<i>What really makes students like a web site? What are the implications for designing 
web-based language learning sites?</i>

Hughes, Jane; McAvinia, Claire; King, Terry

doi:10.1017/s0958344004000710

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“…This implies that there was no statistically significant difference in the mean score between male and female schools teachers on the frequency use of multimedia for teaching in senior secondary schools in Kuje Area Council of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This result was relatively similar to Reference [18] which indicated no significant relationship between computer utilization and students' academic performance.…”

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“…Despite the numerous benefits of multimedia in the educational sector, [17] highlighted some constraints to the use of multimedia. According to [17], these constraints were high price of multimedia facilities, lack of technical support for repairs and maintenance of multimedia facilities, inadequate multimedia manpower in schools, poor remuneration for teachers, poor attention of the government towards the development of ICT sector, inadequate funding of educational sector, insufficient teaching time, problem of over-dependence on fairly used computers, over-dependence of educational institutions on government for everything, limited/poor information infrastructure, large class size, lack of basic facilities, poor ICT policy/project implementation strategy, resistance to change by teachers and lack of interest by student [18]. Reference [19] stated that application of computer as an example of multimedia in education has contributed to the attainment of stated objectives in the teaching and learning process.…”

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“…The target population consisted of all senior secondary schools' teachers and students in Kuje Area Council of Federal Capital Territory (FCT). There are twelve (12) government senior secondary schools and eighteen (18) private senior secondary schools in the area council [31].…”

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Appraisal on Perceived Multimedia Technologies as Modern Pedagogical Tools for Strategic Improvement on Teaching and Learning

Adekunle¹,

Olumide²,

K³

2019

IJMECS

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Secondary schools as part of the foundational level of education cannot afford to lag behind in using multimedia to improve the intellectual and creative capabilities among the teachers and students. This study investigated multimedia technologies as modern pedagogical tools for strategic improvement on the teaching and learning process. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population was the senior secondary school students and teachers in Kuje Area Council of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nigeria. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 250 students and 100 teachers. Cronbach's alpha statistical tool was used to obtain a reliability coefficient of 0.83 on validated questionnaires which were distributed to collect data from the respondents. Statistically, mean, standard deviation, percentage and partial correlation were used to answer the research questions while t-test and Chi-Square were used to test the postulated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that television sets, projectors and computers were the major multimedia facilities used for teaching and learning in the council, multimedia facilities had a high influence on teaching and learning. It was gathered that multimedia enriched teaching cognitive skills and psychomotor skills and developed concretization of abstraction on any subject matter. Some recommendations were made which included the provision of financial support to procure multimedia facilities to schools towards the attainment of educational objectives, provision of subsiding policies by the government on the importation of multimedia facilities, employment of competent and experienced technical staff should be employed to solve a series of technical problems in using multimedia facilities. Experimental research design on the effectiveness of multimedia facilities as modern pedagogical tools for strategic improvement on teaching and learning was proposed for future work.

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Appraisal on Perceived Multimedia Technologies as Modern Pedagogical Tools for Strategic Improvement on Teaching and Learning

Adekunle¹,

Olumide²,

K³

2019

IJMECS

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“…Users are able to benefit from the learning system of a website that is based on their preferences (Pituch & Lee, 2006). Website content and the practical use of the website may influence the users' perceptions (Hughes, Mcavinia & King, 2004;Sykes & Cohen, 2008). Users choose to use the online content as well as the website according to their preferences (Liu et al, 2011).…”

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English learning websites and digital resources from the perspective of Chinese university EFL practitioners

Shen

Yuan

Ewing

2014

ReCALL

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English language learning (ELL) websites and digital resources have been recognized as an important source of linguistic and cultural knowledge for English as a foreign language (EFL) learners to explore. The up-to-date information carried by authentic materials is invaluable for learners to develop an understanding of the target language/culture. However, there appears to be a gap between what the designer intends and what the user wants. This paper investigates Chinese university EFL teachers' perceptions of online English language websites and resources. The study focuses on a number of components of major language areas and skills in ELL websites, website materials, language users' preferences, and website usability. A total of 1519 English academics from 139 universities across China completed the online survey, and 164 of them voluntarily participated in focus group interviews anonymously.The empirical evidence of this study has highlighted that a pedagogically-oriented ELL website, targeting audiences with a variety of language proficiencies, was much liked by the Chinese EFL teachers. A preference was observed to see more current authentic language, examination-oriented English learning materials and tasks, and Eastern/non-Anglophone topics in the websites. In addition, it is found that website usability is another key factor that would impact ELL website popularity. A welldesigned ELL website can effectively assist Chinese EFL learners to enhance their language competence and achieve optimal learning outcomes. This study provides a context-specific empirical base for innovative web-based EFL learning and teaching as well as website design and materials development in China. The proposed key features of a preferred ELL website may help better inform website designers, content writers and evaluators in their ELL website design/evaluation.

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“…Thus previous studies on CALL evaluation have shown considerable interest in learners' and/or teachers' perceptions of English learning websites (Aly, 2008;Cheng, 2001;Hirata & Hirata, 2009;Kessler & Plakans, 2001;Kung & Chuo, 2002;M. Liu et al, 2008;Son, 2005Son, , 2008, the benefits and drawbacks of CALL materials/ programs, web-based language learning, and online language learning (Celik, 2012;Felix, 2001bFelix, , 2002Hughes, Mcavinia, & King, 2004;Murday, Ushida, & Chenoweth, 2008;Rosell-Aguilar, 2004;Wiebe & Kabata, 2010;F.-Y. Yang & Tsai, 2008), as well as learning autonomy in e-learning contexts (Chan & Kim, 2004;Lai & Gu, 2011).…”

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Evaluating English listening websites for independent study

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A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Queensland in 2013 School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies i ABSTRACTThe teaching and learning of listening has become more practical and affordable with the support of Internet technology and the World Wide Web. English listening websites are growing exponentially and promise an authentic and interactive language learning experience. This allows learning to be conducted outside class in the form of web-based independent study. Although learners in general show positive attitudes towards web-based materials due to their novelty, convenience, authenticity, and rich cultural content, web-based language learning materials have been criticised because of their quality and the way they explore the medium. Because they contain unregulated materials, English listening websites need to be thoroughly evaluated to determine their effectiveness, but studies that have focused specifically on the listening components of English learning websites are lacking.This study examined the benefits of using web-based listening materials in an independent study program to learners of English as a foreign language at university level. In order to do this, the judgmental and empirical evaluation framework proposed by Chapelle (2001) was adopted. This integrated approach has produced a comprehensive analysis of the characteristics of English listening websites and the use of these types of web-based listening materials in the independent study context. Seventy-eight English department students at a university in Indonesia participated voluntarily in the empirical evaluation. The study was conducted in three stages. In the first stage, the general, technical and pedagogical design features of English listening websites were evaluated using the Comprehensive Evaluation Criteria checklist for evaluating English learning websites developed by Yang and Chan (2008). In the second stage, the learning tasks were examined using a checklist adapted from the Task Appropriateness Criteria developed by Chapelle (2001) and the focus questions for selecting computer-based listening materials proposed by Chapelle and Jamieson (2008). For the empirical evaluation in the third stage of the study, quantitative and qualitative data from questionnaires, learning journals, group interviews, listening proficiency tests and course management system logs were analysed to describe not only learners' perceptions of the web-based listening materials but also the benefits they gained and the challenges they experienced in using the materials in the independent study program.The empirical evaluation findings confirm and supplement those of the judgmental evaluations.Although the participants found the web-based listening materials interesting, suitably varied in topics, tasks and accents, and useful for practising listening, the findings showed that improvements ii to the general, technical and pedagogical design of the evaluated English listening websites would make them gene...

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What really makes students like a web site? What are the implications for designing web-based language learning sites?

Cited by 13 publications

References 9 publications

Appraisal on Perceived Multimedia Technologies as Modern Pedagogical Tools for Strategic Improvement on Teaching and Learning

Appraisal on Perceived Multimedia Technologies as Modern Pedagogical Tools for Strategic Improvement on Teaching and Learning

English learning websites and digital resources from the perspective of Chinese university EFL practitioners

Evaluating English listening websites for independent study

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