The E-Learning Marketplace in Universiti Kuala Lumpur

1. The E-Learning Marketplace in Universiti Kuala Lumpur Presenter: Tan Wee Hoe (whtan@miit.unikl.edu.my) Institute Infotech MARA, Universiti Kuala Lumpur. (UniKL IIM)

2. E-Learning Marketplace • E-learning: the use of web & Internet technologies to enable teaching & learning activities • Marketplace: space where market operates, either actual or metaphorical • E-learning marketplace: • a collection of Internet websites or portals with various applications and features designed for electronic learning • acts as a meeting point between teaching and learning within a virtual Internet environment

3. Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) • 20 Aug 2002 • 1st technical university in Malaysia • A private institution of higher learning (IHL) owned by Universiti Teknikal MARA Sdn. Bhd. • 3 faculties & 8 specialised campuses • 35 diploma programmes & 13 degree programmes

4. E-Learning Technologies in UniKL E-Learning Technologies in UniKL • UniKL IIM E-Learning Portal • Claroline: Open Source • http://elearn.iim.edu.my/ • UniKL MICET E-Learning • tmsSEED • http://mel.micet.edu.my/seedmicet/ Claroline.net

5. E-Learning Technologies in UniKL Problems & challenges • Scattered resources • Cross-cultural differences among branches • Lack of experienced e-learning experts or researchers • Absence of e-learning development roadmap

6. E-Learning Technologies in UniKL The needs: • To maximise the usage of available resources in all faculties & branch campuses • e.g. experts, teaching materials, learning contents, Internet portals, hardware & software. • To link all the institutions & faculties virtually for the ease of academic and R&D activities. • Cross-institutional research

7. E-Learning Technologies in UniKL Institutional Growth Exploratory 2003 – 2004 Supported 2005 Strategic 2006 Mission Critical Transformative TIME Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5 Figure 1:The path of e-learning development in UniKL. Adapted from Tan, D.T.H. 2005

8. E-Learning R&D • Case study: UniKL IIM E-Learning Portal • The Management, System Administrators, Subject Matter Experts • Questionnaire Survey • 2nd year students of 4 diploma programmes • Findings: • Technical factors play the dominant role in determining the effectiveness of UniKL IIM E-Learning Portal

9. E-Learning R&D • The GRID Architecture of E-learning Marketplace in Universiti Kuala Lumpur • Research Aim • To develope a framework that facilitates the interoperability of learning, teaching & research activities among UniKL’s institutions • Outcome • Draft of UniKL Grid Computing Architecture • Prototype of SCORM compliant learning objects • Heuristic evaluation report.

10. Conceptual Framework Figure 1:Conceptual framework of UniKL E-Learning Marketplace.

11. Research Methods • Phase I: Draft of UniKL Grid Computing Architecture • Presented by Ms Shahrizad • Phase II: Usability testing on two open source learning management systems.

12. Research Methods – Phase II • Creating Learning Object (LO) • Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) compliant • Learning Management Systems (LMS) Setup • Moodle vs Claroline • 2 different branch campuses

13. Research Methods – Phase II • Heuristic Evaluation • A systematic inspection of user interface design for usability • To identify potential problems of the GRID architecture design for e-learning applications • IT experts & e-learning experts

14. Q & A Tan Wee Hoe (whtan@miit.unikl.edu.my) Instructor / Specialist Institute Infotech MARA, Universiti Kuala Lumpur. (UniKL IIM)