 Pecutan 10 Terakhir Ramadhan. Begitulah kupasan tazkirah pada pagi tadi sebagai makanan rohani buat semua. Disampaikan oleh Da'i Hadhari, seorang penceramah muda yang energetik dan tidak kurang lawaknya menyebabkan audiens tidak kering gusi. Antara inti utama yang menjadi peringatan buat semua - tiga perkara yang seringkali menyebabkan umat Islam rugi apabila menjelangnya Ramadhan: a) Kurangnya bersedekah b) Tidak melaksanakan solat sunat 2 rakaat c) TIdak membaca Al-Quran Satu peringatan penting yang membuatkan diri bermuhasabah. Terima kasih Da'i Hadhari di atas perkongsian ilmu tersebut. Syabas pihak PKP di atas inisiatif untuk majlis ilmu yang bermakna ini. Barakamullah ...  
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 Life has to go on. Itulah. Setiap yang datang pastikan pergi dan begitulah kitarannya dalam hidup ini. Pengarah kami, setelah lebih sepuluh tahun menerajui PKP akhirnya terpaksa pergi juga. Kami akur dengan ketetapan ini, meskipun saya secara peribadi merasakan bahawa masih terlalu banyak perkara yang ingin saya pelajari daripada Prof Norhamidi. Jumaat lepas merupakan momen terakhir untuk kami bersama dalam masyuarat pengurusan. Sekadar menitip coretan di sini sebagai kenangan di masa akan datang. Apapun, setinggi-tinggi tahniah diucapkan kepada Prof di atas perlantikan sebagai Pro-Naib Canselor (Penjanaan & Prasarana)! Semoga terus cemerlang dalam menjalankan amanah!    Alhamdulillah, hari ini telah berlangsung Audit Lokasi Secara Maya untuk Akreditasi Sementara Program ODL sulung kami. Dua program terlibat adalah Sarjana Pendidikan dalam Teknologi Pendidikan dan Sarjana Pendidikan dalam Pengajaran Bahasa Inggeris Sebagai Bahasa Kedua. Apa yang boleh dikatakan .. sesi sekitar 2 jam penuh dengan debaran dan pengharapan. Saya nampak kesungguhan semua ahli memberikan yang terbaik. Manakan tidak, usaha yang telah dicurahkan selama berbulan-bulan lamanya akhirnya sampai jua ke saat yang dinantikan. Meskipun laporan penuh belum kami terima, namun saya bermunajat kepada-Nya agar proses akreditasi sementara untuk program sulung ODL ini berjalan lancar. Setinggi-tinggi penghargaan buat Dr Effendi, KJK Fakulti Pendidikan di kerana menjadi hos yang tersangatlah awesomenya! You are the best Fendi! :) Sekalung penghargaan yang tidak terhingga juga buat YBhg. Prof Dato’ Dr. Norazah Mohd Nordin, Dekan FPend yang telah membuat pembukaan majlis. Terima kasih semua ahli panel penilai, serta PM Dr. Dalbir Singh, Pn Hidayu dan Cik Hafizah dari PJK yang turut hadir. Terima kasih juga PM Dr Zainol selaku KJK PKP kami :) Sesi ini sesungguhnya tidak akan menjadi kenyataan tanpa sinergi daripada semua. Setinggi-tinggi tahniah buat Dr Hazrati selaku Penyelaras Program Sarjana Teknologi Pendidikan dan Dr Maslawati selaku Penyelaras Program Sarjana TESL. You have done a great job !! And of course, not to be forgotten - my ODL team: Nurziyanti our program manager and Sheril our Instructional Designer for your endless commitment and hardwork! To our CC team: Khairul, Zaidi and Hashim - keep up the great job! All the graphics are beautifully created! Alhamdulillah thummalhamdullillah! Kepala buntu untuk mengulas lebih lanjut. Pulang semalam juga dengan kepala kosong. Saya masuk ke peraduan lebih awal dan tidur juga lena!     Alhamdulillah, our ODL team managed to conduct another workshop to facilitate the module writing process to all subject matter experts from the Faculty of Education. This time around, we had a chance to have a face-to-face session at Bangi Resort Hotel. It was unfortunate that I had flu a day before the date :( I decided not to attend the workshop, as I know my presence might create an unease atmosphere for the attendees. Adhere to the SOP first, peeps! Time flies so fast, and I know that it is not easy to complete the module writing within a short period. For that, I admire the commitment shown by all the module writers; despite a hectic schedule - classes, supervision, plus research activities - they dedicated their precious and valuable time to sit down for a whole day to continue with the writing process. Bravo to our Program Manager -Yanti, and our instructional designer - Sheril, for your diligence and enthusiasm throughout the day! Let's have Japanese cuisine together after the Raya!         It's a throwback! How could I miss the news! Jadi saya parkir sahaja di sini untuk kenang-kenangan. Entah bagaimana terjumpa artikel yang telah diterbitkan sekian lama, sejurus selepas acara Anugerah Bitara UKM 2018 dijalankan!          It's UKM's 48th convocation!
Following the new norm and strict Standard Operation Procedure (SOP), alhamdulillah, we managed to attend another historical event this year after a few postponements. Konvokesyen merupakan acara tahunan yang penting dalam meraikan kejayaan para graduan UKM khususnya daripada fakulti sendiri - Fakulti Pendidikan. Sekalung tahniah buat semua anak didik kami! Terlalu banyak yang perlu dilangsaikan, lalu tiada daya untuk mencoret panjang. Let the pictures speak!  The day has come, finally! Due to the pandemic strike, UKM convocation was postponed a few times already. Anyway, the waiting is worth it. My four supervisees went through this year. What a proud day it was. Congratulations, Dr. Mazzlida (absent), Dr. Fairus, Dr. Letchumanan dan Dr. Hairul! I know the journey was not easy. I know that there were times when some of you had the thought of quitting your study. The life of Ph.D. years is undeniably like a roller coaster ride. Tiada yang mudah untuk sampai ke tahap ini. Anyway, all of you managed to be here today. Be proud of yourself, be thankful to everybody who has done good things, and send their prayers throughout your journey. I am thankful to Him. Alhamdulillah. There is no other moment that can beat this feeling!     Giving you small loves .. but don't you think we are actually thinking about money and income generation? :D  One for the album ^___^ Despite a hectic schedule throughout the week, we finally managed to spend a few hours shooting our center's corporate video. This is not my first time working on a corporate video. I have done it a few times before, particularly for my faculty and school. And working with the Creative Content team is not my first time either. We had collaborated on MOOC projects and other multimedia projects since years. When I was appointed to coordinate our Open & Distance Learning (ODL) program for the university, I was fear of not having sufficient support, especially for graphic and video development in our ODL unit. I was worried that designers who will be part of our team would not deliver the tasks as expected. What more if they are new staffs hired by our center. But Allah is The Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. He answered my prayer instantly. Alhamdulillah, who might expect that these three awesome guys are sent to our unit when we least expect it. They are skilled and proficient designers, have a handful of experience and outstanding portfolios. This is what I believe to be a 'rahmah' and 'saadah' from Him. Anyway, it has been around six months since I joined the center. During the period, there is not a day left without me thinking about ODL. Since my first day at PKP, I tried to grasp the university's expectations and diligently think about the best way to make the initiative a reality. Of course, I am not doing this alone. And even if I did, I am quite sure that everything will never be as good as we have so far today. And for that, I am enormously thankful for having such great partners at PKP who had assiduously help me out and always be there to assist me in whatever matters it takes. Words alone will never be adequate to express my gratitude and appreciation for their kindness. Terima kasih banyak Dr. Faidzul and Dr. Zainol for being there all this while and for many more provisions of help in the future. Thanks for being part of our ODL think-tank group (but yes, sometimes during the discussions we became 'ting tong' as well!) Oh, oh .. there are many more things in the pipeline for our ODL program. I don't have the courage to tell you all the matters, still. InshaAllah .. later, when everything is settled and in place .. there will be chapters of stories I shall tell.  Our Director - Prof Norhamidi  Our Deputy Director - Dr Faidzul  Our Head of Quality Assurance - Dr Zainol  Our Head of Students & Alumni Affairs - Dr. Azahan  Menunggu.
Bukan satu perkara yang mudah apatah lagi melibatkan pengharapan dan debaran. Namun kata pujangga Arab - wanita itu mempunyai 'quwwatul intazhar' yang tinggi. Mudah-mudahan. Yang terbaik dari Allah jua .. #professionalism #acknowledgement #integrity  Alhamdulillah... I take it as a 'rezeki' to have a chance to meet these wonderful ladies on Saturday afternoon! Alas, it was so unfortunate that Dr. Jid wasn't able to join the group! I couldn't imagine if the four of us met up that day - then the discussion would have been a complete one.
It's been ages since we last met face to face. It was a refreshing session - we shared all sorts of stories - from formal and academic topics to personal and life tales. Not 'membawang' hokey! Rose said - we should have this kind of catch-up more often. Yes, I do agree. Dr. Wan valued the session as mental therapy. Of course! Some may wonder how did we get to know each other. Dr. Wan is currently the Director of Academic Excellence at the Ministry of Higher Education (but still attached to UPM), while Dr. Rose is currently teaching at the Kulliyyah of Education IIUM in Gombak. Dr. Azidah is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Development and Academic Excellence USM. I first met Dr. Azidah at AKEPT somewhere in 2015. We both attended the 4th Scholarship in Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Symposium. My friendship with Dr. Wan started when I attended her talk at UKM. Not long after, we met again at Anugerah Pemikiran dan Rekabentuk Semula Pendidikan Tinggi as contestants in 2017. While for Dr. Rose - I first saw her during our FRGS grant meeting in IIUM somewhere in 2017. All four of us - we started as formal acquaintances, but through regular meetings, we bonded well. We even have a Whatsapp Group that uses a daring and havoc name (sorry, no disclosure allowed, hehe). True enough, friendship has no boundaries. As long as we share something in common, then it will remain the relationship. Keep up, ladies. I know you are busy, prominent figures to the public. May Allah grant us the strength to carry out our duty as the Khalifah Allah. Till we meet again!  Alhamdulillah .. rezeki datang tidak dijangka. Never had any thought that we would actually meet up face to face yesterday. Only a few hours before we chatted via Facebook - wondering about having a chance to catch up again. I was about to get myself ready for an online talk when she texted me saying that she will be in UKM that morning. Soon after I had my session ended, I jumped into my car and headed to Bangi. Since both of us were hungry like a monster (I didn't have a proper breakfast, only a mug of hot Milo, and so did she), we decided (actually it was my choice hehe) to grab a nasi kukus at Dapur Mama. Too many things to share .. too many things to update. Alhamdulillah .. Sis Faizah has always been my source of inspiration. I learned a lot from her, to be honest. I still remember her kindness and hospitality towards us - Salmah and I - when we first landed in Birmingham - eleven years ago. She and her husband, Abang Bakri were the ones who came to fetch us from the airport and drove us to Nottingham .. er .. Hartley Road, to be exact. While we still had jetlag - the next day's morning, she knocked on our door, and together we walked to the Jubilee Campus for the very first time in our life. Wow .. coming from a hot and sunny Malaysia .. it was soo hard to endure the 30 minutes walk to the campus .. what more, we had to cover ourselves with a coat due to cold wind out there. Our live in Nottingham was so precious, even though we were alone there without our family members. Coping in mind that we were students back then - our mission was to complete our research journey no matter how hard it was to be apart from our beloved family. But of course, we had our own new families in Nottingham - Sis Faizah's family and Zac's became part of our lives. Talking about our life as students will take forever! I will reserve some time to tell you our tales later ... inshaAllah!  Masih di bawah lembayung bayang-bayang ODL. Alhamdulillah hari ini dapat berkumpul bersama geng EduTech meski kehadiran penuh masih belum juga dapat dipecahkan rekodnya! Ye ye .. ramai orang penting di dalam kumpulan kami ini. Lalu berjumpalah mereka yang berkelapangan pada hari ini.
Banyak yang dibincangkan khususnya berkaitan program ODL Teknologi Pendidikan yang inshaAllah akan mula menemui khalayak pada September 2021 ini. Bukan mudah untuk membina satu program ODL .. namun rasanya kami harus bersyukur kerana ODL, online delivery, multimodality learning materials, online assessment bukanlah sesuatu yang terlalu asing bagi mereka di dalam bidang Teknologi Pendidikan ini. InshaAllah nantikan kemunculan program baharu ini yang diberikan nafas yang lebih segar, dengan kursus yang diadun untuk mengisi keperluan semasa khususnya dalam teknologi dalam pendidikan yang bergerak begitu pantas. Minggu hadapan bakal bermula acara menulis modul. Jomlah kawan-kawan .. kita buktikan komitmen kita sehingga ke akhirnya. Kepada mereka di luar sana yang berminat untuk melanjutkan pengajian di peringkat sarjana secara dalam talian sepenuhnya .. kami mengalu-alukan kehadiran anda! InshaAllah saya akan kongsikan dari masa ke semasa tentang perkembangan program ini. Barangkali ada yang sedang mencari-cari peluang menghabiskan pengajian master dalam tempoh 1 tahun? Atau barangkali ramai para guru dan pegawai-pegawai dalam bidang pendidikan yang mencari kaedah pengajian yang fleksibel dan tidak mengganggu jadual hujung minggu? Yessza .. nantikan ..! #ODL #ukmodl #edutech #fpend  I am working from home today. After attending a 6 hour management meeting in the morning, I felt my energy was flushed out! I promised Madam Phua to conduct an informal meeting as she requested me to have a quick meeting with her fellow officers from Resource and Educational Technology Division, MOE in the evening. We explored more features of Blippar and its potentials to be adopted as a main AR maker software. It was exciting to learn what they plan for AR integration into text books for all primary and secondary school students. It is a great move I supposed! It is good to have people who are enthusiastic about exploring new things and willing to share thoughts and receive feedback for the betterment of our education system. Congrats BSTP! and of course bravo Madam Phua - who leads this extra-mega-ordinary project. Allahul Musta'an! #consultation #augmented reality #education #farizakhalid  Masa yang pantasnya seperti belati membelah hari menjadikan kami manusia-manusia yang sering berkejaran tanpa menoleh ke belakang. Amanah itu satu tanggungjawab lalu tiada pilihan lagi melainkan terus mengayuh. Alhamdulillah bengkel penulisan modul untuk program ODL melibatkan kebanyakannya pensyarah daripada Fakulti Pengajian Islam telah dijayakan pada hari ini. Siri 1 ini akan disusuli dengan dua lagi siri pada 4 dan 8 Mac. Banyak yang dikongsi bersama rakan-rakan pakar bidang dan banyak juga soal jawab yang dikemukakan. Turut bersama saya adalah Program Manager - Yanti serta Instructional Designer - Sheril. Untuk siri bengkel seterusnya saya akan pass the baton to these ladies to fully conduct the session :) Maklumat tentang OER dan cara-cara mengenalpasti bahan OER turut dibentangkan. Semoga bengkel pada hari ini memberi manfaat dan panduan untuk pakar bidang meneruskan usaha menulis modul hingga ke penghujung. Selepas Zohor - bergegas pula ke PKP untuk perbincangan lanjut tentang projek studio rakaman. Hmmm .. projek yang menelan belanja yang besar tentunya tidak mudah untuk diberesi lantaran banyak prosedur kewangan di sana sini yang perlu dipatuhi. Lalu kelihatannya, batch pertama untuk program ODL tidak sempatlah merasa penggunaan studio serba lengkap dan sofistikated yang menjadi idaman kalbu saya. Namun, akurlah dengan keadaan. Jangan jadikan itu satu punca stress. Masih ada ruang dan alternatif yang boleh dijana. Minggu ini agak padat dengan susunan jadual yang tidak berkesudahan. Esok pagi, mesyuarat pengurusan manakala di sebelah petang bakal terlibat dengan konsultansi bersama BSTP KPM tentang projek AR pula. Khamis yang menanti dengan dua lagi siri mesyuarat yang masing-masing bersangkut paut juga dengan program ODL. Jumaat - saya melarikan diri dari bayang-bayang ngeri ODL untuk terbang bersama pelajar-pelajar IPG di Terengganu. Oh oh terbang secara maya sahaja ok. Pun bercakap tentang AR juga. Petangnya pula konsultansi NVivo bersama seorang sahabat lama! Apa lagi yang mahu dilaporkan di sini? Cukuplah. Sekadar meluah rasa agar beku jiwa dapat dikendurkan seketika ...   Saya menerima undangan daripada seorang sahabat lama Dr Aznida yang kini bertugas di IPG Kampus Dato' Razali Ismail untuk berbicara tentang kemahiran dalam penggunaan teknologi Augmented Reality dalam pendidikan, sekaligus mencetus pemikiran inovatif dan kreatif para pelajar. Para peserta terdiri daripada pelajar-pelajar PPSIMP ambilan Jun 2020. InshaAllah saya cuba mengupas topik ini dari perspektif pre-service teachers and how they can actually create innovative ways to spark interest and learners' participation :) See you there! |
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