Date |
Presenter |
Title |
Abstract |
| 3 August |
Joza AlShemmari |
Information and Communication Technology Acceptance Model (ICTAM) for Empirically Testing Mathematics Teachers' Acceptance of ICT |
The main aim of this study is to develop and assess a theoretical model that can predict and explain primary school mathematics teachers’ use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by focusing on a range of psychosocial factors. To achieve this, the technology acceptance model (TAM) (Davis, 1989) will be applied. TAM is considered to be a suitable theoretical framework on which to base the study because of its unique approach to examining behaviour towards the use of technology and its wider applicability in behavioural studies. |
| 22 July |
Hideki Kamita |
An investigation of the relationship between Japanese university students' English syntactic awareness and their use of cognitive and metacognitive reading strategies |
Readers' comprehension is affected by a number of variables (e.g., readers' syntactic awareness, vocabulary knowledge, reading strategies), and the investigation of the relationship between the individual variables and readers' reading comprehension is important to determine what should be taught in reading classes. |
| 14 July |
Michael P. Johnson |
An examination of language learning motivation in Japanese engineering students |
Learner motivation is an issue which most educators have encountered at some point in their careers. In language learning in particular, motivational issues are of extreme importance as they play a pronounced role in the duration and intensity of study, as well as the level of proficiency ultimately gained (Oxford & Shearin, 1994). |
| 14 July |
Catherine Arden |
More than just a website? An inquiry into learning in community informatics: Understanding, facilitating and accounting for learning in the GraniteNet Project |
The GraniteNet Project is a research and development collaboration between the University of Southern Queensland and members of the community of Stanthorpe. The study will explore the use of phenomenography as a method for helping community and project team members to better understand the nature of the GraniteNet phenomenon ‘itself’, and for investigating conceptions of learning to inform participatory design of a web-based learning environment. |
| 1 July |
Fariza Puteh Behak |
Developing a multiliteracies framework in a Malaysian university: A participatory action research project |
This study is a participatory action research project that will investigate the English as second language (ESL) students’ learning experiences through a multiliteracies approach (The New London Group, 1996, 2000) in a Malaysian university. The objectives of the study are two-fold. First, it aims to identify how the use of multiliteracies approach influences the students’ language learning. Second, it will also identify how the teachers’ experiences in a participatory action research project contribute to their professional development. |
| 23 June |
Natasha Levak |
Listening to the metaverse: Using multi-user virtual environments to scaffold the development of listening comprehensive for real-life communication |
The pedagogical aims of this study are: (1) to develop techniques for improving second/foreign language learning focusing on listening skills for students who have limited access to native speakers of the target language; and (2) to help improve the opportunities for students to interact with native speakers of the target language. |
| 2 June |
Syaril Izwann Jabar |
An assessment of the effectiveness of the different levels of instructional strategies for online learning (DLIS) by undergraduate students at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia |
This research will attempt to bring together the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education with the Different Levels of Instructional Strategy. The purpose of this exploratory study is to determine whether the Seven Principles can be further improved by way of amalgamating it with the Different Levels of Instructional Strategy. Its objective is to obtain data that would facilitate the development and validation of a standardized measure for assessing the effectiveness of the newly formed Different Levels of Instructional Strategies for Online Learning (DLIS). |
| 14 April |
Ghali Hassan |
Science as a Career: An investigation into undergraduate students' motivation to study science |
The main purpose of the present study is to examine undergraduate students’ motivation in science, using the conceptual framework of achievement goal theory. Declining interest and lack of motivation in science subjects among undergraduate students are major factors in students’ learning choice and career goals. |
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