Category: 21st Century Skills

Thinking Like and ID: Empowering Students' Ownership of Learning Using an AR-based application

2/15/2019

Perancangan untuk pengendalian bengkel ini sebenarnya telah berlangsung semenjak tahun lepas lagi namun di atas faktor masa dan komitmen yang lain, tarikh bengkel terpaksa dibawa ke tahun 2019. Berbanyak-banyak terima kasih buat kedekanan FST di atas jemputan ini, khususnya PM Dr Azmin, yang secara personal meminang saya ^__^

Melalui bengkel ini, saya berkongsi sedikit maklumat ringkas namun signifikan untuk dihadam oleh setiap yang bergelar pengajar - iaitu tentang Pendekatan Rekabentuk Bersistemik (Systemic Design Approach). Melalui konsep ini, pengajar bertindak sebagai 'doktor' yang bertugas mencari penawar kepada 'penyakit' yang membantutkan pembelajaran pelajar. Sememangnya tidak ada istilah one-size-fits-all apabila kita membincangkan tentang pendekatan dalam aktiviti pembelajaran kerana pelajar kita begitu berbeza dari sudut latar belakang dan prestasi akademik, gaya belajar, malah sikap serta persepsi terhadap sesuatu perkara. Justeru, kepelbagaian ini perlu diraikan dengan harmoni. Untuk menghadirikan situasi yang berpanca warna ini, seorang menuntut ketelitian dan pemikiran kritikal pengajar itu sendiri.

Di sinilah, instructional design memainkan peranan yang memberi panduan kepada proses mengenalpasti masalah sebenar (root couse of the problem), bagaimana mereka bentuk pengalaman pembelajaran dengan mengambil kira kepelbagaian pelajar dan seterusnya membuat penilaian terhadap keberkesanan aktiviti tersebut.

Adalah tidak kurang pentingnya untuk seseorang pengajar berfikiran reflektif bagi membolehkan proses penambahbaikan dilakukan dari semester ke semester.

Segmen kedua pula menyentuh tentang penggunaan Augmented Reality sebagai salah satu aktiviti yang boleh memberi empowerment kepada pelajar dalam menghasilkan sesuatu tugasan sekaligus melalui penglibatan yang berterusan dalam proses tersebut akan meningkatkan kefahaman serta self-esteem mereka.

Terima kasih buat semua rakan pensyarah yang sudi mendengar dan berkongsi pengalaman serta menunjukkan komitmen yang mantap. Mudah-mudahan ada bekal yang berguna, biarpun sedikit namun bermakna!

Augmented Reality for Educational Purposes

8/27/2018

It's undeniable that many researchers had used AR in their teaching and learning and many studies had been done to examine the effects of using AR on students' motivation, self-confidence etc. But it remains unclear of how students can demonstrate their construction of knowledge when they were given a task to develop their own AR project. This is among the issues being discussed during the workshop at Asia Pacific University.

Oh I had a good time conducting the session. What more when all the attendees were so sporting and energetic! Thanks APU for the invitation - particularly Miss Intan, and Dr Tan who showed me the true meaning of hospitality!

Hope to see you again and happy AR-ing everyone! ^__^

Feedly - a content curation tool

1/24/2018

Many of us may have heard about 'content creation' activities .. but 'content curation' might be something alien. This year I was given a chance again to share something handy at Nano Workshop, in conjunction with K-Novasi 2018 (my heartfelt thanks to Pengajaran UKM!) and this time around I chose to talk about Feedly.

It is an online tool (it comes in mobile apps too) that all of us can gain benefits from. All this while, I myself was more familiar with Storify - another cool content curation tool. Unfortunately I recently learned that this application will no longer be accessible starting from May, 16 :(

I have came across Feedly few months ago and gave it a try. I was amazed upon knowing how easy and practical this tool is. It helps us to reorganize the websites and sources that we frequently refer to and keep them in one place. Users may choose any sources that they want to read later and put the 'read later' label and all the labelled sources will fall under 'Read Later' menu. What a great tool!

And yes, alternatively, users may integrate Feedly with Pocket, another smart app that can be used as a 'read later' site. I have Pocket on my smartphone too, so whenever I am on the go and have much time, I will go to Pocket and start reading the sources that I wanted to. So why don't you give it a try?

Happy curating guys! ^___^

Nano Workshop 2018

1/5/2018

Bismillah .. I shall start this very new year with a Nano Workshop in conjunction with K-Novasi 2018. This time around, I will be sharing tips and related theories and approaches on how to develop students' sense of agency through content curation activities.

See you there!

Thank you and Happy AR-ing!

11/9/2017

Alhamdulillah all praise to Allah The Almighty who gave us a time to gather and experience the process of developing Augmented Reality material! I am truly thankful for your attendance and resilience to be there until the end of the session. Congratulations! You can now claim yourself as AR developers! ^__^ Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any queries!

Piktochart Embassador

9/26/2017

Semenjak tiga tahun yang lepas saya banyak menggunakan Piktochart untuk menghasilkan bahan misalnya banner atau poster khususnya untuk hebahan bengkel-bengkel e-pembelajaran yang dilaksanakan di bawah e-portfolio Penyelaras Pembelajaran. Piktochart merupakan satu software dalam talian yang boleh digunakan secara percuma atau boleh juga dinaiktaraf kepada versi profesional. Pengguna yang mempunyai akaun profesional memperoleh banyak faedah misalnya setiap projek /bahan yang dihasilkan boleh dimuatturun dalama pelbagai format - PDF, PNG, JPEG malah saiz juga bleh diubahsuai mengikut keperluan. Hal ini tidak diperoleh bagi mereka yang menggunakan akaun versi percuma. Namun, saya kira bagi para pelajar, versi percuma juga sudah memadai. So please do not worry if you can't afford to subscribe a pro version! You can still create good ones!

Saya ingin merakamkan jutaan terima kasih kepada syarikat Piktochart yang telah sudi melantik saya sebagai Campus Embassador dan salah satu tugasnya adalah melaksanakan latihan/kursus pendek tentang Piktochart. ALhamdulillah 21 September 2017 menjadi saksi kepada projek PiktoTourBangi dapat dijalankan dengan sempurna.

Terima kasih buat semua yang telah hadir -pelajar prasiswazah dan sizawah FPend, serta pelajar-pelajar dan pensyarah-pensyarah dari fakulti lain. Terima kasih juga Piktochart kerana memberikan kod percuma untuk menikmati versi profesional selama sebulan buat semua peserta!

xoxo

PiktoTour Registration

9/18/2017

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A must attend session

3/29/2017

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Nano Workshop - K Novasi UKM 2017

2/18/2017

Alhamdulillah I am so humbled and honoured to be given a chance to handle one of the nano workshops during UKM's 2017 K-Novasi Carnival. The topic was on Using Trello for Effective Supervision. I didn't expect a large crowd in that room though, but when I saw the seats were almost fully occupied, I gained more strength to share with the hope that my audience will find the benefits of using Trello - as much as I already did.

I started the session with displaying a video that I developed on hybrid supervision - the one that I prepared for Innovation Day at my faculty. Following that, I demonstrated how I used Trello to manage the supervision with my postgraduate students. The importance of having a sound understanding on the process in cultivating a community of practice was also touched.

The time given was limited, hence I couldn't have a time to show how the Trello mobile apps works. Anyway, I do hope that everybody enjoyed the sharing session and more importantly each of you will start using Trello in your daily practice. Don't miss the enjoyment and excitement! ^__^

How Has Social Media Impacted Learning?

12/9/2016

How has Social Media impacted learning?
Hmm .. it is quite interesting to have a discourse on this topic, right?
But before that - let us check on our conception of learning .. and how do we define knowledge? And what do we mean by Social Media. Does it relate to merely Facebook, Twitter and Instagram?

Everybody has their own learning experience and different style of how they use Social Media. it is quite inspiring to hear a story from Mrs Fadzleen on how she 'survived' in teaching using radio alone when she was first posted to a school in Johor.

Yeahh booo : an audio-technique to measure level of responds was introduced by Brother Zaid Ali Al-Sagoff. A very interesting technique as well! Oh how I wish the magic stick is available now so that I can use it in my own classrooms!

Two sharing sessions by Prof Dr Supyan and Assoc. Prof. Dr Raihanah was really insightful! It was amazing to listen to their stories on how they use TG and WhatsApp as their media for interaction. Something to reflect on my own practice as well!

Alhamdulillah I was so contented with the input I gained from this seminar. It was a bless to have a chance to gather with big people in e-learning indeed!

My special thanks to Prof Dato' Dr Mohamed Amin Embi for inviting me to this awesome symposium. I felt so honoured to be part of the forum penalist. I also learned how to improve myself in giving public speaking and throw out ideas spontaneously.

Hope everybody enjoyed the moments and congratulations to all winnning groups! You did awesome!!!!