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Parallel Paper Presentations

10 July 2006 (Monday), The Open University of Hong Kong

	Technology A0411	Collaborative learning A0412	Pedagogy A0413	Web-based learning and distance education A0414	Web-based learning and distance education A0415
1:30-2:30	A comparison of WEBCT, BLACKBOARD and MOODLE for the teaching and learning of continuing education courses K S Cheung Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China	Technology's role in leveraging curriculum reform Robert Fox The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Sue Trinidad Curtin University, Australia	Thinking about thinking online Kevin Downing, Cheung Hokling and Crusher Wong City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China Kristina Shin Polytechnic University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China	Potentialities of technology in enhancing probate education practice in Nigeria towards vision 2010 E Ezeja Ogili Institute of Management and Technology, Nigeria	Enhancing professional learning and performance Paul Lefrere Open University, UK
	How effective is an online learning management system in improving the learning process? K Brant Knutzen The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China	Guided reflective practice for communication and collaboration: a tool for successful virtual teamwork Kathy Egea Central Queensland University, Australia	Experience redesign: a conceptual framework for moving teaching and learning into a flexible e-learning environment Peter C K Chuah SIM University, Singapore	Enhancing distance teaching and learning through technology: a study of India's first Open University Ramaiah Pannala B R Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU), India	Empowering instructors with technology: electroencephalographical application to language teaching Yoshihiro Hirata Hokkaido University Japan Yoko Hirata Hokkai-Gakuen University Japan
	A study of web-based course management software features K S Koong and L C Liu The University of Texas -- Pan American, USA	A social network analysis of social aspects of computer-supported collaborative learning Hu Yong and Wang Lu Capital Normal University, China	Talk about Walkabout: student feedback on a flexible learning initiative David Murphy, Des Casey and Janet Fraser Monash University, Australia	Information application in network-based teaching and learning in distance education Le Jun Guangdong Radio & TV University, China Qi Hong Central Radio & TV University, China	The application of blended learning in the e-learning teaching process Tan Xiaohong and Shen Ruimin Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
2:30-3:30	The object-oriented database application and the system architecture of a national learning objects repository for Cyprus Philippos Pouyioutas and Dmitri Apraksin Intercollege, Cyprus Maria Poveda University of Cyprus, Cyprus	Online interaction: trying to get it right Linda Chow and Rex Sharman The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China	Retro-fitting technology solutions to solve educational problems? Discussions with staff on ICT use Robert Fox, Allan Yuen, Colin Evers, H F Lau and Deng Liping The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China	Off-campus M.Sc.TE course of IUT through distance mode M Shahjahan Mian Tapan and Shamim Ahmed Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh	Web-based autonomous learning of a course entitled A Survey of English-speaking Countries Zhao Chunrong Beijing Radio and Television University, China
	Using technology in education: the application of data mining Koh Hian Chye, Gervais Gabriel and Yeung Sze Kiu SIM University, Singapore	Crossing borders: how cross-cultural video conferencing can satisfy course goals in dissimilar subjects Jeffrey S Wilkinson Regent University, USA Wang Ai-ling TamKang University, Taiwan	Teachers' sharing of pedagogical experience in a learning environment that supports SRL Giuliana Dettori and Tania Giannetti Istituto di Tecnologie Didattiche del CNR, Italy Paola Forcheri Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche del CNR, Italy	Small institutions -- evaluation of distance education courses Per Gathen Arvika Näringslivscentrum, Sweden	Career-oriented curriculum development for a master degree program for distance education Chen Li and Li Shuang Beijing Normal University, China
	Application research about a multimedia interactive education system based on .NET Zhao Shan Beijing Radio and Television University, China	Real-time web-based learning and teaching for distance education S M Wong, T S Li and K C Ng The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China	Assessing competency in business communication skills: an empirical study of the BBA programme at Lingnan University Irene Kwan and Esther Li Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR, China	Tsinghua University's web-based distance education helps enterprises establish a self-training system Wang Xiao-ping, Xu Lin-qi and Wu Geng-sheng Tsinghua University, China	Flowing music, invisible classroom the status quo and prospect/prefigurement of the Modern Distance Music Education College in the Central Conservatory of Music Cao Yihong and Zhao Xiaoyan The Central Conservatory of Music, China
3:30-4:30	Moving bits and bytes in an open net environment: meshing innovative crafting and push-pull delivering Chong Chee-leong SIM University, Singapore	A novel method using a virtual laboratory to teach science and engineering in a flexible learning environment Stephen Low Wee Kiat, Low Wai Ping and Peter Chuah Chin Kah SIM University, Singapore	Optimizing the pedagogical impact of learning modality-based learning objects using artificial intelligence Abtar Kaur Darshan Singh, Jeremy Dunning, Ansary Ahmed and Mansor Fadzil Open University Malaysia, Malaysia	Achieving pedagogical richness to meet the needs of ODL learners Zoraini Wati Abas and Halimatolhanin Mohd Khalid Open University Malaysia, Malaysia	Misconception detection for teaching novice programmers Andrew K Lui and Reggie Kwan The Open University of Hong Kong S C Li Hong Kong Baptist University Y H Y Cheung Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
	Intelligent visualization techniques to improve an online learning environment facilitated by learning objects Vincent Tam, Alvin C M Kwan and Ricky Mak The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China	Factors affecting students' performance and satisfaction towards computer conferencing: an empirical study of the Community of Inquiry model Henry M F Choi The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China	Learner-content interactivity: implications for the development of online learning Eva Y M Tsang The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China	The evaluation of information and communication technology use in professional schools Peter Gabor The University of Calgary, Canada Carol Ing Lethbridge College, Canada	E-training e-tutors Chris Baker The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
	Indexing adaptability analysis of e-learning Peter Si Staffordshire University, UK Joseph Fong City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China	A case study of using web discussion to develop a learning community Hu Yong and Wang Lu Capital Normal University, China	Discussing a methodology for maintaining students' enthusiasm in web-based instruction Chen Weidong University of Science & Technology of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China	The design of a national modern distance educational resource bank -- the method based on goals analysis Shi Minggui Central Radio & TV University, China	Engaging students in problem-rich learning processes Gu Xiaoqing East China Normal University, China
4:30-5:30	Mobile learning, mobile technologies and changing learning spaces in higher education Robert Fox and Song Yanjie The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China	Learning in online discussions Tam Kam Chuen The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China	The use of multiple choice tests in Law Kim Marshall University of Westminster, UK	Seeing through the form to the content Ross Vermeer The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China	Speculation on establishing living televised classrooms in an e-college Wang Linlin and Liu Hongping The Central Conservatory of Music, China
	Mobile learning support in patient care and clinical nursing education Joseph K L Lee and Eva Y M Tsang The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China	A study on student voluntary contributions in asynchronous learning networks Andrew K Lui, Philip Tsang, Reggie Kwan, Vanessa Ng and Steven Choy The Open University of Hong Kong Y H Y Cheung The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China	Online assignment management system for distance learning programming courses S C Ng, S O Choy, R Kwan and Y C Tsang The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China	Teaching in front of the microphone: is it business as usual? Solomon Kimani Kabonoki University of Botswana, Botswana	An investigative report on the application and effect of the technology of distance education in western China Qiu Ping Beijing Language and Culture University, China
	Making use of the affordances of simple features of mobile technologies in higher education Song Yanjie and Robert Fox The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China	Activity design of a large-scale multi-regional telecollaborative learning project Feng Xiaoying Beijing Normal University, China	Building blocks for an intelligent enterprise Srirajan Rajagopalant, Bhavik Jhaveri and Bill Kotraba Datavision Limited (HK) / LogiXML Inc (USA), Hong Kong SAR, China	Attitudes of employers towards the Open University products T K Weerasinghe The Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka	Analysis and reflections on the use of ICT in teaching and learning of RTVU Xue Feng and Qi Fangbin Beijing Radio and Television University, China

The paper presentation will be conducted in Putonghua.