| DAY 1: 16 January 2014 | Parallel Paper Presentations | 14:00 - 15:30 |
| Room C0610 | Room C0612 | Room C0613 | Room C0614 |
| Chair: Simon King Sing Cheung | Chair: Alex Jean Wah Wong | Chair: Franklin Sze Sing Lam | Chair: Robin Ruo Wei Yang |
| New trends in teaching and learning in technology-rich environments | Institutional changes towards more open and flexible learning | The use of technologies to enhance teaching and learning | The use of Web-based open educational resources |
| Digital narratives and the teaching of writing Mutuota Kigotho University of New England Armidal, Australia |
The profiles, motivations and expectations among UPOU celebrity students Emely M Amoloza and Elinor T Lopez University of the Philippines Open University Los Baņos, Laguna, the Philippines |
A study on the influence of the new media on college students’ learning styles Chen Weidong Suzhou University of Science and Technology and Soochow University Suzhou, China Ye Xindong Wenzhou University Zhejiang, China |
Designed for cross-cultural communication — Research on instructional message design of the Confucius Institute Online |
| Municipality level predictive workforce analytics for continuous education Jessie Cai SAP Product & Innovations, SAP Asia Pte Ltd Regional Headquarters Mapletree Business City, Singapore |
Online student portal: Learners’ support system in an open and distance e-learning environment Percia V Secreto and Rhodora L Pamulaklakin University of the Philippines Open University Los Baños, Laguna, the Philippines |
Enabling students to use toolkits in open and flexible learning Yousaf Khan Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad, Pakistan |
Public opinion on OER and MOOCs: A sentiment analysis of Twitter data Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena Wawasan Open University Penang, Malaysia |
| Research on students’ learning behaviour based on social media Hui Jin Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai, China |
Moodle e-learning in higher education: A case study of its applications and impact in a university in Taiwan Shu-Chiu Hung Ming Chuan University Taiwan Xiangyang Zhang Jiangsu Open University Nanjing, China |
The design and implementation of a mobile app for language learning Kenneth Wong, Wai-Shing Ho, Fu Lee Wang, Reggie Kwan, Kat Leung and Issac Cheung Caritas Institute of Higher Education Hong Kong SAR, China |
Using web-based corpora for flexible language learning: Japanese student views and feedback Yoko Hirata and Yoshihiro Hirata Hokkai-Gakuen University Sapporo, Japan |
| Institutional changes towards more open and flexible learning | Openness: What it means to the support unit staff |
Modification of respirator donning skill: Adopting the emerging technology of real time leakage monitoring in nursing education Cathy Nga-yan Lee, Simon Ching Lam and Andrew Kwok-fai Lui The Open University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR, China Billy On-ying Pang Tung Wah College Hong Kong SAR, China |
A study of guidelines for developing a Web information system for art teachers in Thailand Ampai Tiranasar, Intira Phrompan, Nattakarn Anantrawan, Sarita Juaseekoon and Nuttida Pujeeb Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, Thailand |
| Towards a mobile learning environment at Caritas Institute of Higher Education Lai-On Chun, Wing-Hang Yu, Wai-Man Pang and Jeff K T Tang Caritas Institute of Higher Education Hong Kong SAR,China |