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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Tu, Chih-Hsiung; McIsaac, Marina; Sujo-Montes, Laura; Armfield, Shadow – Educational Media International, 2012
Mobile learning environments are human networks that afford the opportunity to participate in creative endeavors, social networking, organize/reorganize social contents, and manage social acts at anytime, anywhere through mobile technologies. Social acts that elicit identities, develop awareness, cement relationships, ensure connections, and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Distance Education, Telecommunications
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Tu, Chih-Hsiung; Blocher, Michael; Roberts, Gayle – Educational Media International, 2008
Web 2.0 technologies empower learners to create personalized and community-based collaborative environments. Social networking technology affords learners to weave their human networks through active connections to understand what we know and we want to know. Social acts that bring out identities, awareness, relationships, connections, and…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Figurative Language, Educational Facilities Design, Social Networks
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Tu, Chih-Hsiung; Blocher, Michael; Ntoruru, Joshua – Educational Media International, 2008
This article reports on the collaborative journal review of an online professional community that was established to prepare this special edition for publication. The focus is on how Web 2.0 technology can be used to support a professional journal review community and to enhance active social interaction among reviewers. The theme of this special…
Descriptors: Editing, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Professional Development
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Tu, Chih-Hsiung – Educational Media International, 2005
Educators have used online technology in the past as information presentation tools and information storage tools to support learning. Researchers identify online technologies with large capacities and capabilities to enhance human learning in an interactive fashion. Online learning technology should move away from the use of computer technology…
Descriptors: Computers, Online Courses, Information Storage, Educational Technology
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Tu, Chih-Hsiung; Twu, Hui-Ling – Educational Media International, 2002
Examines educational technology applications in Taiwan. Highlights include historical background; learning technology integration; computer availability; teacher training; student and teacher attitudes; computer-mediated communication and collaboration; curriculum planning; distance education; and an educational technology model that includes…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Mediated Communication, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
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Tu, Chih-Hsiung – Educational Media International, 2001
Describes a study that used an ethnographic approach with a dramaturgy strategy to examine Chinese higher education students' interactions and perceptions of social presence in online learning environments. Results indicate that social presence, including social context, online communication, and interactivity, affected Chinese students'…
Descriptors: Chinese, Computer Mediated Communication, Ethnography, Higher Education