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The purpose of this study is to develop and test a theoretical model that can be used to predict the influencing factors affecting users' use of healthcare applications. Our research structure model is based on the Attention-Interest-Search-Action-Share (AISAS) model, combined with the indicators of personal intention and social identity, to predict we-intention. The proposed model was tested through a survey of 353 users of healthcare applications from mainland China and Taiwan. Based on the five characteristics of the AISAS model, this study integrates three levels of influencing factors (individual dimension, social dimension, and application design dimension) that affect users' use of healthcare applications. It also verifies that users have both personal intention and we-intention when using healthcare applications. This research contributes to the theoretical development of the AISAS model, we-intention and healthcare applications. Finally, implications for theory and practice and directions for future research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study describes the application of a Web-based portfolio for appreciation and peer assessment for visual-art education in elementary school. Besides examining the effectiveness of the proposed system in enhancing visual art education, this study also addresses how Web-based portfolios can help teachers to assess student learning progress and facilitate peer assessment. The results of questionnaires and interviews shows that the proposed portfolio system can help student learning and the peer assessment component of the proposed portfolio system can help the students' learning in visual-art education in elementary school.

This paper is a study on the perception of physical therapists in Taiwan toward the use of somatosensory games in rehabilitation. The objective is to investigate the influence of physical therapists’ different backgrounds on their rehabilitative treatment experience and their perception toward the application results of somatosensory games in rehabilitation. Physical therapists working in medical institutions located in Taiwan and registering with the Republic of China National Federation of Associations of Physical Therapists were sampled in this study. A total of 328 copies of a questionnaire were administered to the physical therapists, and 262 valid copies were retrieved, achieving the retrieval rate of 79.87%. The chi-square test, contingency correlation, t-test and one-way analysis of variance were performed to analyze the retrieved questionnaires. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]