Participants
with the organising committee
UTAR’s Faculty
of Business and Finance (FBF) organised a one-day workshop titled “Online
Educational Resources” at the FBF Building, Kampar Campus on 3 November
2015. The workshop aimed to shed light on the usefulness of online
educational resources and to create awareness on their practicality among
school teachers in Malaysia.
In his welcome
address, organising chairperson-cum-FBF Deputy Dean for R&D and Postgraduate
Programmes Dr Mahmud Bin Hj Abd Wahab said, “UTAR is indeed proud to
organise such a workshop that provides insight into online educational
resources, which is considered a good opportunity for teachers to learn
about online resources and their advantages at this period.”
He added, “With
the coming of the Information Age, teachers need to be innovative and must
use interactive teaching strategies to deliver lessons in the classroom.
Therefore, I believe this workshop will be a comprehensive learning platform
for the participants.”
Attended by a
total of 22 participants comprising school teachers from SMK Methodist (ACS)
Kampar, the workshop covered relevant topics including the importance of
using online educational resources in teaching, online teaching tools,
online ideas in teaching, and the methods of using online educational
resources.
The workshop was
conducted by Chong Chee Keong, a lecturer from the Department of Economics
of FBF. Also present at the workshop were Department of Finance Head Lim
Chong Cheng and Department of Business Head Choong Yuen Onn.
Despite being a
one-day workshop, it succeeded as a comprehensive learning experience for
participants due to the informative talks and discussions, whereby the
participants exchanged their viewpoints. Marking the closing of the workshop
was the presentation of a souvenir and certificates by Dr Mahmud to the
school representative and participants respectively.
Chong and Dr
Mahmud are also members of the UTAR Centre of Learning and Teaching (CLT).
In the year
2013, the CLT was invited to join the Regional Distribution and Training
Centre (RDTC) for UNESCO ICT-in-Education resources network in the
Asia-Pacific Region. Since then, the CLT has played a pivotal role in
ICT-in-Education activities by organising talks and training in surrounding
educational institutions, and conducting research and consultancy work on
ICT-in-Education. The CLT also heads the research cluster in the RDTC
network.
Dr Mahmud (left)
presenting certificates to participants
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