settings (classrooms or ...

This idea of integrating moral education to digital gaming platform had been discussed since digital and online approaches were used in teaching. Online interactive instruction was one of moral teaching forms to assist moral instruction. However,...

This study aims to explore the differences between low and high achievers’ learning in computer-based environment. This is a small-scale pilot study involving 6 elementary school students. Students were assigned into 3 groups with different CAI...

This idea of integrating moral education to digital gaming platform had been discussed since digital and online approaches were used in teaching. Online interactive instruction was one of moral teaching forms to assist moral instruction. However,...

In distance education, communications among students, educators, and administrators have been one of the most important problems. The distance education programs in The Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) span not only Hong Kong but also many cities ...

With advances in telecommunications technologies, more people and more institutions become interested in online education. As more institutions rush to initiate new online programs or design new web-based courses, it should be very useful to...

Abstract: As online education is growing into mainstream in higher education, one of the challenges is how to enhance students' online learning experience. Both current research and theories such as the theory of transactional distance, seven...

Abstract: Technology has changed the way how people communicate, teach, learn, and live. This change has also changed the traditional definition of a community that is primarily relied on geographical locations. The current researches as well as the ...

As online programs continue to grow, quality assurance has become a critical topic in online education. This short article makes a brief summary of the benchmarks related to online course development, including benchmarks of the National Education...

To support the institutional mobile computing initiative and meet the needs of the faculty to teach using mobile technologies, the Center for Teaching Excellence and Learning Technologies at Fort Hays State University initiated a wiki to help...

Abstract: Guided by a number of educational theories such as adult learning theory, information processing theory, dual coding theory and the theory of multiple intelligences, the Center for Teaching Excellence and Learning Technologies (CTELT) at...

Abstract: With the rapid growth of online programs and courses, how to prepare faculty to teach online is vitally important to the success of online education. At Fort Hays State University, a collaborative approach has been taken to prepare and...

Abstract: This brief paper introduces an online training project developed at Fort Hays State University in the United States. After a brief literature review on the differences between face-to-face teaching and online instruction to show the...

Abstract: This paper briefly argues the importance of creating engaging learning materials for online learners and it also introduces three categories of free tools to achieve this goal: Slideshows, concept maps and screen captures. Three tools are...

Abstract: This roundtable presentation will showcase how a design project has engaged and connected faculty members into a community of learners, exploring and sharing best practices in online teaching at a university. After a brief literature...

Abstract: Corresponding to the national trend of growth in online enrollments as reported in the Sloan-C annual survey report on online education, this specific institution has grown rapidly in online enrollments. To prepare faculty for course...