Guest editorial: COVID-19 pandemic and health informatics part 3

Huang, Po-Sen; Paulino, Yvette C.; So, Stuart; Chiu, Dickson K.W.; Ho, Kevin

doi:10.1108/lht-02-2023-585

Cited by 43 publications

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“…We are also interested in using virtual reality (Suen et al, 2020), augmented reality (Cheng, 2021;Dalili Saleh et al, 2021;Li and Liu, 2022) and digital animation games (Wu and Tu, 2022) for language teaching. We are investigating the use of social media for online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic (Huang et al, 2021(Huang et al, , 2022Leung et al, 2021). With a better understanding of the interplays between various activities and learning improvement, educational institutes would then help structure their curricula to educate their students more effectively (Asiedu and Badu, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Evaluating Facebook as aids for learning Japanese: learners' perspectives

Leung

Hui

Luk

et al. 2022

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PurposeThis study analyses the advantages and weaknesses of using Facebook to aid the learning of Japanese as a foreign language.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data from 100 Hong Kong Japanese language learners (who are generally fluent in Chinese and English), ranging from total amateur to advanced learners (Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) qualified at different levels).FindingsThe authors' results suggest that the advantages of using Facebook to help learn Japanese include: (1) serving as a free-of-charge, casual, and convenient learning platform; (2) enriching learners' knowledge beyond the language learning and (3) encouraging interactive and collaborative learning with other users for practicing the language. However, the low credibility and unstructured educational materials posted on Facebook and being easily distracted by other Facebook feeds are the major weaknesses of learning a language through Facebook. Furthermore, the authors' result shows that Facebook is especially effective for Japanese learning when learners fall into either one of the following groups: young, female, or intermediate (N2/3) learners.Originality/valueScant studies focus on the aid of learning Japanese via Facebook, especially Hong Kong learners' perceptions, or generally in the East. Therefore, this study aims to fill this research gap. The authors' findings will facilitate the students, teachers, and language institutions from Hong Kong and other countries to improve the students' effectiveness in learning and teaching Japanese.

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Evaluating Facebook as aids for learning Japanese: learners' perspectives

Leung

Hui

Luk

et al. 2022

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“…A follow-up study can compare those international publications with those in Chinese. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, MOOCs should be able to serve more learners during the lockdown and are worth further investigation (Chan et al, 2022b;Yu et al, 2022;Huang et al, 2021Huang et al, , 2022. We also plan to use bibliometrics and text mining techniques to analyze MOOC-related publications further (Chiu and Ho, 2022).…”

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Systematic review of MOOC research in mainland China

Cheng

Yuen

Chiu

2022

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PurposeThe popularity of massive open online courses (MOOCs) has attracted worldwide research interest. This study aims to identify and summarize the research foci (e.g. themes, methods, contexts, etc.) and discuss the new directions and trends of MOOC research in the context of Mainland China.Design/methodology/approachA systematic review of the published MOOC research papers in Mainland China was conducted with the following inclusion criteria: (1) papers written in English; (2) context focused on Mainland China; and (3) empirical studies. Three main issues were explored with the selected 70 papers: (1) research methods (data collection and analysis); (2) the research foci; and (3) research objects.FindingsThe results found that the major MOOC research in China was quantitative, mostly using one method to collect data. Most studies collected data through the databases of MOOC platforms and survey techniques, which was consistent with the widely used descriptive statistics for data analysis. Learner-focused themes were investigated the most, aligning with the result that learners were the most popular research objects.Practical implicationsThe findings suggest that using new technology tools, such as the Big Data approach for learning analytics, may transform traditional MOOC research into new practices. Transdisciplinary research concepts may also provide an alternative evolving model for constructing collaboratively dynamic research frameworks under the changing technologies and paradigms. Meanwhile, educational research traditions, such as qualitative methods, contribute to scaffolding MOOC research for more pragmatic applications.Originality/valueMost systematic reviews on MOOCs focus on general or regional contexts other than Mainland China, and scant MOOC review is based on published English papers about Mainland China.

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“…Even so, e-learning, m-learning and social media have become increasingly important methods to help prevent infection during the current global pandemic and massive lockdowns (Guo et al , 2021; Huang et al , 2021, 2022, 2023; Meng et al , 2023; Nadi-Ravandi and Batooli, 2023; Yi and Chiu, 2023). These technologies are becoming more prevalent for teaching and learning support to enhance infection prevention measures and support various new modes of social behavior (Conrad et al , 2022; Fasae et al , 2021; Yu et al , 2023).…”

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Guest editorial: Contemporary learning behaviors on mobile devices and social media

Chen,

Hung,

Egrioglu

et al. 2023

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Guest editorial: COVID-19 pandemic and health informatics part 3

Cited by 43 publications

References 70 publications

Evaluating Facebook as aids for learning Japanese: learners' perspectives

Evaluating Facebook as aids for learning Japanese: learners' perspectives

Systematic review of MOOC research in mainland China

Guest editorial: Contemporary learning behaviors on mobile devices and social media

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