{"title":"An Approach for Early Prediction of Academic Procrastination in e-Learning Environment","authors":"Nisha S. Raj, R. V G","doi":"10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.1.1782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.1.1782","url":null,"abstract":"Ubiquitous learning is a new educational paradigm partly created by the affordance of digital media. This trend has continued to expand over time. The emergence of ubiquitous computing has created unique conditions for people working as education professionals and learning as students. Procrastination is one of the characteristics that has been seen in students that forces them to set back and sit back without achieving their goals. It has been estimated that almost 70% of college students or even school students engage in frequent academic procrastination and purposive delays in the beginning or completing tasks. Throughout this study, we concentrated on different predictive measures that can be used to identify procrastination behaviour among students. These measures include the usage of ensemble classification models such as Logistic Regression, Stochastic Gradient Descent, K-Nearest Neighbours, Decision Tree and Random Forest. Of these, the random forest model achieved the best predictive outcome with an accuracy of almost 85%. Moreover, earlier prediction of such procrastination behaviours would assist tutors in classifying students before completing any task or homework which is a useful path for developing sustainability in the learning process. A strength of this study is that the parameters discussed can be well defined in both virtual and traditional learning environments. However, the parameters defining students’ cognitive or emotional states were not explored in this study.","PeriodicalId":36846,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information and Education Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67490866","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}
S. Menggo, Y. Jem, Stanislaus Guna, Raimundus Beda
{"title":"Watch and Practice: Effectiveness of Using WhatsApp as a Multimedia Tool in Boosting Speaking Competence during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia","authors":"S. Menggo, Y. Jem, Stanislaus Guna, Raimundus Beda","doi":"10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.1.1789","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.1.1789","url":null,"abstract":"With their audio-visual capacity, linguistic and non-linguistic content, WhatsApp group video calls appear to have great potential for encouraging EFL learners' speaking development. However, the literature has yet to establish the degree to which WhatsApp group video calls promote English learning motivation and self-efficacy, reduce English speaking anxiety, authentic self-assessment, or urge teachers and students to improve their digital literacy. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the effect of using WhatsApp group video calls to improve students' speaking skills and reveal the extent of this media's impact on student learning. The pre-/post-test, the two-group quantitative explanatory research design was undertaken, featuring one hundred and nineteen students from four classes. A test and questionnaires were used for data collection, and then data were analyzed by using SPSS 24.0. The findings reveal that WhatsApp group video calls have been helpful for increasing learners’ speaking competence during the COVID-19 pandemic and promoting students' English speaking motivation. With all these advantages in mind, this study suggests that ESL/EFL speaking instructors use WhatsApp group video calls in their distance or online English speaking classes.","PeriodicalId":36846,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information and Education Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67491455","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}
Nurulnadwan Aziz, Siti Zulaiha Ahmad, Sariya Binsaleh, Wan Wan Rahzihan Zulnasyreeq Wan A Rahman
{"title":"Heuristic Evaluation on Affective 4-Dimensional Augmented Reality Mathematics for Children with Low Vision","authors":"Nurulnadwan Aziz, Siti Zulaiha Ahmad, Sariya Binsaleh, Wan Wan Rahzihan Zulnasyreeq Wan A Rahman","doi":"10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.2.1809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.2.1809","url":null,"abstract":"Low-vision children need engaging technology to explore learning materials regardless of visual impairment, which usually restricts their access to innovative learning tools. Understanding and learning fractions in Mathematics could be challenging for them as it requires conceptualization and visualization of the divisional concept. Having considered their ability to visualize the learning content, this study introduced a mobile 4-Dimensional Augmented Reality with the inclusion of affective attributes, which are feeling, thought, emotion, and action, known as Affective 4-Dimensional Augmented Reality Mathematics for Low Vision (ARM4LV). Before the apps are introduced to the targeted users, this study conducts a heuristic evaluation to extract comments and suggestions from the perspective of experts and validate the prototype. The heuristic evaluation is based on Nielsen and Molich’s 10 Heuristics with nine principles and engaged with six experts. They were involved in two phases of evaluation sessions. Results revealed that all experts strongly agreed that the prototype is usable and applicable to low vision needs with the overall mean score being 4.7. However, it still requires some improvement and enhancement in terms of user control expectations which will be further explored in the future.","PeriodicalId":36846,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information and Education Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67492458","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}
Chee Ken Nee, Mohd Hishamuddin Abdul Rahman, Noraffandy Yahaya, N. Ibrahim, R. Razak, Chie Sugino
{"title":"Exploring the Trend and Potential Distribution of Chatbot in Education: A Systematic Review","authors":"Chee Ken Nee, Mohd Hishamuddin Abdul Rahman, Noraffandy Yahaya, N. Ibrahim, R. Razak, Chie Sugino","doi":"10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.3.1834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.3.1834","url":null,"abstract":"This study reviews recently published scientific literature on the use of chatbot in education, in order to: (a) identify the potential contribution of the incorporation of chatbot as educational tool in educational institutions, (b) present a synthesis of the available empirical evidence on the educational effectiveness of chatbot as an educational tool, and (c) define future research perspectives concerning educational chatbot. From 369 sources, 25 studies on chatbots and their application in education were selected through a step‐by‐step procedure based on the guidelines of the modified PRISMA framework, using a set of predefined criteria between 2016 – 2021 in five prestigious databases (a) Ebscohost, (b) Emerald, (c) ScienceDirect, (d) SpringerLink, and (e) Scopus. For each article, we analyse the purpose of the study, the content to be taught with the aid of chatbot, the type of chatbot used, the research method used, and the sample characteristics (sample size, age range of students and/or level of education) and the results observed. The articles reviewed suggest that educational chatbot usually acts as an element that enhances learning and other benefits; however, this is not always the case, as there are still few studies that have reported adverse situations. The outcomes of the literature review are discussed in terms of their implications for future research and can provide helpful guidance for educators, practitioners and researchers in terms of design, implementation and research in the area.","PeriodicalId":36846,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information and Education Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67492783","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}
E. Rahali, A. Chikhaoui, K. E. Khattabi, F. Ouzennou
{"title":"Learning with Tablets in the Primary School: Learners' Perceptions and Impact on Motivation and Academic Performance","authors":"E. Rahali, A. Chikhaoui, K. E. Khattabi, F. Ouzennou","doi":"10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.3.1830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.3.1830","url":null,"abstract":"This article aims to evaluate the influence of using tablets for learning in the Moroccan educational context on learners’ motivation and academic performance. To do this, we conducted research in primary school, consisting of two stages: the first is based on a questionnaire, which we used to probe the perceptions of learners towards learning with tablets, and the influence of this practice on their motivations; And the second is an experimentation with tablets in classroom to assess the impact on academic performance. Two groups, respectively of 30 and 35 learners, participated in this second part of the study, in which we used student’s t statistic to compare two independent samples. The results showed, on the one hand, a strong motivational power of the use of the tablets on the learning process; and on the other hand, a positive impact on the learners’ academic performance.","PeriodicalId":36846,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information and Education Technology","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67492883","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":"An Exploration of FCM's Impact on Students' Perceptions of Support, Self-regulated Learning, and Critical Thinking","authors":"Nurfatimah Sugrah, Suyanta, A. Wiyarsi","doi":"10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.3.1831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.3.1831","url":null,"abstract":"The flipped classroom model (FCM) has become a popular and most effective approach to implementing educational technology reforms. This study aims to 1) determine students’ perceptions of support, self-regulated learning, and critical thinking skills in interventions using FCM; 2) determine the relationship between students’ perceptions of support, self-regulated learning, and critical thinking skills; and 3) determine students’ general perceptions of FCM learning. This type of research is quantitative with a pre-experimental design, One-Shot Case Study. The data analysis technique used is descriptive data analysis and correlation analysis. Results showed that first the quantitative descriptive results showed that students’ critical thinking skills, SRL, and perceptions of support were quite good after being given the FCM intervention. Second, there is a relationship between students’ perceptions of support, self-regulated learning, and critical thinking skills. The general perspective of students about FCM shows that most agree with FCM. This study shows that during FCM learning, educators can provide students with several types of support and easy access to them and ensure smooth communication. Furthermore, teachers are encouraged to take on the role of learning facilitators to strengthen students’ self-regulation and thinking skills.","PeriodicalId":36846,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information and Education Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67492918","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":"A Comparison of Students' Mean Achievements before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study","authors":"Ossai Peter Agbadobi Uloku","doi":"10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.4.1861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.4.1861","url":null,"abstract":"The Covid-19 pandemic brought about the closure of schools throughout Nigeria. It was expected that the closure of schools would result in students’ poor performance in school. For this reason, this study aims at comparing students’ mean achievements before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. An expost facto survey design was used in the study. One hundred and forty-three students admitted for 2019/2020 session participated in the study. Students’ grade point average before and during Covid-19 pandemic were used in the study. The first GPA was obtained through face-to-face classroom interaction while the second resulted from an examination taken after online classes necessitated by the Covid-19 lockdown. The two GPAs were compared using correlated samples t-test. Students’ mean achievements before and during the Covid-10 pandemic were statistically significant across the three departments used in the study. Students achieved more from online classes, contrary to people’s expectations that school closure would result in students’ poor performances in school. The correlations between the two measures were also significant. It was concluded that school closures caused by the Covid-19 lockdown did not affect first-year undergraduate students’ academic achievements. The improvement in achievements was remarkable.","PeriodicalId":36846,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information and Education Technology","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67493733","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":"VRChat as a Virtual Learning Platform for Enhancing English Listening Skills","authors":"Hambalee Jehma, Apirat Akaraphattanawong","doi":"10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.5.1872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.5.1872","url":null,"abstract":"This research aimed to investigate if the application of the virtual learning (VL) platform, developed VRChat in teaching and developing students’ English listening skills is highly effective. Other different variables namely genders, majors of study, and the number of hours the students spent on the screen were also investigated. The VRChat platform has been employed as a research tool in the study for developing undergraduate students’ English listening skills. The forty students themselves have been purposively randomly selected. They were from different majors of social sciences and sciences, divided 24 females and 16 males. They were studying English course at the university as a compulsory required subject. The students took the test of english for international communication (TOEIC) Listening test as the pre-test at the beginning of the semester and participated in the English language classes to practice for developing their listening skills by typically interacting with the English contents, having discussion in the VRChat platform virtually followed the instructional design with the teacher as a facilitator. The students were later asked to take the TOEIC Listening test again at the end of the semester as the post-test. The data has been analyzed through the t-test and ANOVA. The findings showed that students with different backgrounds have developed their English listening skills. Therefore, applying the VL platform of the VRChat for developing students’ English language skills was highly recommended.","PeriodicalId":36846,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information and Education Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67494464","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}
Benjamín Maraza-Quispe, Jorge Luis Torres-Loayza, Grunilda Telma Reymer-Morales, José Luis Aguilar-Gonzales, Edwin Wilber Angulo-Silva, Diego Alonso Huaracha-Condori
{"title":"Towards the Development of Research Skills of Physics Students through the Use of Simulators: A Case Study","authors":"Benjamín Maraza-Quispe, Jorge Luis Torres-Loayza, Grunilda Telma Reymer-Morales, José Luis Aguilar-Gonzales, Edwin Wilber Angulo-Silva, Diego Alonso Huaracha-Condori","doi":"10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.7.1905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.7.1905","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this research is to evaluate the impact of using the simulators on students’ achievement of competencies, such as: Inquire, through scientific methods to build knowledge. The methodology used consisted of qualitative research whose data collection was carried out through an experiment with interactive Physics Educational Technology (PhET) simulators. The experiment was carried out through a simple random sampling of 25 students from a population of 100 students of physics subjects. With this sample, four learning sessions were developed using the PhET interactive simulator, which were implemented in a way that helped the development of skills according to learning indicators oriented to the achievement of the competence, Inquire, through scientific methods to build knowledge. A pretest and a posttest were applied. The results of the study show the benefits of the use of simulators in the teachinglearning processes, contributing to the achievement of the competence inquire, through scientific methods to build knowledge, developing capacities, such as: Problematize situations to inquire, design strategies to inquire, generate and record data or information, analyze data and information, and evaluate and communicate the process and results of their inquiry. In conclusion, 100% of the students develop inquiry competencies through the development of capabilities.","PeriodicalId":36846,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information and Education Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67495132","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}
Benjamaporn Jantorn, Sumalee Chanchalo, S. Suksakulchai
{"title":"The Study on a Model for Monitoring and Supervising the Ability to Face and Cope with Obstruction for Students Participating in Work-Based Learning (WBL)","authors":"Benjamaporn Jantorn, Sumalee Chanchalo, S. Suksakulchai","doi":"10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.7.1915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2023.13.7.1915","url":null,"abstract":"The objectives of this research were 1) to synthesize and create a monitoring system model to develop the ability to face and cope with obstruction of interns in the Work-Based Learning (WBL) system; 2) to assess the suitability of the monitoring system to develop the ability to face and cope with obstruction of interns in the WBL system. The sample is five experts using a selective method of purposive sampling in evaluating a monitoring system model to develop the ability to face and cope with obstruction of the interns in the WBL system. From the results of the research, there was a monitoring system model to develop the ability to face and cope with obstruction of interns in the WBL system named the SP4D model. The results of the synthesized model evaluation showed that the most issue accepted by experts were 1) Component 2, Student Monitoring Process, Step 3 Promotion, and development of the ability to face and cope with obstruction, 2) Component 3, Cloud Computing system in Google Classroom for Adversity Quotient (AQ) development activities, and 3) Component 3, Cloud Computing system in Google Drive for data storage. The least acceptable issue by experts was Component 1, Defining the scope of users and students. The total synthesis was at the most suitable level (mean at 4.51, the standard deviation at 0.53) and experts agree that the synthesized model can be used appropriately.","PeriodicalId":36846,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information and Education Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67495248","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}