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Gi -Zen Liu, Ph.D. gizen@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Development and evaluation of an online writing tutorial for English paraphrasing and citation: DWright . Gi -Zen Liu, Ph.D. gizen@mail.ncku.edu.tw. Foreign Languages & Literature Department National Cheng Kung University. Outline of the presentation. Design background

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Gi -Zen Liu, Ph.D. gizen@mail.ncku.edu.tw

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  1. Development and evaluation of an online writing tutorial for English paraphrasing and citation:DWright Gi-Zen Liu, Ph.D. gizen@mail.ncku.edu.tw Foreign Languages & Literature Department National Cheng Kung University

  2. Outline of the presentation • Design background • A brief introduction of DWright • Purpose of the study • Methodology • Procedure & instrument • Participants & their background • Results • Content effectiveness, system ease of use, user attitudes • Discussion, findings & conclusion

  3. Design background (1-1) • Web-based instruction (WBI): • A force of transformation towards traditional pedagogy & language learners • Information & communication technology (ICT): • An effect of knowledge exchange & development • English publication: • A trend to inspire more refined scientific and social scientific research

  4. Design background (1-2) • Online writing tools & plagiarism detectors: • Inventions to help NNSE improve their writing skills and avoid unintentional plagiarism • Downfalls of these tools: • Writing tools: help improve writing quality/skills but not suffice to teach citation skills • Plagiarism detectors: help detect suspicious texts but not suffice to educate the users

  5. Purpose of the study • Evaluate DWright design on the following aspects: • Usefulness (Content effectiveness) • Material & task design and efficacy • Usability (Ease of use) • Function, interface & layout design • User attitudes

  6. Methodology • Procedure & instruction: • DWright introduction session • Q&A session • DWright trial (to finish all tasks) • Survey questionnaire • Quantitative results • Semi-structured interview • Qualitative results • Participants: • Gender: 14 males & 16 females • Education: 21 students & 9 instructors

  7. Results: A high agreement on content effectiveness

  8. Results: (examples of DWright reading tasks)

  9. Results:

  10. Results: A high agreement on content effectiveness

  11. Results:(examples of DWright paraphrasing practices) • DWright paraphrasing

  12. Results: (examples of DWright paraphrasing practices) • Feedbacks

  13. Results: A high agreement on content effectiveness

  14. Results: A high agreement on content effectiveness

  15. Results: (examples of DWright multiple-choice exercises) • DWright multiple-choice exercises and feedbacks

  16. Results: A high agreement on content effectiveness

  17. Results: perceived usability of DWright function

  18. Results: perceived usability of DWright function

  19. Results: perceived usability of DWright interface

  20. Results: perceived usability of DWright interface

  21. Results: DWright user attitudes (positive)

  22. Results: DWright user attitudes (negative)

  23. Results: DWright user suggestions

  24. Discussion: perceived usefulness • The following factors regarding perceived usefulness could influence user attitudes: • Content clarity & enrichment • Step-by-step reading and practicing tasks to achieve learning goals • Practical functions • Useful feedbacks after practices/exercises

  25. Discussion: perceived usability • The following factors regarding perceived usability could influence user attitudes: • Effective & user-friendly paraphrasing functions (e.g. analyzing the texts) • A clear & simple layout • Various color labels

  26. Findings & Conclusion • Perceived usefulness of DWright had more impact on user attitudes than system usability did. • DWright met user needs by extending user’s knowledge to avoid plagiarism and by enhancing their paraphrasing and writing skills. • Program designers, content experts and subject teachers should support great communication to maximize the effectiveness of content usefulness to help achieve user goals. • A simple, easy-to-use and user-friendly design of DWright should provide an effective use and a pleasant e-learning experience and ensure learning efficacy.

  27. This is the end of the presentation. Thank you very much.

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