Interactive Technology and Smart Education: Volume 15 Issue 2

Guest editorial

Kam-Cheong Li

A hierarchical model for developing e-textbook to transform teaching and learning

Ping Man Samuel Choi, Sze Sing Lam

The purpose of this paper is to outline a hierarchical model for developing essential e-textbook functionality and to offer important insight for e-textbook designers.

Course design investigation and trial on the subject of self-regulated learning using video content and online report submission

Kiyoshi Nakabayashi

This study aims to propose and evaluate a course design to promote university students’ understanding and intentional use of the concept and strategy of self-regulated learning…

Lessons from adopting a maker approach to teaching operating systems with Raspberry Pi

Wing-Kwong Wong

This paper aims to propose a maker’s approach to teaching an operating systems (OSs) course in which students apply knowledge of OSs to making a toy robot by focusing on…

Trends in learning analytics practices: a review of higher education institutions

Billy Tak-Ming Wong, Kam Cheong Li, Samuel Ping-Man Choi

This paper aims to review and identify the major patterns and trends in learning analytics practices in higher education institutions. The review covers the characteristics of the…

Analysis on the gamification and implementation of Leap Motion Controller in the I.E.D. Técnico industrial de Tocancipá

Maira Alejandra Castañeda, Ananda Maye Guerra, Roberto Ferro

This paper aims to show that the use of technological tools such as augmented reality (AR) and its integration in the education system through gamification offers better learning…

Students’ perceptions of changes to the learning environments of undergraduate physics laboratories: An empirical study

Gregory Thomas, Al Meldrum

The purpose of this study was to explore students’ perceptions to changes to the learning environment of their undergraduate physics laboratories, in which their scientific…