Over the last several years, the growing accessibility of VR has shifted its application from military and aviation to education as it provides the capability to create immersive learning experiences (Buń et al., 2017). However, VR simulations have mostly been used in the educational curriculum of “hard sciences” or the STEM disciplines (for a review, see Merchant et al., 2014). Most notable educational applications of VR have been used in medicine and science (e.g., Arora et al., 2014; Lindgren et al., 2016). This study develops and tests a VR marketing simulation designed for a second-year marketing unit at an Australian university. Within their respective tutorials, 150 students will experience the simulations and tutorial presentation on a pre-assigned topic in their marketing curriculum. A within-subject experimental design will be adopted to examine the feasibility of the simulation, which is measured by : (1) immersion; (2) e-learning enjoyment; (3) learning self-efficacy; (4) learning attitude; (5) intention to use; (6) student engagement; and (7) knowledge-based learning performance.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a problem-based simulation education program on nursing student’s academic achievement, academic efficacy, and clinical performance skills. Methods: This study examined a group of nursing students using the pretest-posttest test design. Second year pediatric nursing students studying the practical subject Integrated Simulation at S University in K region were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire before and after using a problem-based simulation education program. In addition to using SPSS/WIN 21.0 for descriptive analysis, the data was analyzed using independent t-test, repeated measures ANOVA and Pearson- correlation. Results: After completing the simulation education program, participants showed statistically higher academic achievement (t = -5.795, p < .001) and clinical performance skills (t = -3.835, p = <.001) than before. However, there was no significant difference in academic efficacy score(t=-.217, p=.829). Conclusion: The results from this study indicate that lessons with various methods and content should be developed to –evaluate both theoretical knowledge and clinical performance skills. In addition, there is a need to develop a standard evaluation.

A conceptual paper is developed in regards to the influences of institutional research, word-of-mouth (via internal students and faculties), quality signaling (to external prospect students and stakeholders as potential customers), and customer relationship management, on student recruitment performance as a special form of customer decision. Grounded on the marketing communication perspective, we propose that the student recruitment performance is largely affected by word-of-mouth, quality signaling, and customer relationship management as strategic marketing communications, which are facilitated by institutional research. Institutional research is interpreted as a strategic marketing tool that can help identify, communicate, and visualize the strengths of a university. The conceptual model contributes to the search for marketing mechanisms through which institutional research can generate impact to external stakeholders. Formal propositions and their implications for future, larger-scaled surveys were discussed. From a non-profit organization’s marketing perspective, higher education institutions (HEIs) promote itself by actively communicating the strengths, features, unique positions, and so forth, to its internal and external “customers,” including existing and prospect students and parents, the surrounding community, and governmental units (Kotler, 1982; Licata & Frankwick, 1996). For example, the decision making of that a prospect student in determining if s/he is attending a college can be treated as a cognitive psychological process involving the interaction between a college’s quality signaling and a customer’s evaluation of that signaled quality. Put differently, the “customer decisions” of whether accepting services sold from an university can depend on the result of university-stakeholders communications. With the extant progress in educational theory and practices by adopting a marketing perspective, there are significant unresolved issues in research and practices that warrant more systematic investigation. Knowing the importance of marketing communication, for example, what is the foundation for universities to communicate with internal and external stakeholders? Through what mechanisms and occasions can universities communicate with and signal to stakeholders? To respond to such gaps in the literature, WE propose that institutional research of a university (Knight et al., 1997; Jedamus & Peterson, 1980) plays a role of strategic communication in facilitating internal and external stakeholder communication, engagement, and cognition building. Overall, the propositions include the following. Proposition 1. Institutional research outcomes (i.e., created knowledge) generates significant impacts on students recruitment performance Proposition 2. The impacts of institutional research on student recruitment performance is mediated by strategic marketing mechanisms, including quality signaling, word-of-mouth, and customer relationship management Proposition 3. Quality signaling, word-of-mouth, and customer relationship management intervene interactively on the effects of institutional research on student recruitment

記敍文是香港非華語學生學習中文的基礎文類。本研究以60位分別接受主流中文課程和調適中文課程的非華語學生為對象，選取他們參加香港大學「學生支援計劃」的記敍文前測和後測共120 篇文章，以系統功能語言學為理論框架，分析學生在通篇層次、句子層次和字詞層次的表現，藉此比較兩組非華語學生中文書寫能力的差異，並探究「學生支援計劃」提昇非華語學生中文水平的成效。

The study investigates the effects of online instructional facilitator’s qualities on student performance of online class activities. The study explores the roles of instructional facilitators who may influence student performance of online class activities and their academic achievement. The study employs a set of aggregated data from 1,362 subjects and 10 facilitators who participated in multiple online classes. The results of independent samples t-test reveal that the student performance in online classes has no association with facilitators’ educational background or academic degree, as well as demographic characteristics, student evaluation records and instructional achievement. The results of multiple regression analysis show that the facilitator engagement has a positive relation to the enhancement of student interaction, reading discussion messages, and the quality of discussion messages in online discussions. The results of correlation analysis show that the facilitator engagement has a positive impact on both increasing the number of reading discussion messages and enhancing the quality of discussion messages. The facilitator engagement increases the quantity of reading discussion postings and enhances the quality of discussion messages, which would be a substantial contribution to student performance by facilitators. The findings suggest that student performance and academic achievement in online classes are not independent of facilitator engagement.

The paper examines the impact of proctoring environments on student performance in two different exam proctoring environments: online versus offline proctored exams. This study employs a set of aggregated data from 1,762 students over the eight-year period from 2009 to 2016 in a university. Although there were nine courses offered, they could have been counted more than once as students may appear several times to take exams for different courses. This study employs independent samples t-test and regression analysis to compare the means of two independent groups and to test the hypothesis. The results of the independent samples t-test and the regression analysis indicate that there is no difference in the mean scores of exams and, therefore, the findings suggest that the exam proctoring environment is unlikely related to student performance even when students take their exams either in online proctoring or offline proctoring environments. This study concludes that the proctoring environment unlikely results in a statistically significant difference of exam scores and, thus, the exam proctoring environment does not appear to cause any change in student performance. The findings suggest that the exam proctoring environments does not appear to impact on student academic achievements and assessments.

본 연구의 목적은 IPA를 활용하여 학교현장 실습 전· 후 예비유아교사의 교사역량 중요도와 실행역량에 대한 인식을 분석하는 것이다. 연구의 대상은 D시에 위치한 4년제 대학교 유아교육과 4학년 106명(A대학 40명, B 대학 66명)이다. 이를 위해 교사역량 질문지를 사용하여 중요도와 실행역량의 평균과 표준편차를 구하고 빈도분석과 IPA분석을 실시하였다. 자료 분석 결과, 유아와 직접적인 상호작용, 교육과정과 수업계획, 일과운영, 교사로서의 열정은 학교현장실습 전과 후, 중요도와 실행역량 인식이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 실습 후에는 국가수준 교육과정에 근거한 계획, 교직윤리관 형성이 중요도와 실행역량을 높게 인식하였다. 유아관찰과 평가, 건강과 영양지도, 실습 후 교육활동 목표 내용 평가와 문서양식에 적합한 내용 기술, 지역사회 기관, 전문가와의 협력 역량은 개선과 노력이 필요한 것으로 나타났으며, 평가방법, 평가결과 기록, 평가의 활용, 가족과 지역사회와의 관계에 대한 역량은 중요도와 실행역량 인식이 모두 낮게 나타났다. 실습전과 후에 모두 실행역량에 대한 인식이 높고 상대적인 중요도는 낮게 인식한 역량은 다양한 흥미영역 구성이었으며, 국가수준 교육과정에 근거한 계획과 목표 유아흥미 개선이 포함된 마무리와 평가는 유지 또는 개선이 필요한 역량으로 변화하였다. 이러한 결과를 중심으로 유아교원 양성 교육과정에서 학교현장실습 전 교육과 실습 후 어떠한 교육과 지원방안이 필요한지에 대한 시사점을 제공하고자 한다.

이 연구는 학생의 이주배경과 지역사회의 이주민 밀집도에 따른 교육격차를 살펴보기 위한 것이다. 사회해체이론(social disorganization theory) 관점에서 지역사회의 이주민 밀집도가 학생의 교육경험에 부정적 주변효과(neighborhood effect)로 작용할 개연성을 검토하고, 그 효과가 학생의 이주배경에 따라 차이를 보이는지 살펴보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 서울과 경기지역 1,472명의 학생 조사 자료에 지역사회 변수들을 통합하여 학업성취도의 편차를 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 지역의 이주민 밀집도가 높을수록 뚜렷한 학력저하 현상이 발견되었다. 또한 이러한 부적 관계는 이주배경 학생에 비해 비이주배경 학생에게서 더욱 뚜렷하게 나타났다. 이는 이주민 밀집도의 부정적 주변효과에 더 크게 영향을 받는 집단이 이주배경 학생이라기보다 오히려 비이주배경 학생임을 의미한다. 이에 따라 다문화정책 추진 과정에서 이주민 밀집지역 내 비이주배경 학생의 교육적 취약성은 상대적으로 간과되고 있다는 문제점을 제기할 수 있다.