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I have been working as an English teacher mainly at Minghsin University of Science and Technology (Taiwan) in order to keep furthering my teaching skills. Furthermore, I have been pursuing my doctoral studies in the Department of Industrial Education at National Taiwan Normal University with a focus on my studies and research on how to develop pedagogy and strategies that best suit learners of universities of Science and Technology to help them become the best qualified global citizens in this hi-tech age. I am eager to aim to improve my professional knowledge and advance my teaching skills to benefit my students and the country as well. Through my persistent efforts, I hope I will be able to help upgrade the competitive edge of Taiwan’s education to help implement the educational reform and innovation. The University of Science and Technology I’m working for also needs to enhance and accumulate the school image asset to help promote enrollment and improve recruitment of students and talents. I am confident that I will be an earnest and competent professional specialist in the area of teaching and managing after accomplishing my doctoral study at my school.
Project Goal: publication work
Current Stage: published book
During the past two decades, open source learning platforms (OSLPs) have become a dominant part of modern education. OSLPs are free for usage and customization—unlike proprietary software restricted by copyright licenses. By utilizing OSLPs, users can download and use the source code, write new features, fix bugs, improve performances, or learn from others how specific problems can be solved. Albeit dominant, the frequency of usage and motivation of OSLPs by students is not high; however, there has been very little research about this, and the problem is significant. Therefore, this research aimed to derive the factors that affect the adoption and diffusion of OSLPs. The factors on the diffusion and adoption were defined based on the innovation diffusion theory (IDT) and the technology acceptance model (TAM), where the integrated theoretical framework is called the IDT-TAM. Partial Least Square structural equation modeling was used to confirm the hypothesized IDT-TAM. An empirical study was based on the sample data collected from 340 Taiwanese technical university students to demonstrate the feasibility of the analytical framework and derive the factors related to the adoption and diffusion of the OSLP for students. Based on the results of the empirical study, through the mediation of perceived attitude (PA) and perceived usefulness (PU), trialability (TL), observability (OS), ease of use (EU), and relative advantage (RA) are the factors most related to the diffusion and acceptance of the OSLP innovations. The analytical results can serve as the basis for the design, development, and enhancement of acceptance and diffusion of OSLP.
Chi-Yo Huang; Hui-Ya Wang; Chia-Lee Yang; Steven Shiau. A Derivation of Factors Influencing the Diffusion and Adoption of an Open Source Learning Platform. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7532 .
AMA StyleChi-Yo Huang, Hui-Ya Wang, Chia-Lee Yang, Steven Shiau. A Derivation of Factors Influencing the Diffusion and Adoption of an Open Source Learning Platform. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (18):7532.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChi-Yo Huang; Hui-Ya Wang; Chia-Lee Yang; Steven Shiau. 2020. "A Derivation of Factors Influencing the Diffusion and Adoption of an Open Source Learning Platform." Sustainability 12, no. 18: 7532.