The strengths and weaknesses of different online technologies and learning methods have been examined by combining the blended learning program with practical work on institutional e-learning projects. There are diffe...The strengths and weaknesses of different online technologies and learning methods have been examined by combining the blended learning program with practical work on institutional e-learning projects. There are differences between the traditional e-learning system and the new E-Learning 2.0 training. At present time, the new technologies provided by Web 2.0 better correspond to the needs of both students and teaching staff. The new Web 2.0 allows the "promoting of individual creativity", together with the "use of collective intelligence". A comparison of the two development stages of the e-learning tools has been completed and the advantages of E-Learning 2.0 are shown. The main components of Web 2.0 are provided and the use ofwiki as an up-to-date collaboration tool for on-line teamwork is shown.展开更多
This study investigated the factors affecting the English language learning of students in SL (synchronous) and ASL (asynchronous) e-learning. The subjects were 102 undergraduate students at Bang Khen and Kamphaen...This study investigated the factors affecting the English language learning of students in SL (synchronous) and ASL (asynchronous) e-learning. The subjects were 102 undergraduate students at Bang Khen and Kamphaengsaen Campus, Kasetsart University. Before the experiment, the subjects answered an online questionnaire adopted from Reid (1998) to measure their perceptual learning style preferences. Then, they were grouped according to their English grades and were randomly assigned to two experimental groups. Each group was given learning tasks requiring different cognitive strategies. The two groups received two treatments with SL and ASL simultaneously. After each treatment, both groups were tested. They were given a questionnaire at the end of the treatments to retrieve their opinions, Data from both tests were analyzed using 2 ~ 2 factorial ANOVA repeated measures. The results showed no significant difference between the two tasks and no interaction effect among types of tasks and SL and ASL. However, a significant difference was found between SL and ASL. The results of the survey showed that the subjects preferred ASL which was in contrast to the results from statistical analyses. The learning style preferences of the two experiment groups were not different; therefore, they were not the factors in the analysis展开更多
The author's intention is to study pedagogical aspects of e-learning on a larger scale--to look at them on the world scale, through the articles published in the proceedings of the conferences which take place regula...The author's intention is to study pedagogical aspects of e-learning on a larger scale--to look at them on the world scale, through the articles published in the proceedings of the conferences which take place regularly in different countries of the world, and to look at not only the instructors' attitude but also the business people's point of view toward such a form of study as e-learning is, and to illuminate the necessity of the instructors' encouragement in Latvia and other countries as well to use e-learning as a new approach to the study process or only as a new form of study. The author also tries to draw Latvian instructors' attention to the form of foreign educators' publications on the topic in a modest and inconspicuous way in order to encourage discussion.展开更多
文摘The strengths and weaknesses of different online technologies and learning methods have been examined by combining the blended learning program with practical work on institutional e-learning projects. There are differences between the traditional e-learning system and the new E-Learning 2.0 training. At present time, the new technologies provided by Web 2.0 better correspond to the needs of both students and teaching staff. The new Web 2.0 allows the "promoting of individual creativity", together with the "use of collective intelligence". A comparison of the two development stages of the e-learning tools has been completed and the advantages of E-Learning 2.0 are shown. The main components of Web 2.0 are provided and the use ofwiki as an up-to-date collaboration tool for on-line teamwork is shown.
文摘This study investigated the factors affecting the English language learning of students in SL (synchronous) and ASL (asynchronous) e-learning. The subjects were 102 undergraduate students at Bang Khen and Kamphaengsaen Campus, Kasetsart University. Before the experiment, the subjects answered an online questionnaire adopted from Reid (1998) to measure their perceptual learning style preferences. Then, they were grouped according to their English grades and were randomly assigned to two experimental groups. Each group was given learning tasks requiring different cognitive strategies. The two groups received two treatments with SL and ASL simultaneously. After each treatment, both groups were tested. They were given a questionnaire at the end of the treatments to retrieve their opinions, Data from both tests were analyzed using 2 ~ 2 factorial ANOVA repeated measures. The results showed no significant difference between the two tasks and no interaction effect among types of tasks and SL and ASL. However, a significant difference was found between SL and ASL. The results of the survey showed that the subjects preferred ASL which was in contrast to the results from statistical analyses. The learning style preferences of the two experiment groups were not different; therefore, they were not the factors in the analysis
文摘The author's intention is to study pedagogical aspects of e-learning on a larger scale--to look at them on the world scale, through the articles published in the proceedings of the conferences which take place regularly in different countries of the world, and to look at not only the instructors' attitude but also the business people's point of view toward such a form of study as e-learning is, and to illuminate the necessity of the instructors' encouragement in Latvia and other countries as well to use e-learning as a new approach to the study process or only as a new form of study. The author also tries to draw Latvian instructors' attention to the form of foreign educators' publications on the topic in a modest and inconspicuous way in order to encourage discussion.