Wai Tung Ho, V. Chan, Derek S. Y. Lam, J. So, K. Ng
{"title":"Development of generic competencies and its association with secondary public examination performance: A tertiary STEM freshmen's perspective","authors":"Wai Tung Ho, V. Chan, Derek S. Y. Lam, J. So, K. Ng","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851807","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851807","url":null,"abstract":"The present paper examines the relationship between development of various kinds of generic competencies, and its association with secondary public examination performance, using a case study of tertiary STEM freshmen in Hong Kong. The result shows different trajectories of generic competencies development between STEM and non-STEM students prior to their entrance to tertiary education. The findings also show that Liberal Studies, as a key public examination subject, has positive association with the development of both creative thinking as well as critical thinking among STEM students.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131044634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Rosario D. Rodavia, Orlando Bernaldez, Maylane Ballita
{"title":"Web and mobile based facial recognition security system using Eigenfaces algorithm","authors":"Maria Rosario D. Rodavia, Orlando Bernaldez, Maylane Ballita","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851776","url":null,"abstract":"The study was done in accordance with the deviation from the tradition to modernization of human identification with the purpose of both human convenience and technology maximization. The study aimed to proposed a facial recognition security system, as the main access level for private establishments in order to prevent unauthorized entry of an individual. Facial Recognition delivers convenience, for it is a concrete identification that an individual can have without the need of badges and many other identification cards. It administers efficiency on both the organization and its people. Problems related to stolen, borrowed and lost IDs, are eliminated; thus reducing the cost for password administration or renewal.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131730209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introducing the case grammar concept to object-oriented movie context description","authors":"Hazriani, Tsuneo Nakanishi, Akira Fukuda","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851801","url":null,"abstract":"The movie based context-aware language learning system shows the movie to learners and generates quizzes and expected answers along the movie from the movie context description prepared in advance. The movie context description should have enough descriptive power that can represent movie scenes well. This paper integrates the case grammar concept, which is known in the field of natural language processing, into object-oriented context model to describe the movie context that the authors presented in the previous work. Through trial context description based on ninety-eight English sentences, it is found that the revised object-oriented context model with the case grammar concept helps writers describe movie contexts without confusion due to unnatural interpretation as observed in the previous model, especially to describe dynamic things.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129033379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yen-Yin Wang, Yu-Chun Cheng, Chieh-Ju Kuo, I. Tsai, Min-Tsuei Chen, Chin-Yu Chou, Yung-Hsuan Chen, Jinn-Bao Lee, John Laio, Chia-Heng Chen
{"title":"Equal learning rights for the new generation — a study on the innovation of interactive live webcasting by the Small School Alliance","authors":"Yen-Yin Wang, Yu-Chun Cheng, Chieh-Ju Kuo, I. Tsai, Min-Tsuei Chen, Chin-Yu Chou, Yung-Hsuan Chen, Jinn-Bao Lee, John Laio, Chia-Heng Chen","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851773","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851773","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the crisis of small schools being merged in remote areas in Taiwan due to declining population growth rate, this paper presents innovative education services run by Small School Alliance through live webcasting technique combined with abundant resources from the industry, aiming at providing equal learning rights and globally connected learning in the world. Case studies including Live Webcasting by Top Teachers Help Boost Cognitive Abilities, which leads to individual making 7 scores progress at average in Math, 14 scores in English, what's more, there are 70% students continuously reviewing on the website. Another project is Level-Based, Live-Webcast English Courses Promoting Adaptive Learning, which results in distinguishing outcome: 25.74% progress in metropolitan school, while 38.18% progress in remote schools. Small School Alliance also promotes live webcasting by teachers worldwide, cultivating non-cognitive abilities and sense of localization. We look forward to building up a globally connected platform, advancing intelligent campus and global learning model, so that the quality of learning in next generation is guaranteed.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126748355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pit Ho Patrio Chiu, Tsz Ki Frankie Fan, Siu Wo Tarloff Im, S. Cheng, Lisa L. S. Chui, Lin Li, Dennis Y. W. Liu
{"title":"A project-problem based learning approach for appreciating ancient cultural heritage through technologies: Realizing mystical buildings in Dunhuang Mural","authors":"Pit Ho Patrio Chiu, Tsz Ki Frankie Fan, Siu Wo Tarloff Im, S. Cheng, Lisa L. S. Chui, Lin Li, Dennis Y. W. Liu","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851772","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports a project-problem based learning approach for motivating technically skilled students to learn and appreciate cultural heritage, a discipline which is unrelated to their own majors. A group of undergraduate students participated in this pilot project. They were placed in an interdisciplinary environment, instructed to apply 3D design and 3D printing technologies to realize ancient drawings of buildings found in the Dunhuang Mural from the Tang Dynasty, China (618–907 AD). Self-learning and peer-learning pedagogies were adopted in the project, they guided students to overcome the challenges and attain the project outcomes. All participants had successfully completed the assigned tasks and their achievements were recognized in a public exhibition. From the qualitative and quantitative feedbacks, participants reported statistically significant improvement in their perceptions of learning and appreciating cultural heritage through the project. It also revealed that peer-learning was essential for them to complete the 3D designs, while self-learning was adopted in learning cultural heritage knowledge.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114232361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Knowledge engineering management system on cloud technology for externship students","authors":"Anuchit Anupan, P. Nilsook, P. Wannapiroon","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851826","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents knowledge engineering management system on cloud technology for externship students. The objectives of this research were: 1) to develop knowledge engineering management system on cloud technology for externship students, 2) to evaluate efficiency of knowledge engineering management system on cloud technology for externship students. The samples were 7 experts in the field of information technology. The data was analyzed by arithmetic mean and standard deviation.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124260196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"E-learning in mass education","authors":"James Walker","doi":"10.1109/tale.2016.7851820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tale.2016.7851820","url":null,"abstract":"The use of e-learning environments has become increasingly common in the teaching of mathematics at all levels of education. With powerful and influential agencies such as the US ‘National Council for Mathematics Teaching’ endorsing their use as pedagogical tools, e-learning environments have become widespread; particularly, at the tertiary level. One consequence of mass education is that lecturers have less time to allocate to each student hence this piece of action research looked at the use of eresources to increase student-lecturer interaction. The current study investigated the use of e-learning using a commercial environment to investigate its impact on grade score averages. The study found that students who used the environment did better than their peers in post-course summative assessments and they considered the e-learning environment to be useful because it aided their learning; however, over the duration of the semester, the number of students using the environment declined. The feedback from a post course questionnaire indicated that some students used the e-learning environment as a tool to help them understand topics that they previously misunderstood. However, it also revealed that a large number of students used the e-learning environment for an alternative purpose; that was to practice questions relentlessly and memorise solutions without understanding the mathematical concepts. While this process was effective in aiding the students in their summative assessment tasks, it was ultimately non-rewarding in terms of formative feedback and defeated the purpose of using an e-learning environment to increase lecturer-student interaction. This study concludes that in spite of understanding the benefit of the e-learning environment, many students lost interest in using it as a pedagogical tool.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125281780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigating effects of automated feedback on EFL students' reflective learning skills","authors":"G. Cheng, Ellie Law, Tak-Lam Wong","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851798","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851798","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores and discusses the effects of automated feedback on English as Foreign Language (EFL) students' reflective learning skills demonstrated in their reflective journals. Primary data was collected from reflective journals and essays prepared by 138 Chinese undergraduate students in an English language course over a period of 3 months. Participants were divided into the experimental (N = 82) and control (N = 56) groups. Both groups received the same class instruction from the same teacher, but only those in the experimental group was given access to the automated feedback on their reflective journals. The study reveals that the experimental group achieved a significant improvement in their reflective learning skills across different journals while the control group did not. It is also found that participants who demonstrated a higher level of analytical skills in their reflective journals tended to achieve a higher essay grade. The findings suggest that automated feedback can be a valuable tool in developing students' reflective learning skills, and show a positive link between reflective learning skills and essay writing skills.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127052448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Towey, T. Chen, Fei-Ching Kuo, Huai Liu, Z. Zhou
{"title":"Metamorphic testing: A new student engagement approach for a new software testing paradigm","authors":"D. Towey, T. Chen, Fei-Ching Kuo, Huai Liu, Z. Zhou","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851797","url":null,"abstract":"Software testing, as part of the software quality assurance processes in software engineering (SE), is seldom cited as the most engaging part of a software engineer's training. In spite of its importance, it was often a neglected area, and only recently, with the adoption of more agile methodologies, has testing come to the fore. Testers face challenges, including the need to be able to identify when software is not behaving as expected. Metamorphic Testing (MT) first appeared twenty years ago in an effort to help testers facing the oracle problem (not having a mechanism to determine correct software behavior). Although MT is simple in concept, it has demonstrated very impressive fault-finding ability, and has recently been attracting a great deal of interest. Training students and practitioners to effectively apply MT has become an important goal, but to date, no textbook or guidelines have been made readily available. This paper, written by some of the leading voices in the MT community, is a sharing of some of the experiences, reflections and insights gained through teaching MT (and other related subjects). These experiences indicate that not only is MT effective in industry and at fault-finding, it has the potential to really engage students in creative SE classroom activities.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128615409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christy Spiteri, Clifford De Raffaele, Serengul Smith
{"title":"Bridging the digital divide for e-learning students through adaptive VLEs","authors":"Christy Spiteri, Clifford De Raffaele, Serengul Smith","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851796","url":null,"abstract":"Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) are required to be highly effective and easy to use as they serve as the primary institutional portal between students and academics. There are currently a number of challenges that are caused due to the modernized digital divide, with a significant limitation being the inability of information systems to adapt to the users' technological platform, broadband quality and device in use to access the online system. This paper focuses on the limitations that students encounter when accessing VLEs within Higher Educational Institutes (HEIs). This research aims to primarily review and provide critical analysis of current VLE frameworks, as well as assess restrictions based on several demographics including content adaptation and technical aspects. An algorithmic system is developed to analyze students' individualistic needs, undertake adaption and personalization of the VLE, and hence ensure consistent and efficient access to academic web resources and functionalities.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129321832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}