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Theme : 提升研究產能工作坊

Time : October 7th 2017

Place : National Yunlin University, Department of Applied Foreign Languages

 This conference was held on October 7th 2017 in National Yunlin University.

There were two speakers which presented two different topics in this conference.

The first speaker was Nian-Shing Chen. His presentation was about educational

robots which is designed and implemented using thinking approach and the exploration

of blockchain technology and its potential application for education. Blockchain is a

disruptive technology which might have a significant impact on national governance,

institutional functions, business operations, education, and daily lives. For both learners

and teachers, blockchain has great potential applications in instructional design,

behaviors recording, and analysis as well as formative evaluation. It can record

teachers’ teaching behaviors and performance thus providing a reference for teaching

evaluation.

The second speaker was Gwo-Jen Hwang. His presentation was about

technology-based learning. Technology-based learning is the learning in which teachers

use technology to teach and learners learn with aid of technology. Technology provides

great opportunities for making learning more effective for everyone with different need.

It can also help to encourage active participation in the classroom.