Enhancing student motivation using LectureTools: A cloud-based teaching and learning platform
A cloud-based teaching and learning platform, LectureTools, was piloted at City University of Hong Kong in the 2012-13 academic year. LectureTools is an online platform that provides a suite of cloud-based teaching and learning applications. It combines the functions of interactive presentation, rea...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Hong Kong Bao Long Accounting & Secretarial Limited
2015-06-01
|
| Series: | Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal |
| Online Access: | http://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/article/view/279/258 |
| _version_ | 1818153669385781248 |
|---|---|
| author | P. H. Patrio Chiu Robert K. Y. Li |
| author_facet | P. H. Patrio Chiu Robert K. Y. Li |
| author_sort | P. H. Patrio Chiu |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | A cloud-based teaching and learning platform, LectureTools, was piloted at City University of Hong Kong in the 2012-13 academic year. LectureTools is an online platform that provides a suite of cloud-based teaching and learning applications. It combines the functions of interactive presentation, real-time student response system, student inquiry and online note-taking synchronised with the presentation slides, into one cloud-based platform. A comprehensive study investigated the effectiveness of the platform for enhancing student motivation among graduate (n=158) and undergraduate (n=96) students. Both groups of students reported enhanced motivation when using LectureTools. The scores on all six learning motivation scales of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire, a psychometric instrument based on the cognitive view of motivation, increased when students engaged with the tool in class. Those who used the tool scored significantly higher on intrinsic goal orientation than those who did not use the tool. The students’ quantitative feedback showed that they found the tool useful and that it improved their motivation. Qualitative feedback from the instructors indicated that the tool was useful for engaging passive students. They reported that the most useful function was the interactive online questions with real-time results, while the in-class student inquiry function was difficult to use in practice. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-11T14:14:17Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-17722730ca844781b16415e76bb9d30e |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2073-7904 2073-7904 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-11T14:14:17Z |
| publishDate | 2015-06-01 |
| publisher | Hong Kong Bao Long Accounting & Secretarial Limited |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal |
| spelling | doaj.art-17722730ca844781b16415e76bb9d30e2022-12-22T01:03:16ZengHong Kong Bao Long Accounting & Secretarial LimitedKnowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal2073-79042073-79042015-06-0172250264Enhancing student motivation using LectureTools: A cloud-based teaching and learning platformP. H. Patrio Chiu0Robert K. Y. Li1City University of Hong Kong, Hong KongCity University of Hong Kong, Hong KongA cloud-based teaching and learning platform, LectureTools, was piloted at City University of Hong Kong in the 2012-13 academic year. LectureTools is an online platform that provides a suite of cloud-based teaching and learning applications. It combines the functions of interactive presentation, real-time student response system, student inquiry and online note-taking synchronised with the presentation slides, into one cloud-based platform. A comprehensive study investigated the effectiveness of the platform for enhancing student motivation among graduate (n=158) and undergraduate (n=96) students. Both groups of students reported enhanced motivation when using LectureTools. The scores on all six learning motivation scales of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire, a psychometric instrument based on the cognitive view of motivation, increased when students engaged with the tool in class. Those who used the tool scored significantly higher on intrinsic goal orientation than those who did not use the tool. The students’ quantitative feedback showed that they found the tool useful and that it improved their motivation. Qualitative feedback from the instructors indicated that the tool was useful for engaging passive students. They reported that the most useful function was the interactive online questions with real-time results, while the in-class student inquiry function was difficult to use in practice.http://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/article/view/279/258 |
| spellingShingle | P. H. Patrio Chiu Robert K. Y. Li Enhancing student motivation using LectureTools: A cloud-based teaching and learning platform Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal |
| title | Enhancing student motivation using LectureTools: A cloud-based teaching and learning platform |
| title_full | Enhancing student motivation using LectureTools: A cloud-based teaching and learning platform |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing student motivation using LectureTools: A cloud-based teaching and learning platform |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing student motivation using LectureTools: A cloud-based teaching and learning platform |
| title_short | Enhancing student motivation using LectureTools: A cloud-based teaching and learning platform |
| title_sort | enhancing student motivation using lecturetools a cloud based teaching and learning platform |
| url | http://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/article/view/279/258 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT phpatriochiu enhancingstudentmotivationusinglecturetoolsacloudbasedteachingandlearningplatform AT robertkyli enhancingstudentmotivationusinglecturetoolsacloudbasedteachingandlearningplatform |