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Non-Repository Uses Of Learning Management System Through Mobile Access, Jeremy Ng, Leon Lei, Nathalie Iseli-Chan, Jinbao Li, Felix Siu, Sam Chu, Xiao Hu
Non-Repository Uses Of Learning Management System Through Mobile Access, Jeremy Ng, Leon Lei, Nathalie Iseli-Chan, Jinbao Li, Felix Siu, Sam Chu, Xiao Hu
Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE)
Learning Management Systems (LMSs) have been widely adopted in higher education worldwide, but predominately used as repositories of learning materials. Mobile access to LMSs enables greater mobility and flexible learning, and thus may help boosting non-repository uses of LMSs, maximizing their educational affordance. This study examined the extent to which mobile access to an LMS, Moodle, was used for various learning activities, with a focus on those beyond storing and retrieving learning materials, as well as the factors influencing students’ non-repository uses of LMS via mobile access. A mixed-method approach was applied, with survey responses collected from 316 students and …
Critical Reading And Writing: A Literary Project For Non-English Majors With Thinking Tools, Ai Chun Yen
Critical Reading And Writing: A Literary Project For Non-English Majors With Thinking Tools, Ai Chun Yen
Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE)
This paper discusses how EFL non-English majors’ critical reading and writing awareness in English can be developed in a literature-based class for general education. This module was designed for non-English majors to read the classic literary texts with e-story mapping (hereafter called the “Literary Project” or the “Project”) at Dong Hwa University, Taiwan. The Literary Project centered on how context shaped students’ critical reading and writing skills and to further their knowledge management. The 4P model—plan-produce-publish-present—was introduced in the frst class and framed in such a way as to contextualize reading analytically frst and later writing academically. At the same …