A Closer Look at Promoting and Teaching Computational Thinking

Li Xu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 67–71

Since Jeannette Wing proposed a grand vision that “computational thinking will be a fundamental skill used by everyone in the world in the middle of the 21st century” (Wing, 2006), the vision has been realized to a reality in many areas including...

Topics: Computational Thinking

Applying Online Components to Foster Learning Operating Systems

Li Xu

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 1006–1012

There is a need to improve course accessibility and guide student learning by supplementing classroom-learning activities for adult students to take an Operating Systems (OS) course at a branch campus of the University of Arizona. The paper...

Topics: Implementation Examples & Issues, Content Development, Instructional Design

Integrating Online CURE to Engage Students in Computational and Statistical Thinking

Li Xu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2022 (Apr 11, 2022) pp. 695–700

In our Applied Computing curriculum, faculty identified Computational Thinking (CT) and Statistical Thinking (ST) as critical cognitive dispositions students need to adopt. However, historically students shy away from computation and statistics...

Topics: Instructional Design, Computational Thinking, STEM Innovation

An Online Learning Approach to Teaching Mobile Application Development

Li Xu

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2015 (Oct 19, 2015) pp. 163–168

The recent steadily growing revenue and jobs in mobile application development led us to examine the traditional Computer Science (CS) curriculum we used and revise the curriculum for students to develop skills required in mobile computing. In this ...

Topics: Content Development, Teaching Methods, Instructional Design, Research Methods, Implementation Examples & Issues

Adopting a Phenomenographic Study to Design and Implement Teaching Object-Oriented Programming and Design Online

Li Xu

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 411–416

There is a need to improve course accessibility and guide student learning by utilizing online learning technology for adult students at a branch campus of The University of Arizona (UA). In this paper, we present a case study on designing an...

Topics: Teaching/Learning Strategies, Exemplary Projects, Design Principles

Reflective Analysis on Teaching and Learning Computational Thinking Online

Li Xu

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2016 (Nov 14, 2016) pp. 1449–1454

In 2006, Wing proposed Computational Thinking (CT) as a fundamental skill to everyone (Wing, 2006). To promote CT and address the limitations to teach CT in a traditional face-to-face classroom, the Computer Science (CS) program at the University of ...

Topics: Evaluation, Implementation Examples & Issues, Designing, Developing, and Assessing E-Learning

Identifying Strategies for Teaching Computational Thinking by Problem Solving and Self-Awareness

Li Xu

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 2413–2418

Computational Thinking (CT) has become a popular subject since Jeannette Wing (2006) proposed that everyone would benefit from learning CT as a fundamental skill (Wing, 2006). Nevertheless, there is little agreement on what are the effective...

Topics: learner-centered, and self-directed learning

Gender achievement gaps among Chinese middle school students and the role of teachers’ gender

Di Xu; Qiujie Li

Economics of Education Review Vol. 67, No. 1 (December 2018) pp. 82–93

Based on a nationally representative data of middle school students from China, this paper intends to document gender performance gaps among middle school students in China and the role of teachers. gender in either reducing or perpetuating such...

Language: English

Using Office Open XML Formats to Automate Case Input in a Case Library

Wu He; Li Xu

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 3708–3714

Case libraries have drawn considerable attention over the last twenty years. And as case libraries become more increasingly deployed in real-world situations, the construction and maintenance of the case library becomes critical. In practice, many ...

Computational Thinking and Educational Technology

Betul Czerkawski; Li Xu

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 2607–2610

The latest National Educational Technology Standards (NETS, 2011) put forward a new set of resources on computational thinking (CT) and pointed out computer science teachers’ changing roles in the classrooms. According to the ISTE website (2012),...

Combining Teacher Professional Development on Computational Thinking with Writing and Problem Solving

Li Xu; Flory Simon

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 128–130

There is a need to promote teaching computational thinking in K-12 classrooms. However, what is the best pedagogy for promoting computational thinking is still a research and unanswered question (National Academics, 2011). In this paper, we present...

Topics: K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, Computational Thinking, Development of Future Faculty

Computational Thinking In Problem Solving and Writing-How We Can Help K-12 Teachers

Li Xu; Flory Simon

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 119–125

There is a need to include Computational Thinking (CT) in K-12 classrooms. However, what is the best pedagogy for promoting CT to teachers across disciplines is still a research and unanswered question (National Academics, 2011). In this paper, we ...

Topics: Computational Thinking, Graduate Education & Faculty Development

Designing Online Course Components to Infuse Computational Thinking in Computer Science

Li Xu; Betül Czerkawski

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) pp. 459–464

There is a need for undergraduate STEM students to develop high-order thinking and metacognitive skills in problem solving, which is verified by program accreditation documents and employer requirements. In this paper, we present a framework for...

An Information Systems Approach to the Intervention and Prevention of AIDS

Li D. Xu; Ling X. Li

Information Processing & Management Vol. 28, No. 2 (1992) pp. 269–80

Provides a conceptual framework for information systems (IS) that can be used in AIDS intervention and prevention (AIP). System components are analyzed, including a database, decision support systems (DSS), expert systems, and software; potential...

Developing an Intelligent Tutoring System that has Automatically Generated Hints and Summarization for Algebra and Geometry

Yatao Li; Ke Zhao; Wei Xu

International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education Vol. 11, No. 2 (April 2015) pp. 14–31

Intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs), which provide step-by-step guidance to students in problem-solving activities, have been shown to enhance student learning in a range of domains. However, they tend to be preestablished and cannot supply the...

Middleware to Support an Asynchronous Internet Course

Shunichi Toida; Chris Wild; M. Zubair; Li Li; Chunxiang Xu

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 1898–1903

Changing demographics at many colleges has led to an increasing demand for distance education programs based on emerging network and multi-media workstation technologies. This paper describes middleware that personalizes asynchronous Internet ...

Topics: Networking Technologies, Intelligence, Instructional Materials, Artificial Intelligence, Educational Technology

Teaching Management System with Applications of RFID and IoT Technology

Ping Tan; Han Wu; Peng Li; He Xu

Education Sciences Vol. 8, No. 1 (2018)

Currently, Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are used in many areas, such as intelligent transportation, smart city, hospital, games, education. Earlier interactive response system uses infrared or radio frequency (RF) wireless communication...

Automated Scoring of Chinese Engineering Students' English Essays

Ming Liu; Yuqi Wang; Weiwei Xu; Li Liu

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 15, No. 1 (January 2017) pp. 52–68

The number of Chinese engineering students has increased greatly since 1999. Rating the quality of these students' English essays has thus become time-consuming and challenging. This paper presents a novel automatic essay scoring algorithm called...

Xin Neng Yuan - ??? - New Energy - New Teaching Methodologies in China

Oliver Lah; Thorsten Hampel; Daniel Büse; Li Xun Xu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2342–2347

The Centre for Applied Policy Research (University of Munich), the Heinz Nixdorf Institute (University of Paderborn, Germany) and the University of Science and Technology Qingdao (China) are developing a special blended learning approach to raise...

Scaffolding to Improve Writing Skills in Computer Science Literacy Course

Wu He; Harris Wu; Li Xu; Kurt Maly

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 934–937

Writing has been recognized as an important skill in the technology field. This paper reports a study that uses a scaffolding approach to improve student writing skills in a computer science literacy course. While the quantitative results do not...

Topics: Literacy, Graduate Education & Faculty Development

Design and Development of A Sitting Position Monitoring Tool Based on Wearable Devices

Min Mao; Li Ji; Weizhen Xu; Yujiong Liang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1328–1333

Sitting posture, as an important physiological indicator in the classroom that can measure students' classroom behavior, is widely used in educational research. This study combines the advantages and disadvantages of several posture monitoring...

Topics: Wearable Technologies, Technology Leadership, New Possibilities with Information Technologies

FUDAOWANG: A Web-Based Intelligent Tutoring System Implementing Advanced Education Concepts

Wei Xu; Ke Zhao; Yatao Li; Zhenzhen Yi

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 10, No. 3 (2012) pp. 67–90

Determining how to provide good tutoring functions is an important research direction of intelligent tutoring systems. In this study, the authors develop an intelligent tutoring system with good tutoring functions, called "FUDAOWANG." The research...

Measuring and Visualizing Group Knowledge Elaboration in Online Collaborative Discussions

Yafeng Zheng; Chang Xu; Yanyan Li; You Su

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 21, No. 1 (2018) pp. 91–103

Knowledge elaboration plays a critical role in promoting knowledge acquisition and facilitating the retention of target knowledge in online collaborative discussions. Adopting a key-term-based automated analysis approach, we proposed an indicator...

A Sports Teaching Mode Based on Social Networking Service Teaching Resources

Xuelin Yang; Xiaojun Jiang; Li Rong; Zhe Xu

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 15, No. 8 (Apr 24, 2020) pp. 180–194

As today's ideal in regard to health globally goes deep, sports courses receive more and more attention. However, high-quality teaching resource scarcity exists in current PE teaching, thus affecting the teaching effect. In this study, a teaching...

Language: English

The Usability of WeChat as a Mobile and Interactive Medium in Student-Centered Medical Teaching

Juan Wang; Furong Gao; Jiao Li; Jieping Zhang; Siguang Li; Guo-tong Xu; Lei Xu; Jianjun Chen; Lixia Lu

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education Vol. 45, No. 5 (2017) pp. 421–425

Biochemistry and cellular biology courses for medical students at Tongji University include the assessment that provides students with feedback to enhance their learning, which is a type of formative assessment. However, frequent instant feedback...

Moving beyond Assumptions: The Use of Virtual Reference Data in an Academic Library

David S. Nolen; Amanda Clay Powers; Li Zhang; Yue Xu; Rachel E. Cannady; Judy Li

portal: Libraries and the Academy Vol. 12, No. 1 (January 2012) pp. 23–40

The Mississippi State University Libraries' Virtual Reference Service collected statistics about virtual reference usage. Analysis of the data collected by an entry survey from chat and e-mail transactions provided librarians with concrete...

Perseverance and Engagement for the Success in a 3D Virtual Reality Learning Environment – A Cube Quest Activity

Gayathri Sadanala; Xinhao Xu; Hao He; Jhon Bueno; Fan Yu; Shangman Li

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 1034–1039

The purpose of the study was to investigate students’ learning outcomes and their ability to persevere and complete the activities in a 3D virtual reality learning environment (VRLE). The VRLE served as a virtual place for an orientation session for ...

Topics: Designing Learning Spaces, X Realities and Learning

Students with Learning Disabilities, Pair Programming And Situational Motivation

Shana Pribesh; Wu He; Silvana Watson; Debra Major; Li Xu; Ling Li; Xin Tian; Anjee Gorkhali; Yuming He

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 2390–2395

Persons with learning disabilities (LD) are underrepresented in computer science and information technology fields despite the explosion of related career opportunities and interest. In this study, we examine the use of pair programming as a...

Topics: special education

Does Learners’ Attention Really Matter in an Educational Virtual Reality World? A Design-Based Scaffolding Approach

Gayathri Sadanala; Xinhao Xu; Hao He; Jhon Bueno Vesga; Shangman Li

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2023 (Mar 13, 2023) pp. 2227–2233

For online students, it is challenging to be aware of resources available to them, expectations in academia, or to be familiar with the staff and students without any information sessions. Therefore, online orientation is crucial to distance...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Through the Lens of the Limited-Capacity Assumption in Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (CTML): A Discussion on the Desktop Virtual Reality (VR) Online Orientation

Shangman Li; Xinhao Xu; Jhon Bueno; Hao He; Gayathri Sadanala; Fan Yu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 521–527

Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (CTML) and Virtual Reality (VR) have received much attention from practitioners and researchers in the field of education, especially in instructional design. For CTML, although it has been well-established...

Topics: Digital Games & Simulations

Natural Interaction Based Online Military Boxing Learning System

Chenglei Yang; Lu Wang; Bing Sun; Xu Yin; Xiaoting Wang; Li Liu; Lin Lu

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 11, No. 3 (2013) pp. 98–108

Military boxing, a kind of Chinese martial arts, is widespread and health beneficial. In this paper, the authors introduce a military boxing learning system realized by 3D motion capture, Web3D and 3D interactive technologies. The interactions with...

Technostress and Student’s Intention to use VR for Learning

Jhon Bueno Vesga; Xinhao Xu; Hao He; Gayathri Sadanala; Shangman Li; Fan Yu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 1021–1026

Studies show that different forms of VR such as desktop VR, immersive VR (using head-mounted displays), and augmented reality (AR) have been used to improve online learning experiences due to their enhanced interactivity and engaging characteristics....

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, X Realities and Learning

Addressing the challenge of legitimate international comparisons of classroom practice

David Clarke; Carmel Mesiti; Catherine O’Keefe; Li Hua Xu; Eva Jablonka; Ida Ah Chee Mok; Yoshinori Shimizu

International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 46, No. 5 pp. 280–293

In this article, we address the choice of suitable instructional units that might serve as the basis for cross-cultural analyses of classroom practice. Our argument draws on analyses undertaken as part of the Learner's Perspective Study (LPS). The...

Language: English