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This is the summary of the presentation 'Let's Talk About This' by Professor Wan Mohd Fauzy Wan Ismail from Center for Instructional Technology and Multimedia, Universiti Sains Malaysia. 1. Data from research have shown that the method of presentation or presentation skill of the teacher does not make much difference in terms of learning gain. 2. Approaches to be considered: flipped classroom, Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD), learning space, leverage social media, wiki, persuasive multimedia 3. Leverage social interaction 4. Be mindful of 'expert blind-spot' 5. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is still in experimental stage — issues about learning gain, effectiveness, etc. 6. Engaging students through discussion — they become committed and invested time — structured internal thoughts and vocalized them. 7. In a group discussion, it's not so much about getting the right answer but more importantly is the process of getting the right answer — to appreciate that t...

Promote and participate in Open Education Week 2014. " Open Education Week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement. Its purpose is to raise awareness about the movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide. Participation in all events and use of all resources are free and open to everyone" (excerpt from the website). Read more...

Prologue For those who have been following trends in higher education, the term MOOCs (pronunciation: muk) is not foreign anymore but for some people it is still kind of clouded in mystery. A simple google search using ‘MOOC’ as a keyword turned up 2.4 million hits and when searched using the full acronym ‘Massive Open Online Courses’ it gave a massive 24 million hits! Mind-boggling indeed! If the number of hits can be used as a simple measure of popularity then perhaps we can surmise that MOOCs is a phenomenon that have a potential to disrupt the education world and will bring about significant impact on achieving “ Education for All ” movement of the United Nation. This article is my attempt to deciphering and demystifying MOOCs. Note that this is my personal view on MOOCs (not that of USM or CDAE) and I must say that I’m inclined towards supporting it because I liked its underlying philosophy. That said, I'm not a MOOCs cheerleader or its fan boy — I keep an open mind on this ev...

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In no time? Well, that's exaggeration...but really, there are so many tools now available to educators to do useful things with very little learning curve. Currently there are several web-based tools that allow anyone to build any topic of interest -- Scoop.it! , Pinterest , etc. These tools can be use for aggregating or curating content. The new kids-on-the block are Edcanvas & Storify . I particularly like Storify . It's so easy to use -- no brainer! Storify has two parts -- the blank canvas on the left hand side and the search tools on the right hand side. There is Google search to search the web, You Tube, Flickr, or other social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SoundCloud , etc. Basically you start with a blank canvas. Just search using the various built-in search tools, pick the relevant item, and drag it to the main area on the left. As its name implies, Storify allows you to build a 'story', basically a compilation of articles from the huge inter...

Hi folks! Here's an exciting FREE new iPad app, Flowboard -- similar to Tactilize but the biggest advantage is you can have multiple 'screens' (or slides in PPT lingo, cards in Tactilize). Screen can be linked non-linearly. The same can be done for any object on the screen. You can use Flowboard to prepare a presentation on the iPad. Just flip to move to the next screen. With creativity you can use this app in many ways. For example, I use Flowboard to prepare a Glossary. This is then linked to my Storify. A unique combination of tools to produce learning content. Have a look.  --First the Flowboard:  http://flowboard.com/s/1fwn/ SUPERSATURATION --This is linked to my topic on 'Crystallization in Foods' in Storify. Look for the hyperlink word 'supersaturation'. https://storify.com/ProfKarim/ crystallization-in-foods -- The same content in my Flowboard prepared in Tactilize. http://tactilize.com/ profkarim/cards/51032 I hope you'll find this useful.

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