In general, teaching languages can prove difficult to most without suitable teaching materials and instructors. Fortunately, e-learning courses make student learning of both language and culture easier through information communication technologies.

Learning Culture and Language through ICTs: Methods for Enhanced Instruction offers students, instructors, and researchers an authoritative reference to the current progress of language and cultural e-learning. A high quality collection for libraries and academicians, this book covers pertinent topics such as second language learning and computer learning principles.

Coverage:

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Chinese Calligraphy
Chinese culture
Chinese language
Cultural e-learning
E-Learning
E-learning courses
E-Learning Resources
Game-Based Learning
Information Communication Technologies
International Collaboration

Reviews & Statements

This book offers both students and teachers good language and culture e-learning research resources, furthermore, this book is a forum to give potential teachers and researchers opportunities to suggest and participate in developing upcoming language and culture related e-learning courses.

– Maiga Chang, Athabasca University, Canada

This work offers educators a comprehensive insight into learning culture and language through e-learning. While there are a plethora of works dealing with language and culture, quality works dealing with language and culture in the e-learning classroom are few and far between. We now have this title to fill that gap in both research and practical methods for the e-learning classroom.

– Neil Heffernan, Ehime University, English Education Center, Japan

Learning Culture and Language through ICTs provides an exhaustive source of the diverse approaches involved in culture and language learning through ICTs. This reference volume is a must-have resource for academicians, practitioners, and policymakers alike.

– Bolanle Olaniran, Texas Tech University, USA

Not only does this edited collection explore possibilities into culture, language and ICTs, but it also highlights how the three of them may be blended into practice.

– Vander Viana, Queen's University Belfast

Maiga Chang and Chen-Wo Kuo both have participated in the e-learning National Science and Technology Program in Taiwan. They are knowledgeable researchers and experienced practitioners in the e-learning field. Both they and IGI Global recognize the emergence of a number of innovative instructional methods used in studying cultures and learning languages. This interesting and enlightening book surveys and reviews those methods by experts in the field. I am certain that it will be of value to both teachers and students in teaching and learning languages and cultures.

– Chao-Han Liar, Vice President, Academia Sinica

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Editor/Author Biographies

Dr. Maiga Chang is a Full Professor in the School of Computing Information and Systems at Athabasca University, Canada. His researches mainly focus on game-based learning, training and assessment; mobile learning and ubiquitous learning; museum e-learning; learning behaviour analysis; learning analytics and academic analytics; data mining and artificial intelligence; intelligent agent technology; and, mobile healthcare.

He is now Chair of IEEE Technical Committee of Learning Technology (TCLT, http://tc.computer.org/tclt), an Executive Committee member of Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE, http://www.apsce.net/), Global Chinese Society for Computing in Education (http://gcsce.org/), and Chinese Society for Inquiry Learning (http://csil.linc.hinet.net/). He is also chair of Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning special interest group (SIG) under the TCLT. Dr. Chang was executive chair (2016-2018) and new initiative chair (2015-2016) in the executive board of IEEE Technical Committee of Learning Technology (TCLT) and chair (2016-2017) and co-chair (2014-2015) of APSCE Asia-Pacific Region Game and Toy Enhanced Learning and Society special interest group (SIG).

He is editor in chief of International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (an EI and Web of Science's ESCI journal without publication fee), section editor of Education and Science (a free SSCI Open Access journal), and advisory board member of Journal of Computers and Applied Science Education. He is guest editor of Education and Technology Society (a free SSCI Open Access journal), Multimedia Tools and Applications (an SCI journal), Mathematical Problems in Engineering (an SCI journal), and The Scientific World Journal (an SCI journal). He has also been the guest associate editor of IEEE Technology and Engineering Education, guest editor of International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (a free SSCI Open Access journal without publication fee) and Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning (a free Open Access journal with publication fee covered by APSCE).

Dr. Chang also serves academic international conference events include being program chair of International Conference on Smart Learning Environments (ICSLE 2015, 2018 and 2019), general program chair of IEEE TCLT flagship conference International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (IEEE ICALT 2017 to 2019), Program Committee Chair of 15th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS 2019), IPC Coordination Co-Chair of International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2018), executive program chair and program co-chair of Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE) in 2017 and 2016, track program chair of Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning in IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies 2014 to 2018, executive chair of GCCCE 2014 sub-conference on Joyful Learning and Society and co-chair for the sub-conference in GCCCE 2013 and 2015, executive chair of ICCE 2014 sub-conference on Game and Toy Enhanced Learning and Society (GTEL&S) and co-chair for the sub-conference in ICCE 2011, 2013 and 2015, advisory board member of IADIS International Conference on Mobile, Hybrid, and On-line Learning (2012~now), steering committee of International Conference on Systems and Networks Communications (2017~2018) and special area chair of pervasive education (2011~2016), program co-chair (2011), general co-chair (2009), and advisory board (2013) of Edutainment, and local chair of IEEE DIGITEL 2008.

He has given more than 85 talks and lectures in different conferences, universities, and events; He has participated in more than 290 international conferences and workshops as a Program Committee Member; and, he also has (co-)authored more than 225 edited books, special issues, book chapters, journal and international conference papers. He is an IEEE member for seventeen years since 1996 and also a member of ACM (2001-2017), AAAI (since 2001-2017), INNS (since 2004), and Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society.

Chen-Wo Kuo is currently in charge of international licensing matters at the National Palace Museum, Taipei (Taiwan). He is a section chief in the marketing and licensing department. He has two Master degrees. One is MBA (master of business administrative) and the other is CIS (Computer Information System). His major studies are related to e-government policy-making, digital archives, e-learning, digital divide, and culture creative industry. Besides that, he is planning how to reform of the institutional image and innovative design value-added business model.

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Editorial Advisory Board

Editorial Advisory Board

Pei-Chiun Che, National Cheng-Chi University, Taiwan

Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan

Neil Heffernan, Ehime University, Japan

Katsunori Kotani, Kansai Gaidai Univeristy, Japan

Chen-Wo Kuo, National Palace Museum, Taiwan

Rita Kuo, Mingdao University, Taiwan

Tzu-Chien Liu, National Central University, Taiwan

Zhenjian Miao, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Bolanle Olaniran,Texas Tech University, USA

Vander Viana, Catholic Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

List of Reviewers

Robert Ariew, University of Arizona, USA

Pei-Chiun Che, National Cheng-Chi University, Taiwan

Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan

Giuseppe Conti, Fondazione Graphitech, Italy

Neil Heffernan, Ehime University, Japan

Jiyou Jia, Beijing University, China

Katsunori Kotani, Kansai Gaidai Univeristy, Japan

Rita Kuo, Mingdao University, Taiwan

Wei-Peng Lien, Shu-Te University, Taiwan

Tzu-Chien Liu, National Central University, Taiwan

Zhenjian Miao, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Bolanle Olaniran, Texas Tech University, USA

Jeremy Palmer, University of Arizona, USA

Eleonora Pantano, University of Calabria, Italy

Lorna Uden, Staffordshire University, UK

Vander Viana, Catholic Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil