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Harnessing University-industry collaboration through lifelong learning education
Get PDFStrategic alliances play a major part in the strategic
set up of many firms. While this mode to conduct economic
activity has received increasing attention in the strategic
management literature, our understanding is still limited.
This paper aims to explore the strategic alliance between
university-industry relationships by focusing on the
experience of Open University Malaysia and its lifelong
learning strategic alliances. This paper reviews literatures
on alliance formation and management, governance of
alliances and dynamics of alliances
Perkhidmatan WhatsApp di perpustakaan : penggunaan di Perpustakaan Digital Open University Malaysia
Get PDFPenggunaan pesanan teks ringkas menjadi gaya terkini dalam komunikasi antara pengguna. Dalam era teknologi yang pesat membangun, penggunaan WhatsApp sebagai medium komunikasi menjadi pilihan ramai kerana kebolehan menerima mesej teks, gambar, bunyi, menghantar mesej berkumpulan dan sebagainya. Perpustakaan Digital Open Universiti Malaysia (OUM) mengambil peluang menggunakan aplikasi ini dan menjadikannya sebagai salah satu perkhidmatan komunikasi dengan pengguna perpustakaan. Kertas ini membincangkan tentang penggunaan WhatsApp di dalam perpustakaan. Selain itu, pengaplikasian WhatsApp di Perpustakaan Digital Open University Malaysia (OUM) juga akan dibincangkan. (Abstract by author
Lifelong learning and quality workforce : a way forward in research and innovation for OUM
Get PDFThis paper reviews important elements in the definition of Lifelong Learning and Open and Distance Education as well as
the relation between them. In addition, the close relationship between Lifelong Learning and the aspiration to produce
Quality Workforce in Malaysia is also reviewed in this paper. The deliberations lead to the importance of research and
innovation in understanding the changing need in defining quality of workforce, much like the changing notion of Lifelong
Learning and Open and Distance Learning. This realisation can helps Open and Distance Learning institutions to indentify
critical focus area in research and innovation. This deliberation concludes the paper in the form of Way Forward for OUM
Research and Innovation initiatives. (Abstract by authors
Lifelong learning in hindsight
Get PDFThis paper builds on the work enculturation which apprears prominently in the Malaysian Life-long education blueprint.
This paper explores how the notion of life-long and life-wide education has been present in the Malay culture, as depicted
in its classical texts; mainly the Hikayats, through the use of Proudfoot’s concordance of Malay literature. The
concordance was searched for the term, “belajar” which Malay for ‘learn’ or ‘to learn’. The results are analysed to
decipher the kind of educational practices depicted in the narrative in direct relation to the term searched, ‘belajar’. This
paper will show that the notion of introducing life-long education into the Malay / Malaysian culture is inaccurate because
that notion, and that of life-wide education is already present in the Malay culture. This has implications particularly on
the way we promote life-long education in Malaysia, particularly to Malays: instead of promiting a new ‘thing’, should
instead be promoting it as a continuation of a cultural legacy. (Abstract by author
LIFELONG LEARNING AS THE CATALYST IN HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT IN MALAYSIA
Get PDFIn Malaysia’s National Higher Education Strategic
Plan (NHESP): 2007-2020 with its emphasis on higher
education excellence, lifelong learning is recognised as one
of its seven strategic thrusts. In the ensuing National
Higher Education Action Plan Phase 2: 2011-2015, lifelong
learning is identified as one of its 23 Critical Agenda
Projects (CAPs). Each CAP sets its direction, implements
its plans, formulates its key performance indicators,
measures and monitors its performance for benchmarking
purposes. As for the Lifelong Learning CAP, a Blueprint
for the Enculturation of Lifelong Learning in Malaysia:
2011-2020 was officially launched in November 2011. In
the blueprint, the status of lifelong learning is elevated to
be the Third Pillar of Malaysia’s Human Capital
Development System alongside the First Pillar (School
System) and the Second Pillar (Tertiary System). The
Blueprint focuses on upgrading the productive segment of
the society, aged between 15 to 65 years. This is in line
with the national aspiration to be a developed and high
income nation in the year 2020. To achieve this vision,
among others, there is an urgent need to transform our
nation’s workforce into knowledge workers. As the largest
higher education lifelong learning provider of the country,
Open University Malaysia (OUM) needs to play its role
effectively in this national agenda. This paper will
highlight the focus of the National Lifelong Learning
Blueprint and the role of OUM in it. (Abstract by authors
Study on Postgraduate Student Preferred / Dislike Teaching/Learning Techniques: A Case Study of a Private University in Malaysia
Get PDFThis paper examine preferred / dislike teaching/learning techniques among postgraduate student at a
Malaysian university. Past studies had indicated the promotion of students’ “graduateness”,
responsibility lies in the hand of teachers who need to know what are in the mind of student with
regards to their most preferred or non preferred learning and teaching style. 57 returned questionnaires
were accepted and coded, and subject to further analysis with a response rate of 73 percent from the
private university. The result revealed that the highest ranked technique most preferred by the students
was “interactive lecture by instructor and the most dislike technique was formal lecture by instructor.
Significant finding was that though there were some differences within the different disciplines, some
commonalities seem to be present. Future study should consider alternative modes of enquires such as
employing the longitudinal method of data collection design and a nationwide survey covering
samples from the whole population of the higher institutions of learning in Malaysia that would be
more significant in making generalizations
An academic perspective of assessment questions bank
Get PDFThere are several electronic assessment systems
being used in institutions of higher education (HE),
especially in Open and Distance Learning (ODL)
institutions. Some of these institutions built their
assessment system into their institution’s Virtual Learning
Environments (VLE). Most of these assessment systems
are for general purposes where assessment questions are in
the form of simple multiple choice question (MCQ) or
short-answer questions. In practice, these types of
assessment questions do not match many of the current
learning requirements and learning outcomes. The concept
of an assessment question bank that can be used by
academics to share assessment content within or across an
institution is not new, but the advancement of technology
and technical developments now have made such a
repository realizable than ever before. A question bank is
now a specialized repository that can be accessed via a web
interface for platform independence. The use of technology
in developing the question bank provides much relief for
the chores associated with preparing assessments, which in
turn enhances the quality of the questions and improves the
quality of the assessments. This paper presents the
experience of Open University Malaysia (OUM) in
developing its own Question Bank (QBank). This QBank
system is designed to help the Subject Matter Experts
(SMEs) who need to develop, classify and store their
assessment such as MCQ and essay-type exam questions.
This software is integrated with the OUM’s Virtual
Learning Environments (myVLE) in order to allow easier
and wider access to the SMEs and faculty. (Abstract by author
Applying Pause Analysis to Explore Cognitive Processes Occurring During the Copying of Sentences Amongst 6 years old Children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Tasik Puteri
Get PDFPause analysis is a method that investigates processes of writing by measuring the amount of time between pen strokes. It provides the field of teaching and learning in the 21st century with insights of the cognitive processes underpinning the nature of writing in children. This study examined the potential of using free handwritten copying of sentences as a means of investigating components of the cognitive processes of children who have English as their Second Language (ESL). An experiment is conducted where 28 children of Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Tasik Puteri are asked to copy a sentence in Malay Language and a sentence in English. The handwritten activity is captured to study the pause lengths produced at different forms of chunking sizes (i.e. group of words, words and group of letters). Results are then associated to the Theoretical Model of Copying (MoC) in identifying the possible factors that might affect the chunking sizes. It was found that there is a clear chunk with long pauses that occur at letter level, group of letters and word level. This indicates that there is a possibility of language comprehension processes taking place during the copying of sentences
Attrition in ODL : a macro perspective in reducing non-completion rate among LLL learners
Get PDFIncreasing student attrition at high rates in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) institutions is a phenomenon which has not
been fully understood. Generally, much literature has been produced to explore student attrition in the conventional higher
education settings, which provides guidance as to possible factors that may influence attrition. Many factors affecting
student attrition have been identified; however, these results have only benefited the traditional institution of higher
education that promotes full-time learning, but have not helped the attrition rates at ODL institutions that supports formal
learning via lifelong learning (LLL). Today, in the advent of the Internet and its digital technologies, focus on LLL, online
education and adult learning is more evident. ODL institutions in Malaysia have now reached the mainstream of education
via lifelong learning through formal learning. Therefore, a major benefit of this research is to provide conclusive results,
which are to be used to work towards successfully reducing student attrition at ODL institutions, and, in turn, increase
their completion rates. (Abstract by authors