mobile learning initiatives in malaysian higher education institutions
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Presentation conducted by Associate Professor Dr Norazah Mohd Nordin Honorary Secretary of Mobile Learning Association of Malaysia for workshop titled Mobile Learning in Australia and Malaysia: Towards Collaboration held at the University of Southern Queensland on the 20th of November 2013. This workshop was funded by the Australia Malaysia Institute and supported by the Australian Government's Collaborative Research NetworkTRANSCRIPT
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Mobile Learning in Malaysia
Norazah Nordin, PhD Mobile Learning Association of Malaysia
CRN MLEF /AMI Mobile Learning Workshop
20 Nov. 2013
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Menu
• Words from the Minister • Mobile Learning Research in the Institute of
Higher Educations • Mobile Learning Association of Malaysia • Issues and Challenges • Conclusion
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Something to ponder?
In terms of Mobile Learning, it is argued that there is a growing appreciation that learning is more and more happening on the move going beyond the limitation of educational environments (Ros i Solé, Calic & Neijmann, 2010).
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Mobile Learning Research Initiatives in Malaysia
• More recently, some Malaysian researchers have conducted ground breaking research studies in Mobile Learnin
• Promising and encouraging, albeit mixed results, as they highlight that Mobile Learning is perceived positively
(Hashim, Wan Fatimah & Rohiza, 2010; Ismail, Gunasegaran, Koh & Idrus, 2010; Issack, Mussawir & Ramsawok, 2006; Jacob & Isaac, 2008; Naji Shukri & Abdul Razak, 2011; Norazah Mohd Nordin, Mohamed Amin, Ruhizan, Saemah & Melor, 2010; Zoraini Wati, Norziati & Ghang, 2009).
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Words from the Minister
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Mobile Learning would contribute to the success of the implementation of one of the 21 Critical Agenda Projects (CAP), that is e-Learning and the National Key Result Areas (NKRA) of the
Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE).
Dato’ Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
January 2013
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Words from the Director General
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MOHE, through the Higher Education Leadership Academy (AKEPT), will continue to
provide support to train HEI’s lecturers with the latest delivery techniques including Mobile
Learning in an effort to acculturate e-Learning more rapidly among all the lecturers .
Prof. Dato’ Dr Rujhan Mustaoha
Director General, Dept. of Higher Education Malaysia
January 2013
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Research on Mobile Learning in Institute of Higher Education, Malaysia
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Blended Learning in UKM Context
• Face-to-face • LMS – SPIN • Mobile content
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Methodology Two Phase Study • Phase 1 - Design and Development of mobile content
for the Research Methodology course • Phase 2 - Evaluation of the mobile content developed. - Descriptive survey method - the questionnaire
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Instrument Self-report questionnaire • Demography– to establish the background of the students. • Handset and service information – to find out the types, the mobile
service providers, the tariffs, and services (e.g. 2.5G or 3G). • Phone usage and practice – to survey information such as airtime,
SMS, MMS, ring-tone download, Internet and other usages. • Acceptance of Mobile Phones for the Teaching and Learning of
Research Methodology Course
Descriptive statistics include frequency count and mean score were used in the data analysis
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The Samples
120 Post-graduate students who were taking the Research Methodology Course at the Faculty of Education, UKM
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System Architecture to support applications over mobile devices
WAP Gateway
Web Server
Server-side Support
Pages
DB Connect
Database
Content builder Content
management Off-line
Content
On-line
Internet Simulator’s
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Mobile Content Registration Menu of the
Research Methodology Course
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Mobile Content Introduction
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Mobile Content Content Menu of the Research
Methodology Course Mobile Content
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Mobile Content Content Menu of the Research
Methodology Course Mobile Content
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Mobile Content
Mobile Forum of the Research Methodology Course
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Mobile Content
Mobile Forum Content of the Research Methodology Course
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Mobile Content
Mobile Forum Content of the Research Methodology Course
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The students agreed that mobile phones can be used for teaching and learning and the mobile content developed for the Research Methodology course benefit them
The students were very liberal and interested to use mobile phones for teaching and learning purposes
m-Learning activities were great ways to motivate the adult learners and foster interaction among them
m-Learning has the potential to provide a personalized learning experience and it should be engaged in the learning process.
Research Outcome
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Mobile Learning Association of Malaysia (MLAM)
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MLAM Activities
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Ipad in Teaching & Learning
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Issues and Challenges
• Adaptive Learning • Limited Text Display • Instant Communication • Infrastructure
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Conclusion • Mobile Learning in line with the aspiration of the
Ministry of Education and initiatives from various organization HAS GREAT POTENTIAL to further strengthen the move in creating alternative and dynamic instructional approaches, strategies, and techniques.
• to initiate Mobile Learning in Malaysian context, SOME
STUDIES AND COLLABORATIONS are crucial to be undertaken in order to explore the use and uptake of new learning applications, offered by mobiles and tablets glocally. CRN/MLEF/AMI Mobile Learning Workshop
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Thank you
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