Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning (RPTEL), the official journal of the Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE), has published over 50 academic research papers since its first issue came out in 2006. To uphold the objective of the Society—To promote the conduct and dissemination of research employing the use of computing technologies in education within the Asia-Pacific region and internationally, APSCE decided to switch its official journal to an online format for free access for all starting from 2011. Herewith, we would like to express our great thanks to World Scientific Publishing Co. (WSPC), the previous publisher of RPTEL, for allowing us to make all RPTEL papers accessible at our official website. Past issues (Volumes 1-5) can still be accessed by subscribers at http://www.worldscinet.com/rptel/.

RPTEL published papers are listed as follows.

Volume:6

■ No. 1 (March 2011)

Editor's Introduction

Exploring Teaching Approaches in Blended Learning
Allan H.K. Yuen

Designing a Desktop Virtual Reality-Based Learning Environment with Emotional Consideration
Kee-Man Chuah, Chwen-Jen Chen and Chee-Siong Teh

Comparing Learners' Affect While Using an Intelligent Tutor and an Educational Game
Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo and Ryan S. J. D. Baker

■ No. 2 (July 2011)

Editor's Introduction

SCROLL: Supporting to Share and Reuse Ubiquitous Learning Log in the Context of Language Learning
Hiroaki Ogata, Mengmeng Li, Bin Hou, Noriko Uosaki, Moushir M. El-Bishouty and Yoneo Yano

Development and Evaluation of a New Presentation Software Program (CodEx) for Teaching Programming Code
Hidekazu Kaminishi and Masao Murota

Predicting Student Emotions Resulting from Appraisal of ITS Feedback
Paul Salvador Inventado, Roberto Legaspi, Merlin Suarez and Masayuki Numao


Volume:5

■ No. 1 (March 2010)

Mixed Approach for Item Selection in E-Testing
Chi-Keung Leung

Preliminary Evaluation of a Negotiable Student Model in a Constraint-Based ITS
David Thomson and Antonija Mitrovic

Integrating Weblogs in a Pedagogy Model for Enhancing Students' Critical Thinking Skills
Kai-Ming Li

■ No. 2 (July 2010)

Exploring the Role of Academic Blogs in a Blended Community: An Integrative Approach
Liping Deng and Allan H. K. Yuen

Knowledge Creating Inquiry in a Distributed Project-Management Course
Hanni Muukkonen, Minna Lakkala, Jyrki Kaistinen and Göte Nyman

A Constraint-Based Furniture Design Critic
Yeonjoo Oh, Mark D Gross, Suguru Ishizaki and Ellen Yi-Luen Do

Measuring Self-Regulated Learning Skills through Social Interactions in a Teachable Agent Environment
Gautam Biswas, Hogyeong Jeong, John S. Kinnebrew, Brian Sulcer and Rod Roscoe

■ No. 3 (November 2010)

Toward a Design Framework for International Peer Discussions: Taking Advantage of Disparate Perspectives on Socio-Scientific Issues
James D. Slotta and Doris Jorde

Process Support for Collaborative Inquiry Learning
Niels Pinkwart, Andreas Harrer and Markus Kuhn

Facilitating Learning from Computer-Supported Collaborative Inquiry: The Challenge of Directing Learners' Interactions to Useful Ends
Isabel Braun and Nikol Rummel

Simulation as Science Discovery: Ways of Interactive Meaning-Making
Anders Kluge and Sven Magne Bakken

Using Posting Templates for Enhancing Students' Argumentative Elaborations in Computer-Supported Collaborative Inquiry Learning
Morris S. Y. Jong, Weiqin Chen, Alex W. C. Tse, Fong-Lok Lee and Jimmy H. M. Lee

Volume:4

■ No. 1 (March 2009)

Mobile Devices for Language Learning: Multimedia Approaches
Samuel R. H. Joseph and Maria Uther

Personalized and Contextualized Language Learning: Choose When, Where and What
Sobah Abbas Petersen, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz and Sondre Skaug Bjornebekk

Context-Aware Writing in Ubiquitous Learning Environments
Tzung-Shi Chen, Cheng-Sian Chang, Jeng-Shian Lin and Hui-Ling Yu

MOTEL: A Mobile Learning Framework for Geo-Tagging and Explorations of Sites for Learning
Rune Baggetun

■ No. 2 (July 2009)

Providing Group Knowledge Awareness in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: Insights into Learning Mechanisms
Jessica Dehler, Daniel Bodemer, Jurgen Buder and Friedrich W. Hesse

Key Aspects of Computer Assisted Vocabulary Learning (CAVL): Combined Effects of Media, Sequencing and Task Type
Samuel R. H. Joseph, Yukiko Watanabe, Yi-Jiun Shiung, Bosun Choi and Cody Robbins

Wise Technology Lessons: Moving from a Local Proprietary System to a Global Open Source Framework
James D. Slotta and Turadg Aleahmad

■ No. 3 (November 2009)

Convergence of Data Sources in the Analysis of Complex Learning Environments
Susanne P. Lajoie, Genevieve Gauthier and Jingyan Lu

Integrating Collaboration and Intelligent Tutoring Data in the Evaluation of a Reciprocal Peer Tutoring Environment
Erin Walker, Nikol Rummel and Kenneth R. Koedinger

Visual Representation of a Multidimensional Coding Scheme for Understanding Technology-Mediated Learning about Complex Natural Systems
Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver, Lei Liu and Rebecca Jordan

Using a Contingency Graph to Discover Representational Practices in an Online Collaborative Environment
Richard Medina and Dan Suthers

Volume:3

■ No. 1 (March 2008)

Assessing the Assessors: Added Value in Web-Based Multi-Cycle Peer Assessment in Higher Education
Yael Kali and Miky Ronen

Designing Pedagogical Infrastructures in University Courses for Technology-Enhanced Collaborative Inquiry
Minna Lakkala, Hanni Muukkonen, Sami Paavola and Kai Hakkarainen

Knowledge Labels and Their Correlates in an Asynchronous Text-Based Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Environment: Who Uses and Who Benefits?
Lina Markauskaite, Louise M. Sutherland and Sarah K. Howard

■ No. 2 (July 2008)

Forms of Learning in Collaborative Video Game Play
Matthew J. Sharritt

Using Learning Environment Attributes to Evaluate the Impact of ICT on Learning in Schools
C. Paul Newhouse and Barnard D. Clarkson

Cultural Considerations in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
Ravi K. Vatrapu

■ No. 3 (November 2008 )

The Role of Mobile Devices in Facilitating Collaborative Inquiry in situ
Yvonne Rogers and Sara Price

Handheld Computers as Cognitive Tools: Technology-Enhanced Environmental Learning
Wenli Chen, Nicholas Yew Lee Tan, Chee-Kit Looi, Baohui Zhang and Peter Sen Kee Seow

Applying Web Page Adaptation Technique to the Augmentation of Mobile Learning
Stephen J. H. Yang, Jia Zhang and Angus F. M. Huang

Physical Activities and Playful Learning Using Mobile Games
Daniel Spikol and Marcelo Milrad

A Framework for Capturing, Sharing and Comparing Learning Experiences in a Ubiquitous Learning Environment
Hiroaki Ogata, Toru Misumi, Tsuyoshi Matsuka, Moushir M. El-Bishouty and Yoneo Yano

Volume:2

■ No. 1 (March 2007)

Embodiment, Embeddedness, and Experience: Game-Based Learning and the Construction of Identity
Yam San Chee

Integrating Learning Processes across Boundaries of Media, Time and Group Scale
H. Ulrich Hoppe

Designing Formative Assessment Software with Teachers: An Analysis of the Co-Design Process
William R. Penuel, Jeremy Roschelle and Nicole Shechtman

Supporting Senior Citizens Using the Internet in China
Wei Zhou, Takami Yasuda and Shigeki Yokoi

■ No. 2 (July 2007)

Empowering Teachers to Evolve Media Enriched Classroom Scenarios
Andreas Lingnau, Andreas Harrer, Markus Kuhn and H. Ulrich Hoppe

An Activity System Analysis of a Tripartite Technology-Supported Partnership for School Reform
Daniel D. Suthers, Joyce Yukawa and Violet H. Harada

The Role of Expert and Novice Tutors in Computer Mediated and Face-To-Face Problem-Based Learning
Joerg Zumbach and Peter Spraul

■ No. 3 (November 2007)

Special Issue on Learning Communities

Connecting Adult Learners with an Online Community: Challenges and Opportunities
Liping Deng and Allan H. K. Yuen

The Artifact Project — History, Science, and Design Inquiry in Technology Enhanced Learning at Elementary Level
Kaiju Kangas, Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen and Kai Hakkarainen

Bricoleurs and Planners Engaging in Scientific Reasoning: A Tale of Two Groups in One Learning Community
Tamara L. Clegg and Janet L. Kolodner

The Evolution of an Online Community — A Case Study
Suzanne Riverin and Elizabeth Stacey

Portfolios as Boundary Object: Learning and Change in Teacher Education
Cecilie Flo Jahreie and Sten R. Ludvigsen

Volume:1

■ No. 1 (March 2006)

One-To-One Technology-Enhanced Learning: An Opportunity for Global Research Collaboration
Tak-Wai Chan, Jeremy Roschelle, Sherry Hsi, Kinshuk, Mike Sharples, Tom Brown, Charles Patton, John Cherniavsky, Roy Pea, Cathie Norris, Elliot Soloway, Nicolas Balacheff, Marlene Scardamalia, Pierre Dillenbourg, Chee-Kit Looi, Marcelo Milrad and Ulrich Hoppe

Supporting Self-Directed Learners and Learning Communities with Sociotechnical Environments
Gerhard Fischer and Masanori Sugimoto

Supporting Reflection on Learning with a Web Environment in Australian Preservice Teacher Education Classes
Garry F. Hoban

■ No. 2 (July 2006)

Regular Papers

Sustaining Group Cognition in a Math Chat Environment
Gerry Stahl

A Qualitative Analysis of Collaborative Knowledge Construction through Shared Representations
Daniel D. Suthers

Special Issue on International Perspectives on Information Technologies and the Future of Schooling

Special Feature Editor's Introduction
Daniel D. Suthers

Information Technologies and the Future of Schooling in the United States
Richard Halverson and Allan Collins

Rethinking Curriculum: Achieving Qualitatively Different Outcomes Using Information Technologies
Shirley Alexander

Leveraging Technology for Educational Reform and Pedagogical Innovation: Policies and Practices in Hong Kong and Singapore
Nancy Law

Centralized System in Japan May Suffer from Additional Factors like the Language Divide: Comments on Halverson & Collins
Naomi Miyake

Diffusion of Information Technology for Education in Taiwan: Reflections and Concerns in Response to Halverson and Collins' Paper
Shelley Shwu-Ching Young

A Response to Commentaries by Alexander, Law, Miyake, and Young
Richard Halverson and Allan Collins

■ No. 3 (November 2006)

Special Issue on Multicultural Issues in the Design of Learning Technologies

Multicultural Issues in the Design of Learning Technologies — Guest Editors' Introduction
Carmel Mcnaught and Alan Amory

Framing Writing Support Online for an International Student Population
Rosemary Clerehan

Chinese Learners and Online Discussions: New Opportunities for Multicultural Classrooms
Philippa Gerbic

Ethnocomputing in Tanzania: Design and Analysis of a Contextualized ICT Course
Erkki Sutinen and Mikko Vesisenaho

Cultural Issues in the Sharing and Reuse of Resources for Learning
Allison Littlejohn and Anoush Margaryan

Boundaries and Accountabilities in Computer-Assisted Ethnobotany
Michael Christie

Multiculturalism and Learning Technologies in Adult Basic Education and Training Programs at the University of South Africa
Kofi Poku Quan-Baffour and Maurice Taonezvi Vambe