...Perceived Effects of Online Games to the Academic Performances among Students under the College of Business Administration Education at University of Mindanao (UM) Leynard Bangkulit Romeo Dimiao Russel Anthony Junsay Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study In 1958, the world’s first world computer game, a rudimentary two-player tennis game, was created to entertain visitors on the Brookhaven National Laboratory. Since then, the computer/video game industry has become one the most aggressively growing business sectors in the United States and in the whole world. Obviously, games are emerging as one of the most dominant forms of entertainment. This trend goes further as of the increasing penetration of high speech Internet connection and the declining prices of computers, video-game consoles, and mobile entertainment devices. (Lee, Jin, Park, & Kang, 2005) As we know, Internet offers many conveniences. As a result it has made many people depend on it. What is worse, a large number of people have become addicted, especially to online game addiction. By2007, the population of online gamers worldwide was about 217 million, approximately 28 percent of the total online population (comScore,2007).In addition, online game addiction is prevalent in many countries, including China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, U.S., and Canada. In South Korea, 2.4 percent of the population, ages nine to thirty-nine, were believed to be addicted to online games, and over 10 percent...
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...TEACHERS UNIIOUNS EFFECT ON HUMAN RESOURCES AND HOW IT IMPACTS STUDENT PERFORMANCE TEACHERS UNIIOUNS EFFECT ON HUMAN RESOURCES AND HOW IT IMPACTS STUDENT PERFORMANCE ISSUE What does existing research say about the teachers unions influence, both positive and negative, on human resources and how that influence impacts students’ performance? This research is significant because the public school system in the United States as a whole is atrociously underperforming and has been for many years. Most inner city public schools and those public schools that serve the poorer community are outright failing. Some states, such as California, have a parent strike law, which allows the parents to intervene and have the public school overtaken by an outside source if the school doesn’t meet the state standards. Many states have fought hard to prevent this type of law from entering their state. Obviously, it is in the teachers unions best interest to not have this law in their state. But is this disallowance of this type of law harmful to students performance? This law would threaten the teachers job security, so it’s easy to ascertain why they do not support this law. This leaves the human resources department, who may want the law, stuck in the middle and without an avenue to exercise their expertise. Human resources is limited with their ability to but polices in place because it has to abide by the laws of the teachers unions. In a private enterprise the public school system...
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...Running head: STUDENT SUCCESS WITH ONLINE LEARNING 1 WK4Assgnmconteh Student Success with Online Learning Miniratu Conteh Walden University Nurs 6001 Foundations of Graduate Studies November 3, 2013 STUDENT SUCCESS WITH ONLINE LEARNING 2 This article is on a research about the effect of internet-based application on student success in teaching of eighth grade triangles subject which is included in eighth grade units and algebra. A computer program called Vitamin program was used to carry out the study. The experiment group comprised of eighteen, eight grade students and the control group comprised of nineteen, eight grade students. Internet-based teaching materials were used on the experiment group and conventional teaching method materials on the control group. With internet/online education benefits like flexibility, oriented results and small classroom is noted, whilst with conventional education, benefits like classroom face to face with the teacher, source of information from teacher and structure is noted. The research was performed to determine whether the learning levels of eighth grade students using the Vitamin Program is as good as the conventional method. The audience target in this article are students, faculties and department of education. Both groups were looked at closely in terms of the approach, experience, effects and benefits of the teaching methods used. The Vitamin Program used to carry out the study on the experiment group, is...
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...Technology’s effect on education Justin W. Campbell University of Maryland University College The effects of technology are evident in just about every area of our lives. Technology impacts the way we do our finances and how we receive our entertainment; however, one of the most impacted areas is that of education. Within education the effects of technology are seen in both positive and negative ways. On the positive side, technology has provided new and innovative tools that enhance the learning experience. On the negative side, technology has added a level of distraction and has opened up a new horizon in the realm of academic dishonesty. The impact of technology on education is a double edged sword that can benefit academia while also hurting academia in the same swing. Before the influx of technological advances, a student’s access to empirical research was limited to brick and mortar repositories of information, the library. When faced with a research project students needed to appropriately allocate their time resources in order to physically visit a traditional library, scour catalogues of reference data, transcribe their notes (in handwriting) and then return home to write their paper; all the while, hoping that they have all the information needed. Additionally students were at the mercy of their local library to have the timeliest resources available as many smaller libraries would be horribly outdated (McCoy, 2014). Now in the age of technology, students literally...
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...Online versus Traditional Education (Rough Draft) Caroline Giuliano When considering returning to school to further one’s education, students are faced with making a decision to choose either online or traditional schooling. Several variables influence this decision, and only through research and deep thought and consideration can a student rightfully choose which method of education is right for them. With equal determination and perseverance, either method of education can lead a student to a graduation and a degree; however, the path to success is paved only by the student who conducts their research prior to taking the grand leap of courage into further education, to see which is right for them. Online schooling and traditional schooling share both similarities and differences in environment, assignments, and instruction, and can each result in success, depending on a student’s needs and capabilities. After considering all of the variables of each method of education, then and only then can a student make a wise, educated decision that will impact the rest of a student’s academic and professional life. Online and traditional schooling both share similarities and differences in environment that could have an effect on the decision of whether to choose online or traditional schooling as a method of furthering a student’s education. Traditional schooling shares an environment similar to that of high school, and many aspects of that environment can be a determining...
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...September 2003 EFFECTS OF SOCIAL NETWORK ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE: A WEB-BASED FORUM STUDY IN TAIWAN Heng-Li Yang Professor Department of Management Information Systems National Cheng-Chi University 64 Section 2, Chihnan Road, Mucha Dist., 116, Taipei, Taiwan Phone: 886-2-29387651 Fax: 886-2-29393754 yanh@mis.nccu.edu.tw Jih-Hsin Tang Phd Candidate Department of Management Information Systems National Cheng-Chi University Faculty of Management Information Systems Tak Ming College 56 Section 1, Huan-Shan Rd., Taipei, Taiwan Phone: 886-2-26585801 jefftang@mail.mis.takming.edu.tw ABSTRACT This research investigates the effects of social networks on students’ performance in online education which uses networking as an adjunct mode for enhancing traditional face-to-face education or distance education. Using data from a 40-student course on Advanced Management Information Systems (AMIS), we empirically tested how social networks (friendly, advising, and adversarial) related to students’ performance. First, advising network variables are positively related to student performance both in the class and on the forum. Adversarial variables are negatively correlated with almost all students’ performance. Second, advising and adversarial network variables are good determinants for overall academic performance; however, adversarial network variables are not influential on students’ performance on the forum. Friendship network variables are not determinants of students’ performance. Implications...
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...Student Success in Online K-12 Education A Literature Review The education/school system has seen a tremendous growth in online learning programs, defined as learning experiences in which students and instructors are separated by space and/or time. The development of online distance learning school is a relatively new wave. Online schools have become ideally suited to meet the needs of government officials, politicians, calling for school choice, high school reform and preparation for the 21st century workforce. The growing numbers of students learning online and the importance of online learning as a solution to educational differences has increased the demand to study more closely the factors that effect learning in a virtual school environment. Many students who have participated and who participate in online education programs are attracted to online schooling because it offers advantages over a classroom based program. The benefits of distance (online) education for youth are increasing in enrollment is because these educational programs are reaching undeserved regions and districts, broadening educational opportunity for students who are unable to attend a traditional setting, are not accessible to resources and the teachers are not available locally which creates a better student teacher communication. Students in virtual schools showed greater improvement that their conventional school counterparts in critical thinking, researching, using computers...
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...Education in the Digital Age Welcome to the digital age where everything is accessible on the internet, even a masters degree. Is an online degree easier to obtain than a traditional brick and mortar college degree? Online education can be considered equivalent to a traditional degree, but requires unique learning habits. Online education is a different style of learning. Taking a class requires self-discipline and a mindset of self-teaching: “Students need to determine if online learning is an option for them because not everyone does well with this type of study. Some questions that any potential online students should ask is whether or not they can learn independently; how organized they are with their time; whether they are computer savvy; their level of reading comprehension; and if they have at least ten hours a week to devote to each course”(Snyder 1). Online learning will not work for every person seeking higher education. To add to the level of difficulty: ”Often online instructors assign more reading materials than required in a regular classroom to ensure that students are engaged”(Snyder 1), thus requiring a higher level of independence. Earning a higher degree online provides a unique benefit to those able to handle self-guidance: “Students will be able to learn at their own pace”(Snyder 1). Earning a college degree online is very different than that of a traditional school. Schools with online courses are rewarding students for prior learning experience cutting...
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...program and the innovation in management education and will it have any effect on HBS MBA program which is tied strongly to the legacies of the pivotal year 1924. MUSTAHID ALI MBA-3 ROLL NO- 1334 UNIVERSAL BUSINESS SCHOOL DATE – 7TH JAN 2014 1. SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE. CASE STUDY is all about the ‘disruption of management education’. It is about the changing model of the management education and its effects and how the premium business school like Harvard Business School can tackle the day to day changes. The Harvard graduate school of Business Administration was founded in 1908 under Dean Edwin F. Gay. With approval of president of Harvard University Charles he established first MBA program .Clayton Christensen, the professor at Harvard Business School suggested that the established model of management education is heading towards trouble but he also said that the top management programs can get over this problem. The case also highlights about the various features of Harvard which gives it a distinct edge as against the competitors. First it throws light on the academics which is more focused on International Business and experiential learning. Due to a great curriculum and methodology being followed, there has been rise in the admissions from 30 in the first batch to 9000 in the batch of 2009-2011. It is interesting to note that Harvard grads are always in the demand and this fact is evident from the pay package which these students receive. The median salary which they...
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...Education has always being one most important things in history, without it, people wouldn't been able to advance and evolve the way they have done, but as people evolve, their way of learning evolves too. The Internet, one of human’s greatest creations used to communicate and find information is a great way to teach and educate and this method is known as distance learning. Distance learning is a field of education that focuses on providing an instructional system capable of delivering a quality education to students who are not physically on-site. As with every new invention and the benefits they bring. challenges may come along too. This essay will talk about the challenges of online courses on education. One of the challenges that online courses have to make a good impact on education is delivering quality courses that may equal or exceed the classic face-to-face courses and be accessible to some unusual students such as full time employees wishing to go back to school, students who wish to take summer courses while being at home or simply students who wants to get their degree online. (Suarez-Brown, Turner, Grice and Hankins, 1997). Is very important that Instructors learn to understand technology and know what tools are available to fully use the internet for a positive learning experience. For example, for face to face communication between students and instructors would videoconference programs such as Skype and Trillian, and for group gathering information that could...
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...Impact Of Technology Advancement On Education Introduction : Technology has certainly changed the way we live. It has impacted the different facts of life and redefined living. Undoubtedly, technology plays an important role in every sphere of life. Several mundane manual tasks can be automated, thanks to technology. Also, many of the complex and critical processes can be carried out with ease and efficiency with the help of modern technology. Thanks to the manifold positive effects of technology, the fields of education and industry have undergone a major change and sure, they have changed for the better. Computers and the Internet technology have revolutionized the field of education. The importance of technology in schools cannot be ignored. In fact, with the onset of computers in education, it has become easier for the teachers to render knowledge and for the students to grasp it. The computer technology is used to add a fun-element to education. And it goes without saying that the Internet has endowed education with interactivity. The computers offer an interactive audio-visual media. PowerPoint presentations and animation software can be used to render information to the students in an interactive manner. The visual effects provided by the animation and presentation software result in inviting greater interest from the students. Moreover, these software serve as visual aids to the teachers. Overhead projectors and screens facilitate a simultaneous viewing of information...
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...time and distance between a student and an instructor for educational purposes is an online education or distance learning. Online educations provide a way of developing better credentials for applying for higher salaried jobs. Adults with families that work full-time jobs use distance learning to acquire higher educations. People who use traditional educations may disagree with using online educations because of classroom structure, anxiety, and student achievement. Students seeking a higher education should consider using online educations because online educations offer advantages that traditional educations do not. Even though online educations are not for everyone, online educations are growing in popularity; offer flexibility; low costs; accreditation; and are as effective as traditional educations. Online educations are growing in popularity; therefore, people can acquire a college education without quitting work. One study (Table 1) shows how online learning has grown in one-year from 3.15 million to 3.5 million students enrolling in online education courses. “More than two-thirds of all higher education studies show how online educations are growing in popularity with students as well as institutions. (Allen & Seaman, 2007). Families with one or both parents working full-time jobs find online educations as a way of acquiring a higher education because he/she needs to work to provide for the family. Students believe the flexibility of online learning is an advantage (Payne...
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...Tabatha MacDougall Effects of Technology on Education 12/11/2011 Abstract Technology is used in classrooms today and has both positive and negative effects on both students and teachers. I want to show in my paper how technology is not a substitute for a good teacher. Technology must be well implanted by a good teacher to be successful. Computers do not give successful teaching. I start out by discussing the positive effects on teachers and students, in my paper. I then debate the use of technology and its effects on traditional teaching methods. Lastly, I concluded with negative impacts technology has on the teachers and the students. By doing this, I will show while technology is important it is only a tool to educating students. It is not the solution to educating students. Today technology is commonly used in classrooms. Teachers use technology such as: computers, smart boards, calculators, virtual field trips, e-books, and online learning to reach all of their students. Many students rely on technology to learn new information, but then become too dependent on that technology. The traditional methods of teaching are now integrated with technology, making some traditional methods obsolete. Traditional methods such as direct instruction, focusing on learning styles, and using teaching strategies still need to be used in the classroom. These methods help students create a foundation for life-long learning. Technology cannot replace teachers and good teaching strategies...
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...vicious cycle of generations of poverty that hinders our country’s ability to effectively compete economically and also threatens America’s capacity to provide social equality for all. The participants in this study will comprise of parents and students of highly concentrated poverty - low academically performing African American public schools. Thirty two parents and thirty two students from eight low performing-poverty schools in the research study will be interviewed and surveyed online. Collected information and data will be researched employing qualitative and quantitative practices. Introduction There was a time when children of color were denied the hope and expectation of equal education because of racial isolation and discrimination in America’s education system. Although it’s been well over 50 years since Brown –vs.- The Board of Education which established equal education for all, today we are still faced with large racial disparities in reading and math proficiency between African American children and their thriving white contemporaries. This purpose of this study is to illustrate the connection that occurs between race and poverty with the academic achievement gap of low socioeconomic African American students in our public school system. The qualitative and quantitative research will present vital information showing the common but detrimental factors from the perspective of their parents who are living daily through the trenches of this phenomenon we...
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...Abstract From time immemorial, the role of education has been to prepare individuals to contribute to the society, while also furthering their course. However, the disparity in the US education sector is preventing the system from meeting this key goal. Therefore, blended learning has been hailed as a possible answer to the current limitations of the current system. In this paper, the writer examines the current literature on blended instruction, its benefits, and challenges, as well as, the current evidence on its effectiveness. However, there is no conclusive evidence that blended learning is effective in promoting academic success. These results could be attributed to the lack of consensus on the actual definition of blended learning and its composition. However, the transition to blended learning is inevitable. The review concludes by examining how school administrators can adopt and promote change within their jurisdiction concerning the adoption of blended learning. Blended Learning: Possibilities, Challenges, and Embracing Change Introduction and Background Any education system has the purpose of preparing individuals to contribute to the society, while also allowing them to create desirable lives, either for their families or themselves. The world of work has evolved from an industrial orientation to an information age. Despite this evolution, the education sector has not evolved fast enough and is still operating under the same rules that...
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