Students' and instructors' use of massive open online courses (MOOCs): Motivations and challenges

KF Hew, WS Cheung - Educational research review, 2014 - Elsevier
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are among the latest e-learning initiative to attain
widespread popularity among many universities. In this paper, a review of the current …

Improving argumentative writing: Effects of a blended learning approach and gamification

YW Lam, KF Hew, KF Chiu - 2018 - scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu
This study investigated the effectiveness of a blended learning approach—involving the
thesis, analysis, and synthesis key (TASK) procedural strategy; online Edmodo discussions; …

A systematic review of the socio-ethical aspects of Massive Online Open Courses

V Rolfe - European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning …, 2015 - ceeol.com
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) offer learners across the globe unprecedented
access to education. Through sophisticated e-learning technologies and web approaches …

Beyond reading together: Facilitating knowledge construction through participation roles and social annotation in college classrooms

X Zhu, H Shui, B Chen - The Internet and Higher Education, 2023 - Elsevier
Social reading is a common practice in higher education to engage students in critical
reading and classroom dialogues around course materials. This paper introduces a study …

Investigating students' perceptions of motivating factors of online class discussions

J Lee, L Martin - International Review of Research in Open and …, 2017 - erudit.org
One of the goals of teacher education is to prepare our citizens to communicate in a variety
of ways. In our present society, communication using digital media has become essential …

Student disengagement in web-based videoconferencing supported online learning: an activity theory perspective

G Maimaiti, C Jia, KF Hew - Interactive Learning Environments, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many educators and students to embrace a “new
normal” in learning that relies on online-learning approaches to alleviate the disruptions …

How do medium naturalness, teaching-learning interactions and Students' personality traits affect participation in synchronous E-learning?

O Weiser, I Blau, Y Eshet-Alkalai - The internet and higher education, 2018 - Elsevier
This study explores students' participation in synchronous e-learning interactions to
understand its nature and improve its effectiveness. An innovative synchronous …

Mathematics education students' experiences during lockdown: Managing collaboration in elearning

N Calder, M Jafri, L Guo - Education Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The current world crisis of COVID-19 has enforced international lockdowns in educational
institutions, necessitating that these institutions quickly transition to online learning. In …

Flip** business education: Transformative use of team-based learning in human resource management classrooms

CK Huang, CY Lin - Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 2017 - JSTOR
With the globalization of macro-economic environments, it is important to think about how to
use instructional design and web-based digital technologies to enhance students' self …

Investigating the combined effects of group size and group composition in online discussion

T Yang, H Luo, D Sun - Active learning in higher education, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Discussion has been widely used in courses, both online and otherwise, as it provides
opportunities for students to construct knowledge through interaction with peers and …