Web-based Tools for Designing and
Developing Teaching Materials for
Integration of Information Technology
into Instruction
Professor：王鼎超
Speaker：林育弘
Reference：
Kuo-En Chang, Yao-Ting Sung, and Huei-Tse Hou, "Web-based Tools for Designing and
Developing Teaching Materials for Integration of Information Technology into Instruction," in
the IEEE Educational Technology & Society, Vol 9/4, pp.139-149, 2006
Outline
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Introduction
System outline
Experiment
Results
Conclusions
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Introduction
• Educational software for teachers is an important, yet usually
ignored, link for integrating information technology into
classroom instruction.
• Studies reveal that teachers are often especially interested in
such technology, but because of a lack of confidence, are
intimidated by it.
• It is the goal of this study to develop a web-based environment
that allows teachers to implement their instructional
procedures, for example by developing teaching plans,
preparing course materials, and managing teaching activities
in an efficient and effective way.
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System
• The system is divided into four stages: analysis,
design, development, and practice.
• The portal page URL of the system is
http://elearning.ice.ntnu.edu.tw
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System
• Analysis stage
▫ Learners characteristics analysis
 Students basic information analyzer and manager
 Students score manager
▫ Teaching material analysis
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Notepad
Multimedia resource bank
Web browser
URL collector
URL browser recorder
URL resource bank
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System
• Design stage
▫ Developing course outline
 Weekly course scheduler
 Syllabus builder
▫ Developing unit and lesson plans
 Unit plan builder
 Lesson plan builder
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System
• Development stage
▫ Preparing teaching materials and Web pages such as
online handouts, assignments, learning worksheets,
demos, references, supplementary information, test
questions, and slides for classroom use
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Course page editor and manager
Personal webpage editor
Learning worksheet editor
Slide editor
Test editor & manager
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System
• Practice stage
▫ Carrying out class teaching activities
 Daily course bulletin
▫ Online evaluation & communication
 Online synchronous communicator
 Online asynchronous communicator
 Online assignment evaluator
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Experiment
• Participants
▫ Eight history teachers from three junior high schools in
Taipei participated in this study.
▫ They had a basic understanding of computer operations
such as word processing and surfing the Internet, but
had no experience in the use of web-based applications
for the design or development of teaching materials.
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Experiment
• Research design
▫ Experimental group & Control group
• Tools and materials
▫ Course Content Material
▫ Scale for evaluating instructional materials
▫ Questionnaire for interview
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Experiment
• Procedures
▫ Experimental group
 (1) Giving instructions and background interview
 (2) Planning, data searching, and preparing worksheet
 (3) Developing teaching materials as Web pages
▫ Control group
 (1) Giving instructions and background interview
 (2) Planning, data search, and preparation for worksheet
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Results
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Results
• Adequacy, width and depth of supplementary
materials
▫ The supplementary material gathered from the Web by
the experimental group was of higher quality than that
gathered by the control group.
▫ The teachers in the experimental group appear to
provide deeper and broader supplementary materials,
teaching plans, learning worksheets, and instructional
Web pages.
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Results
• Adequacy and usability of teaching plans and
worksheets
▫ The learning worksheets developed by the experimental
group are more useful than those developed by the
control group.
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Results
• Coordination, coherence, and creativity among
teaching plans and materials
▫ Experimental group shows greater coordination
between the supplementary information collected,
activity plans, learning worksheets, and Web pages
developed using the system.
▫ Experimental group demonstrated more creativity than
the control group when given the same amount of
preparation time and teaching content.
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Results
• Analysis of interview content (Experimental group )
▫ Experimental group showed satisfaction with the
friendly environment provided by the proposed system,
and agreed that the web editor and notepad are easy to
use, thereby saving time during Web search.
▫ URL databank helpful and convenient to their online
search effort.
▫ The system helps them compare different units.
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Results
• Analysis of interview content (Control group)
▫ The four teachers in the control group admitted during
their interviews that searching the Web for teaching
resources is no easy task.
▫ Cited is that the search engines available often return
many links that are totally irrelevant to what is needed.
▫ Teachers in this group also agreed that computer
technology can provide a complement to conventional
written texts because it allows concurrent display of
text and graphics.
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Conclusions
• Developed a web-based teaching material design and
development system and tested its effectiveness in
helping in-service teachers develop their teaching
plans and materials.
• Experimental group materials were more creative and
diverse, and the overall plans and materials were
more coordinated and better structured.
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