International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning

Volume 3, Issue 2, 2007

Table of Contents

Editorial Shuyan Wang & Harrison Hao Yang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Knowledge Building and Technological Dynamics in an Online Project-Based Learning Community

Pearl Chen & Huei-Lien Chen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Roles of Students in Electronic Portfolio DevelopmentShuyan Wang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

An Intermediate Effect between the Quality of Web-Based Learning Applications and Student Learning

Leping Liu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Exploring Instructional Technology Consulting in Two Different Culture Settings

Charles Xiaoxue Wang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Five Tens, Eighteen Circles, & Online Learning ofEducational Technology in China

Feng-Qi Lai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of an Online andFace-to-Face Technology Applications Course in Teacher Education

Chia-Ling Kuo, Hongbo Song,Renee Smith, & Teresa Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Impact of Online Instruction on Students’ Approaches to StudyingYuliang Liu & Harrison Hao Yang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Is It a Tale of Woe? —An Investigation of Relationships ofOnline Teaching Presence and Learning

Hong Zhan & Laura Sujo de Montes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 107

The Efficacy of Podcasting Technology in Instructional DeliveryShawn McCombs & Youmei Liu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

About SICET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning (IJTTL) is a refereed online journal published by the Society of International Chinese in Educational Technology (SICET). IJTTL Website: www.sicet.org/ijttl/

Publisher: SICET, 118 College Drive #5036 Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA Email: sicetboard@sicet.orgWebsite: www.sicet.org

This special issue is published by SICET in collaboration with the Research Center of Educational Technology for Foreign Studies, Yantai University, P. R. China.

ISSN 1937-5204

Copyright © 2007 by SICET. All rights reserved.

Special Issue of IJTTLContemporary Educational Technology:

Action, Reflection, and Application

Editors Shuyan Wang, The University of Southern Mississippi Hao Yang, State University of New York at Oswego

Editorial Review Board Taralynn Hartsell, The University of Southern Mississippi Feng-Qi Lai, Indiana State University Yuliang Liu, Southern Illinois University Xiaoxue Wang, Georgia State University