Mobile Learning Initiatives in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions

Mobile Learning in Malaysia
Norazah Nordin, PhD
Mobile Learning Association of Malaysia
CRN MLEF /AMI Mobile Learning Workshop
20 Nov. 2013

CRN/MLEF/AMI Mobile Learning Workshop
(20 Nov. 2013)

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
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
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

DB
Connect

Content
Content builder

Content
management

Off-line
On-line
WAP
Gateway

Simulator’s
support

Server-side
Support
Pages

Web
Server

Internet

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Database

Mobile Content
Registration Menu of the

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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
Mobile Forum of the

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Mobile Content
Mobile Forum Content of the

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Research Outcome
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.
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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
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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.
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Thank you

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Mobile Learning Initiatives in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions

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