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Reynolds, Barry Lee – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
In the age of "publish or perish," publishing academic journal articles is a must, not only for professors but also for graduate students in Taiwan. Increasingly, Taiwanese research universities are requiring masters and PhD students to write theses and dissertations in English, with an added caveat for PhD students to publish two or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Universities, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
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Winberg, Christine; Pallitt, Nicola – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
Teaching portfolios have become increasingly important to university teachers. Portfolio requirements for the appointment or promotion of academic staff recognize that the assessment of teaching practice requires more depth and detail than a candidate's academic CV generally affords. The focus of this study is the electronic teaching portfolios,…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing, Professional Development, Vocational Education
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Yang, Min; Tai, Mui; Lim, Cher Ping – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
e-Portfolios are a form of authentic assessment with formative functions that include showcasing and sharing learning artifacts, documenting reflective learning processes, connecting learning across various stages and enabling frequent feedback for improvements. This paper examines how e-portfolios take up these formative roles to support…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Portfolio Assessment, Feedback (Response), College Freshmen
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Yang, Xianmin; Qiu, Qin; Yu, Shengquan; Tahir, Hasan – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
The openness of open-knowledge communities (OKCs) leads to concerns about the knowledge quality and reliability of such communities. This confidence crisis has become a major factor limiting the healthy development of OKCs. Earlier studies on trust evaluation for Wikipedia considered disadvantages such as inadequate influencing factors and…
Descriptors: Open Source Technology, Collaborative Writing, Trust (Psychology), Evaluation
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Seery, Michael K.; Donnelly, Roisin – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
This case study describes an effective method to ameliorate the cognitive load caused by new terminology and concepts in lectures. Ten online pre-lecture resources whose design was underpinned by the principles of cognitive load theory were provided to a class of 49 first year university level chemistry students. Each resource introduced a number…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Science Instruction, College Freshmen
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Hung, Shao-Ting – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
This study set out to examine the implementation of a video blog (vlog) project in an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course that aimed to increase students' opportunities to use the target language. Specifically, it explored students' perceptions towards vlogs and analysed the advantages and disadvantages of vlogs as identified by the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Web Sites, Student Attitudes, Learning Processes