Blar i ODA Open Digital Archive på forfatter "Jian, Hua-Li"
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Cultural factors influencing Taiwanese and Norwegian engineering students’ choice of university
Jian, Hua-Li; Sandnes, Frode Eika; Huang, Yo-Ping; Huang, Yueh-Min (European Journal of Engineering Education;35 (2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-05)Insight into factors that affect students’ choice of university is useful when designing study programmes, especially in global competition for students. This study focuses on Taiwanese and Norwegian students’ preferences ... -
Experiences Teaching Norwegian Engineering Students from a Taiwanese Perspective
Jian, Hua-Li (International journal of engineering education;27 (2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This paper presents the experiences and observations of a Taiwanese scholar teaching engineering students in Norway for one semester. Many important cultural differences were found both in terms of student behaviour and ... -
On English Speakers Ability to Communicate Emotion in Mandarin
Jian, Hua-Li (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The ability of Mandarin learners to express emotion in Mandarin has received little attention. This study examines how English L1 users express emotions in Mandarin and how this expression differs from that of Mandarin ... -
Sketching with Chinese Calligraphy
Sandnes, Frode Eika; Jian, Hua-Li (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-11)Sketches and hand drawn paper prototypes have become popular tools – they are quick to make, inexpensive and cannot be mistaken for the final product. When little effort is needed to draw, it is easier to discard drawings ... -
Speech Driven by Artificial Larynx: Potential Advancement Using Synthetic Pitch Contours
Jian, Hua-Li (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-18)Despite a long history of development, the speech qualities achieved with artificial larynx devices are limited. This paper explores recent advances in prosodic speech processing and technology and assesses their potentials ... -
Studies or Leisure? : a Cross-cultural Comparison of Taiwanese and Norwegian Engineering Students' Preferences for University Life
Jian, Hua-Li; Sandnes, Frode Eika; Huang, Yo-Ping; Huang, Yueh-Min; Hagen, Simen (International journal of engineering education;26 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)An insight into students' preferences and expectations of life at university is useful when trying to understand drop-out percentages and design study programs, especially in the global competition for students. This ... -
Towards harmonious East-West educational partnerships: a study of cultural differences between Taiwanese and Norwegian engineering students
Jian, Hua-Li; Sandnes, Frode Eika; Huang, Yo-Ping; Huang, Yueh-Min; Hagen, Simen (Asia Pacific Education Review;11 (4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-07)The collaboration activities between educational institutions in the East and the West are on the increase as an increasingly globalized economy requires graduates to have the skills to work across cultural divides. Such ... -
User Interface Design for Public Kiosks : an Evaluation of the Taiwan High Speed Rail Ticket Vending Machine
Sandnes, Frode Eika; Jian, Hua-Li; Huang, Yo-Ping; Huang, Yueh-Min (Journal of information science and engineering;26 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Low hardware costs and high staffing costs have resulted in an increase in public information and transaction kiosks. Ticket vending machines are one important subset of such kiosks. These machines must offer efficient ...