成功大學博碩士論文系統

簡易檢索 / 詳目顯示

回結果列表

研究生：	郭達仁 Golub, Daniel Ryan
論文名稱：	An Exploratory Study of English Quest Online Learning in Taiwan An Exploratory Study of English Quest Online Learning in Taiwan
指導教授：	徐木蘭 Hsu, Mu-Lan
學位類別：	碩士 Master
系所名稱：	管理學院 - 國際經營管理研究所碩士班 Institute of International Management (IIMBA--Master)
論文出版年：	2010
畢業學年度：	98
語文別：	英文
論文頁數：	98
外文關鍵詞：	Bushibans / buxibans, e-Learning, Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Computer-based learning, Cram schools, Critical Success Factors (CFSs), English as a Second Language (ESL)
相關次數：	點閱：82 下載：3
分享至:	分享至facebook 分享至twitter

查詢本校圖書館目錄查詢臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統勘誤回報

The onset of the Internet has sparked the growth of the e-learning industry where students have the option to learn online in combination with the classroom or online alone, if they prefer. With the growth of this industry more and more Websites have been developed offering English lessons to ESL students. This study takes an in depth look at Taiwanese parents’ opinions toward English Quest’s online English learning courseware designed for Taiwanese children. It is a qualitative study involving semi-structured interviews conducted with Taiwanese parents after browsing the English Quest Website and observing their children complete a number of tutorials. The findings of this study suggest that parents’ opinions were generally mixed. Except for security, parents were satisfied with the Website design. However, they expressed comments showing both satisfaction and dissatisfaction when questions were asked about the educational and entertainment value of the courseware. From this research it appears that in order for English Quest to be seen as a more desirable e-learning product in the eyes of Taiwanese parents measures must be taken to improve the educational and entertainment value of its courseware. Furthermore, standards should be set higher so as to not simply satisfy Taiwanese parents, rather impressing them by going beyond their expectations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	I
ABSTRACT	II
TABLE OF CONTENTS	III
LIST OF TABLES	VI
LIST OF FIGURES	VII
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION	1
1.1 Research Background.	1
1.1.1 English Education in Taiwan.	3
1.1.2 e-Learning in Taiwan.	6
1.2 Research Purpose and Scope.	13
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW	14
2.1 e-Learning – A Brief Description and Outlook.	14
2.1.1 Types of e-Learning.	15
2.1.2 Advantages and Disadvantages of e-Learning.	16
2.1.3 Why e-Learning has not Fulfilled Earlier Expectations.	19
2.2 Critical Success Factors for e-Learning.	24
2.2.1 Edutainment – How to Make Learning Fun in a Digital Environment.	26
2.2.2 Using Computers as Learning Tools with Children.	32
2.3 Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL).	34
2.3.1 The Evolution of CALL.	34
2.3.2 Advantages and Disadvantages of CALL.	40
2.4 Guidelines for Effective Website Design.	44
2.5 English Quest’s Online English Learning Courseware.	52
CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY	61
3.1 Research Instrument.	61
3.2 Sampling.	62
3.3 Data Collection.	64
3.4 Data Analysis.	65
CHAPTER FOUR RESEARCH RESULTS	68
4.1 Tables Showing Results.	69
4.2 Summary of Results.	75
4.2.1 Website Design.	75
4.2.2 Educational Value.	76
4.2.3 Entertainment Value.	78
4.2.4 Participant Characteristics.	80
CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS	82
5.1 Research Conclusions.	82
5.2 Implications and Suggestions.	84
5.2.1 Website Design.	85
5.2.2 Educational Value.	86
5.2.3 Entertainment Value.	88
5.2.4 Other Areas for Improvement.	89
5.3 Limitations and Directions for Future Research.	90
REFERENCES	92
APPENDICES	96
Appendix 3: Participant Consent Form.	98

 
LIST OF TABLES
Table 2-1 Benefits and Drawbacks of e-Learning	19
Table 2-2 Warschauer’s Three Stages of CALL	37
Table 2-3 Uschi Felix Advantages and Disadvantages of Learning Online	42
Table 2-4 Major Categories	44
Table 2-5 Consumer Survey Results	45
Table 2-6 Website Design Criteria	50
Table 4-1 Participant Profiles	69
Table 4-2 Responses Related to Website Design	69
Table 4-3 Responses Related to Educational Value	71
Table 4-4 Responses Related to Entertainment Value	73
Table 4-5 Summary of Classification	74

 
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1-1. English Starter screenshot 1	55
Figure 1-2. English Starter screenshot 2	56
Figure 1-3. Phonics Master screenshot 1	56
Figure 1-4. Phonics Master screenshot 2	57
Figure 1-5. Vocabulary Builder screenshot 1	57
Figure 1-6. Vocabulary Builder screenshot 2	58
Figure 1-7. Spelling Quest screenshot 1	58
Figure 1-8. Spelling Quest screenshot 2	59
Figure 1-9. Assessment completion screen	59
Figure 1-10. Character selection screen	59


                                    

REFERENCES
Attewell, P., & Battle, J. (1999). Home computers and school performance. The Information Society, 15(1), 1-10.
Bax, S. (2003). CALL--past, present and future. System, 31(1), 13-28.
Bax, S., & Chambers, A. (2006). Making CALL work: Towards normalisation. System, 34(4), 465-479.
Bork, A. (2004). How can we aid the learning of young children with computers.
Association for the Advancement of Computing In Education. 12(1), 1-8.
Bolter, J.D. (1991). Writing Space: The computer, hypertext, and the history of writing. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates.
Brown, A. R., & Voltz, B. D. (2005, March). Elements of effective eLearning design. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 6(1) 217-226.
Buckingham, D. & Scanlon, M. (2005) Selling learning: Towards a political economy of edutainment media. Media, Culture and Society, 27(1), 41--58.
Castells, M. (1996). The rise of the network society. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Clark, R.C., & Mayer, R.E. (2008). E-Learning and the science of instruction: proven guidelines for consumers and designers of multimedia learning. Second Edition.
Computer-assisted language learning. (2009). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted_language_learning#History
Cooper, D. R. & Schindler, P. S. (2008). Business research methods (tenth edition). McGraw. Hill International Edition.
Fanchiang, C. (2005). Education officials adopt new English-proficiency test standard. Taiwan News. Retrieved March 1, 2009, from http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/site/tj/ct.asp?xItem=21360&CtNode=118
Felix, U. (2001). A multivariate analysis of students' experience of web based learning. Australian Journal of Educational Technology, 17(1), 21-36.
Gee, J.P. (2003). What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Galvis, A.H. (2001). Critical factors in the design of Playful Learning Environments: Reflections on the mMachine: “Contraptions”. CILT – Playspace project. http://concepts.concord.org/playspace
Galvis, A.H., Moeller, B., Staudt, C., Tsikalis, K., Ruess, K., Bos, N., et al. (2001). Rubric for assessing or designing digital playful learning environments. CILT – Playspace project. http://concepts.concord.org/playspace
Gehrke, D., & Turban, E. (1999). Determinants of successful website design: Relative importance and recommendations for effectiveness. Proceedings of the 32nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences – 1999.
Grewal, D., Munger, J., Iyer, G., & Levy, M. (2003). The influence of internet-retailing factors on price expectations. Psychology and Marketing, 20(6), 477-493.
Hamilton, A. (1997). Avoid the #1 website sin: Slow loading pages. http://www.4.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story-1244.html.
Herzberg, F. (1966). Work and the nature of man, World Publishing, NY.
Kano model. (2009). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kano_model
Kanuka, H. (2006). Instructional design and eLearning: A discussion of pedagogical content knowledge as a missing construct. e-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology, 9(2), 1-17.
Kaohsiung Bureau of Education. (2009). Short-term busiban information management system. from http://bsb.edu.tw/afterschool/html/statistics.html
Lee, K. (2000). English teachers' barriers to the use of computer-assisted language learning. The Internet TESL Journal, 6, 12.
Lin, C.S. (2003). The challenge of e-Learning on K-12 in Taiwan. Apec e-Learning Summit Chinese Taipei 2003. http:// linc.hinet.net/apec/summit2003/
Lin, F., & Young, S. (2008). A study of design and implementation of the game-based English e-learning environment for elementary school students. Paper presented at the ICCE 2008.
MOE English ban draws complaints from parents. (2004, Feb. 10). The China Post. Retrieved March 1, 2009, from http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2004/02/10/45803/MOE-English.htm
Okan, Z. (2003). Edutainment: is learning at risk? British Journal of Education Technology, 34(3), 255-264.
Oladejo, J. (2006). Parents' attitudes towards bilingual education policy in Taiwan. Bilingual Research Journal, 30(1), 147.
Over 70% of Taiwanese parents send kids to English bushibans. (2005, Sep. 2). Central News Agency, from http://investintaiwan.nat.gov.tw/en/news/200509/2005090201.html
Prensky, M. (2001). Digital game-based learning. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Qi, J. (2005). The gap between e-learning availability and e-learning industry development in Taiwan. Global Perspectives on E-Learning: Rhetoric and Reality, 35-51.
Rieber, L.P. (1996). Seriously considering play: Designing interactive learning environments based on the blending of microworlds, simulations and games. Educational Technology Research & Development, 44(2), 43-58.
Steen, H.L. (2008). Effective eLearning design. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 4(4).
Taipei City tops the country in average household income. (2008, Sep. 18). The China Post, from http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/taipei/2008/09/18/175165/Taipei-City.htm
Taiwan News. (2004) MOE to prohibit teaching English in kindergartens. Cited in Oladejo, J. (2006). Parents' attitudes towards bilingual education policy in Taiwan. Bilingual Research Journal, 30(1), 147.
Tsou, W., Wang, W. & Li, H. (2002). How computers facilitate English foreign language learners acquire abstract words. Computers & Education, 47, 17-28.
Tsou, W., Wang, W. & Tzeng, Y. (2006). Applying a multimedia storytelling website in foreign language learning. Computers & Education, 39(4), 415-428.
Turban, E., et al. (2008). Electronic commerce A managerial perspective. Pearson Education International.
Urdan, T. & Weggen, C. (2003). The state of the art of e-Learning, Rocket IST-2001-38245 Rocket January 2003 edition
Warschauer, M. & Healey D. (1998). Computers and language learning: An overview. Language Teaching, 31, 57-71.
Warschauer, M. & Meskill, C. (2000). Technology and second language teaching and learning. in J. Rosenthal (ed) Handbook of Undergraduate Second Language Education. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Warschauer, M., (2007). The paradoxical future of digital learning. Learning Inquiry 1(1), 41-49
Wilson, R. (1997, Dec. 15) “How does store-building software work?” Appeared in Web Commerce Today, Issue 5, http://www.techweb.com/netbiz/archives/fatalmistakestop1-2.html.
Workman, D. (2009, May 25). Taiwan exports & imports still strong in 2008. Import/Export, from http://import-export.suite101.com/article.cfm/taiwan_exports_imports_still_strong_in_2008
Uschi, F. (2000). A multivariate analysis of students’ experience of web-based learning. Ascilite http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/coffs00/papers/uschi_felix.pdf ReCALL (2001), 13:1:47-58 Cambridge University Press
doi:10.1017/S0958344001000519
von Dran, G., Zhang, P., & Small, R. (1999). Quality websites: An application of the Kano model to website design. Paper presented at the Fifth Americas Conference on Information Systems.
Zemsky, R., & Massy, W. (2004). Why the e-learning boom went bust. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 50(44), 9.

校內：立即公開
校外：立即公開

簡易檢索 / 詳目顯示

相關論文