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The FEL-OUM Corpus Project
Get PDFTo gain an understanding of the mastery of English at the syntactical level
among the mature ODL learners based on corpus analysi
PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THE IMPORTANCE OF APEL BRAND AWARENESS: A QUANTITATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Get PDFThe Learner's Engagement in the Learning Process Designed Based on the Experiential Learning Theory in Post Graduate Program at Open University Malaysia
No full textEmployer branding and employee engagement of furniture retailer in Klang Valley
No full textThe paper discussed on the relationship between employer branding and employee engagement among employees in selected furniture retailers in Malaysia. This study also looks into the state of employees’ engagement and gender differences in their engagement towards their organization. Furniture retailing falls under the retail trade industry that contributed about RM35.7 billion to Malaysia GDP in 2017 with expected growth of 8.7 percent. However, the industry suffers an average yearly employee turnover rate of 13 percent. Amid this high turnover, the raising question is can popularity of employers’ branding can result in employee engagement leading to their retention in the organisation. 350 respondents were chosen randomly and 120 (30%) respondents had given feedback on the personally administered questionnaires. The result revealed that there is significant relationship between employer branding and employee engagement. The study also indicated that work challenging is the most important variable which led to drive the employee engagement. Consequently, there is significant difference between male and female in terms of engagement. Organisation, hence may consider leveraging employee engagement which may lead to retaining their employees. Future research may consider researchers to pursue a longitudinal method of research design across a variety of firm-sizes and industries that would be more significant in making generalizations. (Abstract by authors
Innovative assignment rubrics for ODL courses: design, implementation and impact
No full textPurpose - The purpose of this paper is to propose a new standard of assignment rubrics to minimize various interpretations and confusing expectations of the assignment outcome among all stakeholders and enhance the assignment rubrics to function not only as a grading tool but also as an assignment guiding tool for self-managed learning among open and distance learning (ODL) learners. Design/methodology/approach - The paper looks into the problems and issues related to assignment rubrics such as various interpretation, confusing expectations and the need to have appropriate descriptions in the rubrics in order to reflect proper learning outcome among the assignment stakeholders. To solve these issues, the paper explores the new and improved requirements which were imposed to support the new assignment rubrics for courses in the university via a self-guided manual known as Rubrics Formulation Guide. Findings - Based on the feedback received from university’s lecturers, who also functioned as moderators, it was indicated that the time taken to moderate the assignment rubrics had drastically reduced and in terms of grading, the clarity of the assignment performance expectations among the learners showed improvement, whereby as compared to the previous semester, there was significant drop for the application of remarking of assignments among May 2014 semester learners. Practical implications - The paper includes implications of developing innovative rubrics that enhance common understanding and consistent expectation of what the final outcome of the assignment should be. Originality/value - This paper fulfills the purpose of expanding the potential of assignment rubrics which is to guide and grade. (Abstract by authors
Teaching by Design (TbD) through Cognitive Tutors for the adult learners
Get PDFDesigning the online teaching is very important in order to make the online learning more effective and engagin
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The Learner's Engagement in the Learning Process Designed Based on the Experiential Learning Theory in Post Graduate Program at Open University Malaysia
No full textToday, the methods of delivering knowledge through online have become diverse, and online learning environments have reached its maturity as evidenced by the fact that most institutions of higher learning are either using them or considering making them one of the leading modes of teaching and learning. Learners today are becoming open-minded due to the technology that provides communication channels with different features and functionality. This study aims to observe the learner's engagement in the learning process designed based on four modes of the Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) model. Based on a case study and literature review, this study seeks to determine the components of Experiential Learning Theory to be synthesised into the learning process to create an effective lesson design. This study will report on the effects of the lesson design synthesised from the Experiential Learning Theory that is translated into the learning process, from the 'grasp experience' phase to 'transform experience' phase in the ELT learning cycle. The analytic learning data from the report in Moodle based Learning Management System is used to measure the learner's engagement. (Abstract by author
Examination of Urwin’s Framework in Information Technology Project Management Practices
Get PDFInformation Technology (IT) projects are organizational investments that require
time, money, and other resources such as people and technology. In order to
ensure the success of these projects, organizations are adopting project
management approaches and setting up project management offices. In spite of
this, projects still ended in partial or total failure. Despite the availability of
frameworks in IT project management organizations still practice informal and ad
hoc development in their project management causing additional costs and
project delays or even failures. This study was done to examine the practice of
Information Technology Project Management (ITPM) in organizations. The
objectives of the study was first to review the existing frameworks in ITPM and
then to propose a framework that is appropriate and that could be easily adopted
by organizations. The study found that although there are many frameworks that
can be adopted these existing frameworks are heavy in documentation and to
adopt them required skilled or certified project managers which are not within the
means of small and medium size organizations. Based on the review, the study
had proposed Urwin’s framework as the most appropriate and practical project
management approach for this study. This is because Urwin had created his
framework of 12 themes after a long and intense study of information systems,
information technology and project management literature. The 12 themes are
strategy, leadership, scope, participation and commitment, project planning,
project team, communication, risk management, training and resources, test
management, organization structure and data. Urwin’s framework seemed most
appropriate and practical because no certification is required and it can be
implemented throughout the project life cycle. Also Urwin had showed how to
implement each theme by providing a checklist under each theme. To examine
Urwin’s framework interviews were conducted in two large organizations with two
project managers of 15 and 17 years of experience each. Also a survey was
conducted in 104 organizations. The respondents are project managers, IT
executives, senior level employees and middle level employees with range of
experience between two to 15 years. The results showed that all the 12 themes
are well implemented in the two large organizations. Results of the survey
showed that only three out of the 12 themes are well implemented. Findings
from the study suggest that all 12 themes from Urwin’s framework must be well
implemented to effectively managed ITPM. The study also put forth four
recommendations to be practiced together with Urwin’s framework. They are
executive focus and commitment; effective staffing; learning incrementally from
experience; and baseline management. (Abstract by Author