Teaching new product development in universities: an action learning approach     

Kit Fai Pun  Richard C. M. Yam  Hongyi Sun 《European Journal of Engineering Education》2003,28(3):339-352

This paper reviews the concepts of new product development (NPD) and discusses the change of traditional lectures into an action learning approach of teaching NPD in universities. It explains the design and delivery of an action learning NPD course, drawing upon the experience from an engineering department at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad. The course stresses student participation, teamwork, group decision-making and learning process evaluation. Despite classroom lectures and tutorials, it incorporates group learning activities and a competitive management workshop into a NPD curriculum for undergraduates. The workshop has been implemented with encouraging results in student learning and development.  相似文献   

Cloud e-learning service strategies for improving e-learning innovation performance in a fuzzy environment by using a new hybrid fuzzy multiple attribute decision-making model     

Chiu Hung Su  Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng  Shu-Kung Hu 《Interactive Learning Environments》2016,24(8):1812-1835

The purpose of this study was to address this problem by applying a new hybrid fuzzy multiple criteria decision-making model including (a) using the fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) technique to construct the fuzzy scope influential network relationship map (FSINRM) and determine the fuzzy influential weights of the fuzzy DEMATEL-based analytic network process (DANP) as well as (b) the modified VIKOR method combining fuzzy influential weights of fuzzy DANP to integrate each criterion of fuzzy performance gaps into dimensions and, overall, to examine the interdependent and feedback problems among various dimensions/criteria of cloud e-learning services for creating the excellent improvement plan based on the FSINRM to implement the strategic orientations. An empirical case of the network communication service industry was used as an example to show the proposed methods and ultimately present the most effective improvement plan for decision-makers to achieve the aspiration level.  相似文献   

Voices of donors: Case reports of body donation in Hong Kong     

Chiu HY  Ng KS  Ma SK  Chan CH  Ng SW  Tipoe GL  Chan LK 《Anatomical sciences education》2012,5(5):295-300

Body donation is important for medical education and academic research. However, it is relatively rare in Hong Kong when compared with many Western countries. Comprehensive research has been performed on the motivation for body donation in Western countries; however, there is still insufficient research on body donation in Hong Kong to provide information on how to increase the body‐donation rate. To understand the factors involved in the decision to donate one's body, the authors interviewed a registered donor and the daughter of another donor in Hong Kong. The authors interpreted the information collected in light of the available published reports, which mostly focus on body donation in Western countries. Despite the consistency of some demographic factors and motivations between the participants in our study and those investigated in the published reports from Western countries, there are differences in education level and socioeconomic status between the donors in our study and those from Western studies. The authors also suggest that Confucianism and Buddhism in Chinese culture may motivate potential body donors in Hong Kong. Other important factors that influence the body‐donation decision may include family members' body donation, registration as organ donors, and good doctor–patient relationships. Although case report studies have their limitations, this study allows us to explore the complexity of events and establish the interconnectivity of factors involved in body donation, which could not be achieved in previous survey‐based studies. © 2012 American Association of Anatomists.  相似文献   

Exploring parents' perceptions towards educational robots: Gender and socio‐economic differences     

Chun Hung Lin  Eric Zhi Feng Liu  Yuan Yen Huang 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2012,43(1):E31-E34

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A model for book inquiry history analysis and book-acquisition recommendation of libraries     

Shih-Ting Yang  Ming-Chien Hung 《Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services》2012,36(3-4):127-142

In the era of knowledge economy, the libraries play an important role for library users to maintain and provide a large number of book resources. In order to satisfy requirements of borrowers, the libraries have to purchase all kinds of new books on a regular time schedule. However, the borrowers' demands cannot be satisfied simply because of the limited number of librarians and thus the libraries require useful suggestions for book-acquisition. Traditionally, the book-acquisition recommendation applications are collected by library consultants and then evaluated by librarians. Under the circumstance, several pitfalls (e.g., only partial library borrowers realize the book-acquisition recommendation procedure or a lot of time and human efforts required) might occur. Therefore, this paper focuses on the development of a book-acquisition recommendation model for libraries to acquire the various library borrowers' demands based on book inquiry history under a library system.In addition to the book-acquisition recommendation model, a Web-based book-acquisition recommendation system is also developed and a demonstration case is applied to verify the performance of the proposed approach. Under the book-acquisition recommendation platform, the librarians can automatically derive the book-acquisition recommendation list to fit borrowers' requirements and the complicated recommendation processes for borrowers can also be reduced. The attempt of this research is to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of book-acquisition performance and therefore the book-acquisition tasks in library can be efficiently accomplished.  相似文献   

Development of a personalized educational computer game based on students’ learning styles   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Gwo-Jen Hwang  Han-Yu Sung  Chun-Ming Hung  Iwen Huang  Chin-Chung Tsai 《Educational technology research and development : ETR & D》2012,60(4):623-638

In recent years, many researchers have been engaged in the development of educational computer games; however, previous studies have indicated that, without supportive models that take individual students?? learning needs or difficulties into consideration, students might only show temporary interest during the learning process, and their learning performance is often not as good as expected. Learning styles have been recognized as being an important human factor affecting students?? learning performance. Previous studies have shown that, by taking learning styles into account, learning systems can be of greater benefit to students owing to the provision of personalized learning content presentation that matches the information perceiving and processing styles of individuals. In this paper, a personalized game-based learning approach is proposed based on the sequential/global dimension of the learning style proposed by Felder and Silverman. To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, a role-playing game has been implemented based on the approach; moreover, an experiment has been conducted on an elementary school natural science course. From the experimental results, it is found that the personalized educational computer game not only promotes learning motivation, but also improves the learning achievements of the students.  相似文献   

The roles of a university professor in a teacher study group     

Hui-Chin Yeh  Hsiu-Ting Hung  Yi-Ping Chen 《Asia Pacific Education Review》2012,13(3):435-447

The opportunities in which university professors collaborate with the practicing school teachers in a teacher study group are few. This study investigated how a university professor facilitated a collaborative teacher study group to enhance teachers?? professional growth. Five primary school teachers and a university professor collaborated on incorporating Reader??s Theatre into the design and revision of the curriculum in a teacher study group. This study not only identified the roles of the university professor but also highlighted how this outside stimulus facilitated the process of teachers?? professional dialogues in this teacher study group. Five roles of the professor in the teacher study group were identified, including content expert, information provider, thought challenger, discussion facilitator, and caring listener. The discrepancies toward the roles that the professor in the teacher study group should serve between the elementary school teachers and the university professor were analyzed and reported. Implications were drawn for both classroom teachers and university professors.  相似文献   

Conceptual Understanding of Causal Reasoning in Physics     

Woei Hung  David H. Jonassen 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(13):1601-1621

College students often experience difficulties in solving physics problems. These difficulties largely result from a lack of conceptual understanding of the topic. The processes of conceptual learning reflect the nature of the causal reasoning process. Two major causal reasoning methods are the covariational and the mechanism‐based approaches. This study was to investigate the effects of different causal reasoning methods on facilitating students’ conceptual understanding of physics. 125 college students from an introduction physics class were assigned into covariational group, mechanism‐based group, and control group. The results show that the mechanism‐based group significantly outperformed the other two groups in solving conceptual problems. However, no significant difference was found in all three groups performance on solving computational problems. Speculation on the inconsistent performance of the mechanism‐based group in conceptual and computational problem solving is given. Detailed analyses of the results, findings, and educational implications are discussed  相似文献   

Diagnosing students' mental models via the Web‐Based Mental Models Diagnosis system     

Tzu‐Hua Wang  Mei‐Hung Chiu  Jing‐Wen Lin  Chin‐Cheng Chou 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2013,44(2):E49-E51

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Multimodal assessment of and for learning: A theory‐driven design rubric     

Hsiu‐Ting Hung  Yi‐Ching Jean Chiu  Hui‐Chin Yeh 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2013,44(3):400-409

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