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- Professor Kong Siu Cheung is the Professor of IT in Education, is the Director of the Centre for Learning, Teaching a... moreProfessor Kong Siu Cheung is the Professor of IT in Education, is the Director of the Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology of The Education University of Hong Kong. Prof. Kong has produced over 245 academic publications in the areas of e-Learning and digital competency. He is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning (RPTEL) and Journal of Computers in Education (JCE). Prof. Kong was in the presidential roles for the Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE) for six years from 2012 to 2017. He is the Convener of Computational Thinking Education in Primary and Secondary Schools International Research Network (IRN) under World Educational Research Association (WERA) since May 2019. Prof. Kong is the principal investigator of an eight-year project on computational thinking and coding education in Hong Kong from 2016 to 2024.edit
Novel pedagogical approaches supported by digital technologies such as blended learning and flipped classroom are prevalent in recent years. To implement such learning strategies, learning resources are often put online on learning... more
Novel pedagogical approaches supported by digital technologies such as blended learning and flipped classroom are prevalent in recent years. To implement such learning strategies, learning resources are often put online on learning management systems. The log data on those systems provide an excellent opportunity for getting more understanding about the students through data mining techniques. In this paper, we propose to use sequential pattern mining (SPM) to discover navigational patterns on a learning platform. We attempt to address the lack of literature support about conducting SPM on Moodle. We propose a method to apply SPM that is more appropriate for mining user navigational patterns. We further propose three sequence modeling strategies for mining patterns with educational implications. Results of a study on a statistics course show the effectiveness of the proposed method and the proposed sequence modeling strategies.
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This paper discusses the development and validation of the smart classroom scale (SCS). The SCS is derived from existing technology integration learning environment instruments, including TROFLEI, TICI and CCEI. To accurately describe the... more
This paper discusses the development and validation of the smart classroom scale (SCS). The SCS is derived from existing technology integration learning environment instruments, including TROFLEI, TICI and CCEI. To accurately describe the smart classroom, the scales of flexibility use of smart classroom, learning data, and learning experience are added to SCS. More than three hundred 11 to 15 years old learners were invited to validate the instrument. Result of the study indicated that there are ten scales of the SCS: Spatial design, Flexibility use of smart classroom, Technology usage, Learning data, Differentiation, Investigation, Cooperation, Learners cohesiveness, Equity, and Learning experience. The Cronbach’s alpha reliability of the SCS instrument is 0.902. This shows that SCS is a parsimonious instrument for assessing the technology-rich smart classroom.
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Abstract This study aims to model a high school time-tabling task using the knowledge-based approach. The body of knowledge consists of a structural data set, rules sets and heuristics. A scheduling model is articulated to allocate... more
Abstract This study aims to model a high school time-tabling task using the knowledge-based approach. The body of knowledge consists of a structural data set, rules sets and heuristics. A scheduling model is articulated to allocate teaching assignments to the time slot system by applying appropriate heuristics and rule sets. A scheduling engine is devised to allow the defining of assignments in any desired order using a heuristic function for enhancing the performance of the system; and to allow a search for the best slot on multiple feasible slots. The rule priorities may facilitate different time-tabling approaches.
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This study investigates Hong Kong primary science teachers’ understandings of inquiry learning, perceived difficulties in implementing inquiry learning, as well as their current practices of and resistance to using online resources, in... more
This study investigates Hong Kong primary science teachers’ understandings of inquiry learning, perceived difficulties in implementing inquiry learning, as well as their current practices of and resistance to using online resources, in order to identify their needs and propose suggestions to address these needs. An online survey has been used to collect data from the primary science teachers taking part
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This research aims to study the perception of school practitioners on the core values of information literacy in the ubiquitous information society. An information literacy framework has been proposed that includes four dimensions and... more
This research aims to study the perception of school practitioners on the core values of information literacy in the ubiquitous information society. An information literacy framework has been proposed that includes four dimensions and eleven derived standards. Seventeen focus group discussion sessions were conducted to gain an understanding of the views of school practitioners. The research findings show that information literacy education should be designed with the humanistic rationale of guiding learners to develop information processing skills, which requires both cognitive capability and the associated affective elements. Students should further develop in the meta-cognitive and socio-cultural domains.
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Cognisant that the examination-driven culture in most Asian schools will hinder future educational innovation, a group of concerned Asian researchers started collaboration in 2014 to develop a theory to serve as a guide to design... more
Cognisant that the examination-driven culture in most Asian schools will hinder future educational innovation, a group of concerned Asian researchers started collaboration in 2014 to develop a theory to serve as a guide to design interest- driven learning activities. This endeavour then spawned the development of the Interest-Driven Creator (IDC) Theory. The theory postulates that when their learning is driven by interest, students can be engaged in knowledge creation. The continued practice of this creation process in their daily learning routines can lead students to excel in learning performance, develop 21st century competences and eventually form creation habits to be lifelong learners. This paper, therefore, adds on to the current articulation of IDC Theory by highlighting the implementation of an IDC experimental school in Taiwan and by presenting the story of how it embodies the spirit of IDC. The school curriculum prepares students to be lifelong readers and reflective writ...
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To ensure their teaching quality, it is important for student teachers to undertake self reflection on their teaching performance after supervised teaching sessions. With the goal of sharpening the teaching competence of student teachers,... more
To ensure their teaching quality, it is important for student teachers to undertake self reflection on their teaching performance after supervised teaching sessions. With the goal of sharpening the teaching competence of student teachers, a dual function system that uses web based and video based technologies is being developed to facilitate self reflection by student teachers and the teaching supervisory role of teaching supervisors. This article reports on the development of a web enabled video system for encouraging student teachers to reflect on their teaching performance, using a guiding framework. The system enables student teachers to self monitor a video recording process during lessons in teaching practice, and make post-lesson self reflection without the constraints of time and location. Two key features are provided by the system to support student teachers and enhance the quality of reflection. One key feature is a guiding support for self reflection on teaching performa...
This workshop focuses on how East Asian cultures furnish unique contexts for education and learning in the region. We share and discuss ongoing research, observations, and theory buildings with regard to the interdisciplinary research on... more
This workshop focuses on how East Asian cultures furnish unique contexts for education and learning in the region. We share and discuss ongoing research, observations, and theory buildings with regard to the interdisciplinary research on the learning sciences, with the unique context of the interplay of sociocultural, language, and political and historical factors in East Asia. The guiding question is: How learning experiences are shaped by the cultural contexts? In elaborating the uniqueness of the Eastern Asian cultural context, existing studies show that the cultural beliefs, the native languages and bilingual contexts, virtual adolescent social lives, have impacts on the teaching and learning. These studies and the observations of those impacts initiate the introduction to the general theoretical synthesis of Interest-Driven Creator (IDC) theory. This half day workshop aims at reaching a consensus on the benefits of exploring wisdom from East Asian cultures in transforming learn...
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The interest-driven creator (IDC) theory is being developed as a group endeavor by Asian researchers to articulate a holistic learning design theory for future education in Asia. The theory hypothesizes that students, driven by interest,... more
The interest-driven creator (IDC) theory is being developed as a group endeavor by Asian researchers to articulate a holistic learning design theory for future education in Asia. The theory hypothesizes that students, driven by interest, can be engaged in the creation of knowledge (generating ideas and artifacts). By repeating this creation process in their daily learning routines, they will excel in learning performance, develop twenty-first-century competencies, and form creation habits. We hope that with such practices in education, our future generations will ultimately become lifelong interest-driven creators. In IDC Theory, there are three anchored concepts, namely, interest, creation, and habit. Each anchored concept comprises three component concepts which form a concept loop. For example, the creation loop consists of three component concepts—imitating, combining, and staging. Imitating is concerned with taking in (or inputting) an abundant amount of existing knowledge from...
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Research Interests: Sociology, Asian Studies, Teaching and Learning, Inquiry Based Learning, Learning and Teaching, and 11 moreLearning Design, Pedagogy, Game Based Learning, Design thinking, Computers in Education, Color Harmony, Learning Theory, Nature Versus Nurture, Interest Driven Learning, IDC Theory, and Creator-Based Learning
The case study reported here models a Cognitive Tool (CT) for primary school children to learn common fraction addition/subtraction with unlike denominators. In the study, we developed a CT based on a cognitive task analysis of the... more
The case study reported here models a Cognitive Tool (CT) for primary school children to learn common fraction addition/subtraction with unlike denominators. In the study, we developed a CT based on a cognitive task analysis of the domain. We then observed how 12 learners used this CT to understand fraction operations based on a knowledge of fraction equivalence. Results of the study indicate that the support offered by the CT aids learners with higher ability in mathematics to produce cognitive residues. The graphical partitioning model helps to link the concrete operations of partitioning with the abstract idea of a common denominator required for adding/subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. However, learners who have failed to develop the knowledge of fraction equivalence, which includes the concept of equivalence and the ways of finding it, cannot gain much from working with the CT. A model of affordances for improving the design of the CT to meet the diverse needs of ...
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Interactive whiteboard (IWB) has been widely used as a learning tool in the western classrooms since 1991. Many researches reported that the technology benefits students by increasing their engagement in classroom activities, arousing... more
Interactive whiteboard (IWB) has been widely used as a learning tool in the western classrooms since 1991. Many researches reported that the technology benefits students by increasing their engagement in classroom activities, arousing learners' motivation and helping with their ...
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The Education and Manpower Bureau of the Hong Kong Government has promoted ‘Learning to Learn’ as a crucial feature of student-centred curriculum and the educational reforms over the passed decade have been directed towards this goal.... more
The Education and Manpower Bureau of the Hong Kong Government has promoted ‘Learning to Learn’ as a crucial feature of student-centred curriculum and the educational reforms over the passed decade have been directed towards this goal. Recently, information literacy, described as: the ability to master the processes of becoming informed, was identified as the missing ingredient in the reform. Interest in information literacy grew out of a realization that the application of modern information and communication technology and related shifts in curriculum integration and a shift away from textbooks and examinations, was not sufficient to deliver learning to learn.
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1 56 Towards Sustainable and Scalable Educational Innovations Informed b\ the Learning Sciences C.-K. Looi et al.(Eds.) IOS Press, 2005 © 2005 The authors. All rights reserved. A Study of the Development of an Information Literacy... more
1 56 Towards Sustainable and Scalable Educational Innovations Informed b\ the Learning Sciences C.-K. Looi et al.(Eds.) IOS Press, 2005 © 2005 The authors. All rights reserved. A Study of the Development of an Information Literacy Framework for Hong Kong Students Shi Cheung ...
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... Source Platforms Antonio Calvani Educational Sciences Department, University of Florence, Italy calvani@unifi.it Antonio Fini Educational Sciences Department, University of Florence, Italy anto@fininformatica.it Maria Chiara ...
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Asian education is known for its examination-driven orientation, with the downsides of distorting the processes of learning and teaching, diminishing students’ interest in learning, and failing to nurture twenty-first century competencies... more
Asian education is known for its examination-driven orientation, with the downsides of distorting the processes of learning and teaching, diminishing students’ interest in learning, and failing to nurture twenty-first century competencies among students. As a group of Asian researchers, we have been developing Interest-Driven Creator (IDC) Theory, a design theory based on three anchored concepts, namely interest, creation, and habit. Each of these anchored concepts is represented by a loop composed of three components. In the interest loop, the three components are triggering, immersing, and extending. The components of the creation loop are imitating, combining, and staging. The habit loop consists of cuing environment, routine, and harmony. These three loops are interconnected in various ways, with their characteristics revealed by the design process. We hypothesize that technology-supported learning activities that are designed with reference to IDC Theory will enable students to...
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Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China e-mail: sandyli@hkbu.edu.hk ... Department of Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences & Technology, The Hong Kong Institute of... more
Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China e-mail: sandyli@hkbu.edu.hk ... Department of Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences & Technology, The Hong Kong Institute of Education Tai Po, NT, Hong Kong ...