Peng Zhang

Namseoul University · International Graduate School

Language educators and researchers have shown keen interest in enhancing second language (L2) learners’ reading skills, and recently, more emphasis has been placed on multimodal learning. Multimodal learning theories posit that the confluence of auditory and visual stimuli facilitates learners to establish robust referential connections, and thus i...

This study investigates how Hong Kong high school students enact agency in the context of e-portfolio learning and explores the possibilities and challenges of integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI). The research aims to explore agency and relate a co-design approach for learning e-portfolios with GenAI. The first part of the articl...

As the COVID-19 pandemic fades into the background, higher education institutions think about what they can learn from the vast shift to online teaching and learning-the recent period emphasized the significance of autonomous learning abilities, as students who were skilled in self-regulation were able to cope with the challenges of remote educatio...

Although research has always related e-portfolios to self-regulated learning, recently agency, which includes individual, relational, and contextual domains, has also been highlighted. Likewise, agency has been explored in technological environments that support collaborative and co-design learning processes. This study, investigating the enactment...

This study performs a pilot validation of the Co-PIRS model., a co-design paradigm for integrating e-portfolios into learning environments and addressing students’ agency, organizing roles into four phases. This paper examines the model's effectiveness by exploring learners' satisfaction with the co-design approach, their evaluation of each Co-PIRS...

In educational research, learner agency is often regarded as a key component of student-centered pedagogy, yet its manifestation within ePortfolio co-design learning environments remains insuffi- ciently mapped. This paper addresses this gap by quantitatively examining the domains of agency enacted by high school students engaged in ePortfolio co-d...

El libro “Paisajes de aprendizaje: enfrentando desafíos con tecnologías di-gitales” aborda diferentes temáticas de interés para profesionales y estu-diantes de la educación y, en general, para cualquier persona interesada en conocer experiencias educativas que tienen como punto en común la implementación de la tecnología. A través de 19 capítulos s...

This systematic review, adhering to the PRISMA framework, investigated the utilisation of ChatGPT, a language model developed by OpenAI, throughout Kindergarten to 12th grade (K-12) educational settings. The review synthesises findings from 13 selected papers, encompassing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis of Cha...

This qualitative study investigates senior high school students' perceptions of their agency's resources in three agency domains: individual, contextual, and relational, in an e-portfolio learning context. A semi-structured interview was conducted with a purposeful sample of senior high school students, and the acquired data were thematically analy...

As the globe gradually entered the post-pandemic phase, electronic portfolio practises during the COVID-19 pandemic should be examined for future implementation. During the lockdown, electronic portfolio use was observed in higher education institutions by urging the provision of teaching and learning in a virtual mode. Under these conditions, the...

As the world transitions into a post-pandemic stage, it is important to examine the use of e-portfolios during the COVID-19 pandemic and consider their implications for future implementation. The pandemic has highlighted the need for virtual modes of teaching and learning, making e-portfolios a valuable tool in higher education institutions. Beside...

Education institutions are rethinking their approaches as the world adjusts to a new normal after the pandemic. The e-Portfolio, an emerging tool in education that suits the current context, was reviewed in the study to aspire for better future implementation. Numerous studies have broadly investigated e-portfolios’ use in teaching, learning, or as...

Numerous studies have explored e-portfolio implementation research in-depth; it has grown in popularity and become widespread. This study conducted a comprehensive review of the current secondary literature on the use of e-portfolios in education in order to narrow down the considerable volume of research, develop new knowledge, and further offer i...

Los estudios sobre portafolios electrónicos en educación han ganado en popularidad y se han vuelto frecuentes. En esta circunstancia, este trabajo analizó a fondo la literatura secundaria existente sobre el uso de los portafolios electrónicos en la educación para sintetizar la gran cantidad de investigación existente. Este estudio recopiló 12 publi...

This mixed-method empirical study investigated the role of learning strategies and motivation in predicting L2 Chinese learning outcomes in an online multimodal learning environment. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches also examined the learners' perspectives on online multimodal Chinese learning. The participants in this study were fiftee...

Running satellite campuses in different locations is a regular feature in Chinese society nowadays due to the combined result of the complexities in enrolling students, the restricted scale of schooling, geographical limitations, and government policies. With the Reform and Opening-up, some of China's underdeveloped cities have become new economic...

This research has investigated the associations among strategy use, language learning aptitude and motivation and their impact on predicting the development of listening skills of Spanish-Catalan bilingual beginner learners studying Chinese. The participants were 13 Spanish-Catalan bilingual students majoring in International Business and Tourism i...