This book is a collective endeavor of exploring the role of technology in interlanguage pragmatics (ILP) research, instruction, and assessment. It starts with an introduction (Chapter 1) and ends with a commentary and a prologue, both of which envision future directions of using technology in the field of ILP. The included studies are divided into two parts: Part I (Chapters 2 to 6) which addre...

With the rapid development of information technology (IT), traditional knowledge media can no longer meet needs students to acquire and instant messages quickly in era. Various online learning platforms have been developed accordingly provide continuous access fragmented information. IT has extensively applied field education, offering extensive spaces technological supports establish an “ancho...

There are at least three areas in which technology can impact education: teaching, learning, and assessment. Teaching, when viewed as communication of information, has been transformed by the technology revolution. Word processing, multimedia, distance learning, and access to the World Wide Web are some prominent examples. The impact of technology on learning, defined as knowledge or skill acqu...

Blended online learning is an emerging variation of blended learning. Whereas blended learning enhances face-to-face classroom instruction by adding asynchronous online instruction via a learning management system, blended online learning adds synchronous online learning via web conferencing to enhance otherwise asynchronous online courses. Blended online learning can potentially attract season...

Technology-based instruction represents a new recent pedagogical paradigm that is rooted in the realization that new generations are much more comfortable with, and excited about, new technologies. The rapid technological advancement over the past decade has fueled an enormous demand for the integration of modern networking, informational and computational tools with classical pedagogical instr...

Technology, they say, should not drive content. However, when technology is the bottleneck through which instruction must be delivered, then technology, if it does not drive content, most certainly limits content. Today, institutions offering online learning must live with the reality that instructional material must be delivered through narrow pipes to underpowered computers running dubious so...

Flexner wanted medical students to study at the patient bedside-a remarkable innovation in his time-so that they could apply science to clinical care under the watchful eye of senior physicians. Ever since his report, medical schools have reserved the latter years of their curricula for such an "advanced" apprenticeship, providing clinical clerkship experiences only after an initial period of i...

This study implemented a three-stage problem-based estimation instruction scenario and combined it with mobile technology to provide elementary teachers with an effective e-tool for observing student estimation and leading effective class or group discussions on the selection and assessment of appropriate strategies for solving daily estimation problems. Twenty-eight fourth graders were randoml...

Several bit permutation instructions, including GRP, OMFLIP, CROSS, and BFLY, have been proposed recently for efficiently performing arbitrary bit permutations. Previous work has shown that these instructions can accelerate a variety of applications such as block ciphers and sorting algorithms. In this paper, we compare the implementation complexity of these instructions in terms of delay. We u...