With the increased glocalization in China, internationalization of education has become trends, requiring teachers to possess intercultural competence. This mixed-methods study aims to investigate the effectiveness of web-based teaching and learning models, particularly the HyFlex model and Gather.town, in fostering intercultural competence among…

This article provides a bibliometric overview of publications on eLearning trends in STE(A)M teaching and learning to give readers a better understanding of the current state of research in the field. The main objective of this study is to provide bibliometric data on publications on online teaching and learning trends for science, technology,…

Online learning emerged as a solution to continue with teaching and learning during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Nonetheless, teaching online consumes considerable time and put pressure on teachers' daily lives. Thus, the internal mechanism of preservice teachers' intention to teach online is analyzed in this study. Specifically, this…

Background: Despite increasing attention on emotional labor in teacher well-being research, person-centered studies are relatively scarce, particularly concerning the emotional labor of online teaching during COVID-19 and its effects on teachers' non-work-related mental health. Objective: This study aims to address these gaps by examining…

The paper compares the effectiveness of the online and blended learning of music during COVID-19. The study involved 140 students from Nanjing Xiaozhuang University in China. The research design: a pre-test and post-test experiment with a control group. The following research findings were obtained: the combination of face-to-face and online…

Drawing upon Frenzel's (2014) framework of appraisals, the current study explored language teachers' emotional experiences and their antecedents in the online teaching context. Moreover, the interrelations between teachers' emotions and their instructional practices were also investigated. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews…

This study investigated how teachers in China perceived the effects of online instruction on mathematics learning and examined the challenges they encountered when the country shifted to online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. We interviewed 152 mathematics teachers from 20 cities (municipalities) or provinces in China and adopted the…

COVID-19 boosted online teaching and yielded a significant amount of valuable data, yet utilizing it for education is a challenge. This study employed the K-means clustering method to analyze the online teaching behavior data of 1147 courses from a local university in East China. As a result, five types of courses with distinct teaching behaviors…

The teaching of foreign students in China has become an important part of online teaching and one of the implementation problems during the epidemic. In order to better understand the online teaching situation and quality of foreign students in China, and to better carry out the online teaching of foreign students in China, this article firstly…

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic during spring semester 2020, teachers and students were forced to engage in online instruction. However, there is little evidence on the feasibility of online physiology teaching. This study demonstrated a 3-wk preliminary online physiology course based on Rain Classroom assisted by the mobile application WeChat.…

Drawing upon Pekrun's (2006) control-value theory of achievement emotions, the present study explores the relations between online teaching factors (i.e., teachers' information and communications technology (ICT) competence and provision of structure) and students' control-value appraisals and achievement emotions (i.e., enjoyment, boredom, and…

This study aims to address this research gap by thoroughly examining the intricate associations between the quality dimensions of web-based collaborative learning systems and student satisfaction toward continued usage of the system. We propose a theoretical model that integrates instructor quality, collaboration quality, and task technology fit…

This study explores an instructor's self-directed use of web-based learning to complement his students' learning needs. The study drew on qualitative analyses of a Chinese university English reading instructor's reflections and interviews, his students' reflections, and his field notes of the students' learning. The study shows that although the…

Despite the growing body of literature on the structural problems of emergency remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic, far too little empirical research has been conducted on university academics' challenges in online pedagogy and what is needed to facilitate their teaching during a time of educational crisis. Thus, this study selects a…

Background: In a context where synchronous online teaching has become a new trend of instruction for online education due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is valuable and insightful to examine what factors contribute to teachers' satisfaction with synchronous online teaching. Objective: Informed by the technology acceptance model (TAM), this study…