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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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Tsai, Chin-Chung; Chen, Nian-Shing; Chen, Gwo-Dong – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2010
Like any other modern, forward-looking and technologically advanced nation, Taiwan has realised the current and future importance of electronic learning--now commonly referred to as "e-learning". Bearing this in mind, some years ago, the Taiwanese government introduced a number of initiatives that were intended to promote the development and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education
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Peng, Hsinyi; Su, Yi-Ju; Chou, Chien; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2009
Emerging from recent mobile technologies, mobile learning, or m-learning, is beginning to offer "stunning new technical capabilities" in education (DiGiano et al., 2003). This new genre of learning is viewed as a revolutionary stage in educational technology. However, ubiquitous computing technologies have given rise to several issues. This…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Internet, Handheld Devices
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Chen, Ying-Chih; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2009
This study implemented an online peer assessment activity to help 52 Taiwanese in-service science and mathematics teachers to develop research proposals in an educational research course. The participants were divided into 16 groups, and each group was required to submit a proposal via three rounds of online peer-assessment activity. This study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Evaluation, Internet, Computer Mediated Communication
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Wen, Meichun Lydia; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Chang, Chun-Yen – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2006
In recent years, peer assessment has been increasingly used as an alternative method of assessment in classrooms. The study described in this paper employed a 13-item Likert-scale instrument to evaluate participants' attitudes towards both general (seven items) and online peer assessment (six items). A sample of 280 pre-service teachers and 108…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Peer Evaluation
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Tsai, Chin-Chung – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2004
This paper proposes the idea of 'information commitments' for Web-based learning environments. Information commitments are a set of evaluative standards which Web users utilize in order to assess the accuracy and usefulness of Web-based materials. As a result of interviewing two experts who specialize in Web-based instruction and 10 college…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Web Based Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Tsai, Meng-Jung; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2003
Describes a study that explored Taiwanese college freshmen students' information searching strategies in Web-based science learning activities and examined the influences of students' self-efficacy on these strategies. Discusses the use of in-depth case studies and comparisons to analyze students' Web-based searching and learning achievement,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis
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Tsai, Chin-Chung; Liu, Eric Zhi-Feng; Lin, Sunny S. J.; Yuan, Shyan-Ming – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2001
This study implements a networked peer assessment system based on the use of a Vee heuristic. Students submit their homework via the underlying network, then assess each other's homework by offering suggestions through the network. Preliminary results revealed that the networked peer assessment model and Vee heuristic facilitated pre-service…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Instructional Innovation