Pub Date : 2022-03-15DOI: 10.3991/ijep.v12i2.29329
Huseyin Uzunboylu, A. Prokopyev, Svetlana G. Kashina, E. Makarova, N. V. Chizh, Regina G. Sakhieva
In this study, it was aimed to determine the opinions of university students studying in the Department of Electrical Engineering about the distance education process they received during the pandemic. The quantitative research method was used in the research. The research consisted of 390 volunteer university students studying at 16 universities in Russia; the universe of the research was determined as the distance education system and the sample was determined as ‘Microsoft Teams’. In order to collect the data of the research, a measurement tool called ‘technology use’ developed by the researchers was used and applied. For the measurement tool, help was received from experts in the field and have worked in these fields. The data were shared with university students via an online questionnaire and their participation was ensured and collected. When looking at the research, it was stated that university students frequently used their distance education centre infrastructure with Microsoft Teams infrastructure in the distance education process and they used Microsoft Teams elements in the activities. When the results of the research are discussed, they stated that the technology levels of the university students were high; that they learned the whiteboard and electric fields in the classroom activities; and that the topics covered and the questions solved in the lessons were high with the re-watch method.
{"title":"Determining the Opinions of University Students on the Education They Receive with Technology During the Pandemic Process","authors":"Huseyin Uzunboylu, A. Prokopyev, Svetlana G. Kashina, E. Makarova, N. V. Chizh, Regina G. Sakhieva","doi":"10.3991/ijep.v12i2.29329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v12i2.29329","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, it was aimed to determine the opinions of university students studying in the Department of Electrical Engineering about the distance education process they received during the pandemic. The quantitative research method was used in the research. The research consisted of 390 volunteer university students studying at 16 universities in Russia; the universe of the research was determined as the distance education system and the sample was determined as ‘Microsoft Teams’. In order to collect the data of the research, a measurement tool called ‘technology use’ developed by the researchers was used and applied. For the measurement tool, help was received from experts in the field and have worked in these fields. The data were shared with university students via an online questionnaire and their participation was ensured and collected. When looking at the research, it was stated that university students frequently used their distance education centre infrastructure with Microsoft Teams infrastructure in the distance education process and they used Microsoft Teams elements in the activities. When the results of the research are discussed, they stated that the technology levels of the university students were high; that they learned the whiteboard and electric fields in the classroom activities; and that the topics covered and the questions solved in the lessons were high with the re-watch method.","PeriodicalId":170699,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Eng. Pedagog.","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121834648","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}
Pub Date : 2022-03-15DOI: 10.3991/ijep.v12i2.29949
C. Galarce-Miranda, D. Gormaz-Lobos, H. Hortsch
The impact of the use of ICTs in the university context has been investigated for decades, as they are not only tools in themselves, but also generate a new social space and, therefore, a new educational space known among others as virtual education or online learning (OL). Precisely, OL has been presented as an alternative in the historical context originated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has created an unexpected situation for social structures and their educational institutions. The main goals of the study was to know about the students' perceptions of the educational use of ICTs and educational technologies in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some specific objectives of the research were (i) to identify the disposition of the students towards the use of ICTs, (ii) to characterize the Interaction with others through the use of ICTs, and to (iii) identify the interaction of the students with LMS and ICTs. An in-depth theoretical review allowed the authors of this paper to construct an instrument to measure students' perceptions about the use of ICTs and educational technologies in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. This research was financially supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) as part of the project “Praxispartnerschaften zwischen Hochschulen und Unternehmen in Deutschland und in Entwicklungsländern ab 2017” (Project Nr. 57334905).
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Pub Date : 2022-02-10DOI: 10.3991/ijep.v12i1.26111
Mamdouh Alenezi, M. Akour
Many articles and reports highlighted how many recent computer science and software engineering undergraduate students often face obstacles when starting their professional jobs, because of misalignment of the earned skills during their academic school education with what is really required in the industry. To reduce the gap and to make sure up to date software testing course is utilized in our university, we design and develop in this paper testing course for undergraduate students in our university as work on progress as we believe education courses should be updated to achieve both the well-known standards and the market needs. Moreover, this article summarizes the findings and the lesson learned of using the designed course as a real experiment in university education.
{"title":"Methodical Software Testing Course in Higher Education","authors":"Mamdouh Alenezi, M. Akour","doi":"10.3991/ijep.v12i1.26111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v12i1.26111","url":null,"abstract":"Many articles and reports highlighted how many recent computer science and software engineering undergraduate students often face obstacles when starting their professional jobs, because of misalignment of the earned skills during their academic school education with what is really required in the industry. To reduce the gap and to make sure up to date software testing course is utilized in our university, we design and develop in this paper testing course for undergraduate students in our university as work on progress as we believe education courses should be updated to achieve both the well-known standards and the market needs. Moreover, this article summarizes the findings and the lesson learned of using the designed course as a real experiment in university education.","PeriodicalId":170699,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Eng. Pedagog.","volume":"258 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123053253","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}
Pub Date : 2022-02-10DOI: 10.3991/ijep.v12i1.25009
S. B. Seryakova, Xiaowen Zhang, O. V. Galustyan, N. N. Askhadullina, T. V. Pushkareva, E. Zvonova
The article is devoted to application of online learning within education of future engineers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Online learning challenges traditional education mode due to the rapid development of modern information technologies. The problem of online education is relevant in connection with the urgent transfer of education to the online format during the COVID-19 pandemic. Application of online learning within engineering education meets the needs of new social situation, it provides updating teaching mode, teaching content, teaching concept, teaching level, and testing means. Online learning is characterized by the changes of teacher's role, student's status, media's role, and teaching process. The authors conclude that practical applicability of data visualization combined within online education of future engineers leads to the development of their professional competence. Application of online learning provides new tools for engineering teaching and becomes an important force for improving future engineers’ knowledge, skills and learning efficiency.
{"title":"Application of Online Learning within Education of Future Engineers during the Covid-19 Pandemic","authors":"S. B. Seryakova, Xiaowen Zhang, O. V. Galustyan, N. N. Askhadullina, T. V. Pushkareva, E. Zvonova","doi":"10.3991/ijep.v12i1.25009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v12i1.25009","url":null,"abstract":"The article is devoted to application of online learning within education of future engineers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Online learning challenges traditional education mode due to the rapid development of modern information technologies. The problem of online education is relevant in connection with the urgent transfer of education to the online format during the COVID-19 pandemic. Application of online learning within engineering education meets the needs of new social situation, it provides updating teaching mode, teaching content, teaching concept, teaching level, and testing means. Online learning is characterized by the changes of teacher's role, student's status, media's role, and teaching process. The authors conclude that practical applicability of data visualization combined within online education of future engineers leads to the development of their professional competence. Application of online learning provides new tools for engineering teaching and becomes an important force for improving future engineers’ knowledge, skills and learning efficiency.","PeriodicalId":170699,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Eng. Pedagog.","volume":"133 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115755121","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}
Pub Date : 2022-02-10DOI: 10.3991/ijep.v12i1.24961
Tien Long Nguyen, Trang Do Thi Minh, S. V. Pham
This study uncovers key findings in awareness of cultural approach in engineering teaching by lecturers. A testing-based analysis five selection criteria, twenty-six quality articles were evaluated. Thematic analysis methods are used to analyze and identify key findings. The findings indicate that students' regional cultural background and significant differences in their academic perceptions are valued by lecturers. The results of the article emphasize the view that engineering cultural education is expressed through beliefs, values and assumptions, overcoming differences in expertise and institutions. The findings show that culturally limited understanding of engineering education in current educational institutions is a major challenge. Lecturers believe that the university admissions, students' persistence and multicultural competency can be enhanced when lecturers are interested in cultural differences. The support of colleagues and educational institutions will help lecturers implement cultural approach in teaching. Eleven findings from this study should be used to guide lecturer career development initiatives and improve the effectiveness of education by cultural approach teaching method.
{"title":"Awareness of Cultural Approach in Engineering Teaching by Lecturers: A Literature Review","authors":"Tien Long Nguyen, Trang Do Thi Minh, S. V. Pham","doi":"10.3991/ijep.v12i1.24961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v12i1.24961","url":null,"abstract":"This study uncovers key findings in awareness of cultural approach in engineering teaching by lecturers. A testing-based analysis five selection criteria, twenty-six quality articles were evaluated. Thematic analysis methods are used to analyze and identify key findings. The findings indicate that students' regional cultural background and significant differences in their academic perceptions are valued by lecturers. The results of the article emphasize the view that engineering cultural education is expressed through beliefs, values and assumptions, overcoming differences in expertise and institutions. The findings show that culturally limited understanding of engineering education in current educational institutions is a major challenge. Lecturers believe that the university admissions, students' persistence and multicultural competency can be enhanced when lecturers are interested in cultural differences. The support of colleagues and educational institutions will help lecturers implement cultural approach in teaching. Eleven findings from this study should be used to guide lecturer career development initiatives and improve the effectiveness of education by cultural approach teaching method.","PeriodicalId":170699,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Eng. Pedagog.","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132651907","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}
Pub Date : 2022-02-10DOI: 10.3991/ijep.v12i1.21781
N. Hanh, Nguyen Tien Long
Existing studies on the ethical perception of engineering students is based on observations among students who have been exposed to ethical courses in engineering schools. Whether the students have never been exposed to engi-neering ethical curriculum, can they perceive the specific ethical standards (such as the NSPE Code of Ethics) that apply to engineers? It is also not clear about the factors affecting the ethical perception of those students? This study aims to provide clarity in this area by examining the ethical per-ception of students who have never been exposed to engineering ethical cur-riculum. The results of quantitative analysis from survey data with 654 Vi-etnamese engineering students showed that the students have a positive per-ception of specific ethical standards that apply to engineers. Finally, the Pearson correlation analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and linear regression analysis are used to examine the effect of students 'characteristics (such as gender, student year, GPA, voluntary blood donation of students, students' opinion on technology) on the ethical perception of engineering students.
{"title":"The Ethical Perception of Engineering Students Who Have Never Participated in the Ethics Curriculum","authors":"N. Hanh, Nguyen Tien Long","doi":"10.3991/ijep.v12i1.21781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v12i1.21781","url":null,"abstract":"Existing studies on the ethical perception of engineering students is based on observations among students who have been exposed to ethical courses in engineering schools. Whether the students have never been exposed to engi-neering ethical curriculum, can they perceive the specific ethical standards (such as the NSPE Code of Ethics) that apply to engineers? It is also not clear about the factors affecting the ethical perception of those students? This study aims to provide clarity in this area by examining the ethical per-ception of students who have never been exposed to engineering ethical cur-riculum. The results of quantitative analysis from survey data with 654 Vi-etnamese engineering students showed that the students have a positive per-ception of specific ethical standards that apply to engineers. Finally, the Pearson correlation analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and linear regression analysis are used to examine the effect of students 'characteristics (such as gender, student year, GPA, voluntary blood donation of students, students' opinion on technology) on the ethical perception of engineering students.","PeriodicalId":170699,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Eng. Pedagog.","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125422482","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}
Pub Date : 2022-02-10DOI: 10.3991/ijep.v12i1.24571
Philip Appiah Kubi, K. Zouhri, Emily Basile, Melissa McCabe
The advent of Covid-19 provided an enormous academic and logistical challenge to almost all academic institutions in the United States and around the world. As a precautionary measure surrounding the novel coronavirus and in line with recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at that time (spring 2020), most higher education institutions in the United States shut down campuses and completed the second half of the spring 2020 semester virtually. During the fall 2020 semester, when relatively more was known about the virus, some institutions started with face-to-face classes but had to switch to virtual learning after noticing a spread of the coronavirus on their campuses. Others adopted a blended approach that supplements face-to-face meetings with virtual learning synchronously or asynchronously. Whichever approach adopted in place of the traditional face-to-face meetings did not necessarily solve the challenge faced by Engineering Technology programs, which typically infuse hands-on learning in most of the courses in their curriculum. Due to the applied nature of engineering technology, it is important to ensure that students stay engaged with creative ways to learn by doing. And to ensure that the students do not miss critical course content in virtual and blended engineering technology courses, it is vital that the students maintain high interactions with online resources such as class video recordings. This paper reviews students’ patterns of interactions with course videos to assess its impact on the academic success of engineering technology students in some upper-level blended courses delivered during the spring and fall 2020 semesters.
{"title":"Analysis of Engineering Technology Students' Digital Footprints in Synchronous and Asynchronous Blended Courses","authors":"Philip Appiah Kubi, K. Zouhri, Emily Basile, Melissa McCabe","doi":"10.3991/ijep.v12i1.24571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v12i1.24571","url":null,"abstract":"The advent of Covid-19 provided an enormous academic and logistical challenge to almost all academic institutions in the United States and around the world. As a precautionary measure surrounding the novel coronavirus and in line with recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at that time (spring 2020), most higher education institutions in the United States shut down campuses and completed the second half of the spring 2020 semester virtually. During the fall 2020 semester, when relatively more was known about the virus, some institutions started with face-to-face classes but had to switch to virtual learning after noticing a spread of the coronavirus on their campuses. Others adopted a blended approach that supplements face-to-face meetings with virtual learning synchronously or asynchronously. Whichever approach adopted in place of the traditional face-to-face meetings did not necessarily solve the challenge faced by Engineering Technology programs, which typically infuse hands-on learning in most of the courses in their curriculum. Due to the applied nature of engineering technology, it is important to ensure that students stay engaged with creative ways to learn by doing. And to ensure that the students do not miss critical course content in virtual and blended engineering technology courses, it is vital that the students maintain high interactions with online resources such as class video recordings. This paper reviews students’ patterns of interactions with course videos to assess its impact on the academic success of engineering technology students in some upper-level blended courses delivered during the spring and fall 2020 semesters.","PeriodicalId":170699,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Eng. Pedagog.","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114812050","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}
The study applied concepts of computational thinking, waterfall programming, and design-based learning management (DBLM) combined with a participatory action research (PAR) methodology to obtain an integrated learning management model (LMM) designed as a base to promote computational thinking skills (CTS) and programming proficiency. The study used three groups consisting of 21 volunteer computer science undergraduate students, three teachers, and three computer studies graduates from the Computer Studies Department of the Faculty of Education at Thonburi Rajabhat University in Thailand. To verify the model, nine educational experts conducted an assessment of the proposed model, and determined that the evaluation standards were overall at a high level (x ̅ = 4.23, SD = 0.44), with the experts feeling that the integration of the DBLM computational thinking framework, the Waterfall programming conceptual framework, and the PAR met the study's stated objectives at the highest level (x ̅ = 4.56, SD = 0.53). The proposed model is best undertaken in five week sessions of five hours each using five exercises per week. In doing each activity, the effectiveness of each activity is to be measured by taking notes, worksheets, and practice skills. The resultant outcome was that the groups jointly participated in finding a model which offered CTS and programming skill training which encouraged the participants to learn together to develop activities based on common needs.
{"title":"An Integrated Design-Based Learning Management Model to Promote Thai Undergraduate Computational Thinking Skills and Programming Proficiency","authors":"Phattharapol Prommun, Thiyaporn Kantathanawat, Paitoon Pimdee, Thanate Sukkamart","doi":"10.3991/ijep.v12i1.27603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v12i1.27603","url":null,"abstract":"The study applied concepts of computational thinking, waterfall programming, and design-based learning management (DBLM) combined with a participatory action research (PAR) methodology to obtain an integrated learning management model (LMM) designed as a base to promote computational thinking skills (CTS) and programming proficiency. The study used three groups consisting of 21 volunteer computer science undergraduate students, three teachers, and three computer studies graduates from the Computer Studies Department of the Faculty of Education at Thonburi Rajabhat University in Thailand. To verify the model, nine educational experts conducted an assessment of the proposed model, and determined that the evaluation standards were overall at a high level (x ̅ = 4.23, SD = 0.44), with the experts feeling that the integration of the DBLM computational thinking framework, the Waterfall programming conceptual framework, and the PAR met the study's stated objectives at the highest level (x ̅ = 4.56, SD = 0.53). The proposed model is best undertaken in five week sessions of five hours each using five exercises per week. In doing each activity, the effectiveness of each activity is to be measured by taking notes, worksheets, and practice skills. The resultant outcome was that the groups jointly participated in finding a model which offered CTS and programming skill training which encouraged the participants to learn together to develop activities based on common needs.","PeriodicalId":170699,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Eng. Pedagog.","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128321840","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}
Pub Date : 2022-02-10DOI: 10.3991/ijep.v12i1.25295
Heba M. Ismail, A. Khelifi, S. Harous
Recently, Zoom and Microsoft Teams have emerged as the most common tools for lecturing activities in higher education institutions. The fact that these platforms were not originally developed for educational purposes resulted in a significant reduction in learning effectiveness, especially in STEM subjects that require a lot of practical knowledge. Despite the enhancements and updates made to these platforms, they have failed to meet the learning effectiveness criteria. A major hindering to learning effectiveness on such systems can be traced not only to the absence of learning-related features but also to their usability. In this research, we propose a framework for evaluating the usability of online lecturing platforms. The proposed framework introduces a new set of heuristics that are specifically designed for lecturing activities and considers VAK learning styles. Since students with different learning styles learn differently, we developed the first cognitive style-based usability heuristics that can reliably assess the usability of online learning environments for various types of learners. We present a case study that uses the suggested evaluation framework to assess the usability of Zoom and Teams in higher education lecturing activities. The findings of this study, however, can be applied to almost any online lecture platform.
{"title":"A Cognitive Style Based Framework for Usability Evaluation of Online Lecturing Platforms - A Case Study on Zoom and Teams","authors":"Heba M. Ismail, A. Khelifi, S. Harous","doi":"10.3991/ijep.v12i1.25295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v12i1.25295","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, Zoom and Microsoft Teams have emerged as the most common tools for lecturing activities in higher education institutions. The fact that these platforms were not originally developed for educational purposes resulted in a significant reduction in learning effectiveness, especially in STEM subjects that require a lot of practical knowledge. Despite the enhancements and updates made to these platforms, they have failed to meet the learning effectiveness criteria. A major hindering to learning effectiveness on such systems can be traced not only to the absence of learning-related features but also to their usability. In this research, we propose a framework for evaluating the usability of online lecturing platforms. The proposed framework introduces a new set of heuristics that are specifically designed for lecturing activities and considers VAK learning styles. Since students with different learning styles learn differently, we developed the first cognitive style-based usability heuristics that can reliably assess the usability of online learning environments for various types of learners. We present a case study that uses the suggested evaluation framework to assess the usability of Zoom and Teams in higher education lecturing activities. The findings of this study, however, can be applied to almost any online lecture platform.","PeriodicalId":170699,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Eng. Pedagog.","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131276752","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}
Pub Date : 2022-02-10DOI: 10.3991/ijep.v12i1.24407
T. Nguyen, Takashi Yukawa
Abstract –Learning English as a foreign language (EFL) and computer technology are two fundamental skills for learners majoring computer science and control engineering not only for the use in academic fields but also for the means of communication worldwide. Among language skills, speaking is a core output element that all learners wish to achieve. This research looked into TPACK (Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge) model with an aim to de-sign an online English speaking course for non-English majored learners using VoiceThread as an instrument. Twelve Japanese students participated in the study over 12 weeks. The researcher used internal-service speaking criteria and a self-designed course satisfaction questionnaire based on TPACK model dimensions to collect quantitative data analyzed by R-studio software. Qualitative data were collected and analyzed by content analysis from interviews. The results of this study were discussed in terms of the learners’ progress as well as their satisfaction and the perceptions about using VoiceThread via Zoom and Google Classroom online learning platforms. The TPACK model suggested an effective teaching approach for teachers that can enhance non-native learners’ English speaking performance
摘要:作为外语学习英语和计算机技术是计算机科学和控制工程专业学生的两项基本技能，不仅用于学术领域，而且用于世界范围内的交流手段。在语言技能中，说是所有学习者都希望达到的核心输出元素。本研究探讨了TPACK (Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge)模式，旨在以VoiceThread为工具，为非英语专业的学习者设计一门在线英语口语课程。12名日本学生参加了为期12周的研究。研究者采用内部服务发言标准和基于TPACK模型维度自行设计的课程满意度问卷收集定量数据，并使用R-studio软件进行分析。从访谈中收集定性数据，并通过内容分析进行分析。本研究的结果讨论了学习者的进步，以及他们对通过Zoom和谷歌课堂在线学习平台使用VoiceThread的满意度和看法。TPACK模型为教师提供了一种有效的教学方法，可以提高非母语学习者的英语口语表现
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