4. MSC boundary KLCC PETALING JAYA KL Tower Technology Park CYBERJAYA PUTRAJAYA AIRPORT CITY KLIA ICT in Education & Religion Multimedia Super Corridor - Special Cyberlaws, policies and practices - World class infra-structure and next generation 2.5 - 10 Gb multimedia network - MDC - a premier one stop shop to facilitate and promote in investments UPM/MTDC
19. 12 intelligent cities linked to global information highwayTHE MSC VISION: Targets set Leapfrog into leadership in the Information Age 5 David Asirvatham
23. Applications spur transformation to Knowledge societyTelehealth R&D Cluster Technopreneur Development Borderless Marketing Centre Worldwide Manufacturing Web 6
24. Government Multi-Purpose Card (GMPC) – To promote e-government ICT in Education & Religion PASPORT MALAYSIA National I.D Driving License MULTI APPLICATION SMART CARD E-Cash Immigration Public Key Infrastructure (Open PKI Digital Certificate) Health Information 7
25. ICT in Education & Religion Registration of birth Registration for school Issuance of ID card Electronic Government Issuance of driver’s license Filing of tax returns Electronic voting Transaction of SOCSO payments Issuance of home- building license ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT - services for citizens 8 David Asirvatham
26. Success of a nation What will drive the success of a Nation in 2020 and beyond? David Asirvatham 9
27. LAND + LABOUR CAPITAL + ENERGY INFORMATION + KNOWLEDGE PRIMARY WEALTH CREATING ASSETS 1800 2020 Success of a Nation
28. ICT in Education & Religion Malaysian National ICT Agenda PEOPLE - Work Culture - ICT Skills- Knowledge worker - Learning Society - United, moral & ethical EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY APPLICATION & CONTENT - Smart Schools - e-govt. - Smartcard - Tele-medicine - Others INFRASTRUCTURE - Communication - Fibre-Optic Cabling - Gigabit ATM - Satellite - Transport/Logistic - etc 11
29. Role of Education SKILL DEV. PRODUCTIVITY SOCIAL HARMONY ECONOMIC GROWTH SOCIO-POLITICAL DEV. EDUCATION NATION BUILDING
38. 1873 1876 1886 1903 1906 1926 1952 1953 1975 Number of years to spread to 25% of the population 1983 1991 Source: http://www.eAPF.net Internet has the greatest impact on Society
39. Internet is reshaping the world ICT in Education & Religion Education e.g. E-learning INTERNET New Businesses e.g. Amazon, eBay IT professions e.g. Bill Gates, Dell Stock Market e.g. IT companies (Microsoft, Cisco) Internet Banking e.g. eCash New Products e.g. Animation, PDA 19
40. Internet Revolution not Evolution E-Banking Traditional Banking E-Commerce B2C, B2B, etc Traditional Shopping E-Learning Traditional Classroom Internet, through e-learning, brings education to people
45. E-Learning What is great about e-learning? Why people want to use it?
46. Learning Moving from e-economy to k-economy Learning will be come primary Integrating with other core business also become important More people need to be trained, more frequently How do we do this?
47. Evolution of Education ICT can change The way we teach The way we learn The way we manage schools The we lead the school
48. ICT in Education & Religion Change! Internet has started reshaping education. Education will not be the same in the next decade There is no going back. The traditional classroom has to be transformedWeb-based Education Commission, US All schools must be transformed by the end of this decade 28 David Asirvatham
50. ICT in Education & Religion What is E-learning? The use of Internet technologies to deliver a broad array of solutions that enhance knowledge and performance Rosenberg, 2001 E-learning is Internet-enabled learning http://www.cisco.com 30 David Asirvatham
56. ICT in Education & Religion E-Learning will be big Education and training forms one of the largest sectors of the economy in most countries Over the last decade, the number of corporate universities grew from 400 to 1,800 Meister, Jeanne op. cit., endnote 23 >50% of Fortune 500 companies have established corporate universities Moe and Blodgett, op. cit., endnote 21, p. 230. Skilled jobs now represent 85% of all jobs in US, in contrast to 20% in 1950. http://www.webcommission.org/directory 34 David Asirvatham
57. More people will need education A big growth is expected in the education market Student population in US colleges increase from 232,000 at the turn of the century to 13 million today In Malaysia, with one university in 1957 to over 50+ public and private university The US Army has established a online educational portal and hope to enroll 15,000 to 20,000 of its army personnel for a degree programme The future soldiers will not be carry guns but computers 35 David Asirvatham
58. Growth of e-learning UK e-learning market is expected to grow at 18% a year (“TrainingZONE”, 2007) The US corporate demand for learning services is expected to grow by a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35.1% and it will approach US$10 billion by 2012 (Adkins, 2007). By 2012, 86% of all revenues will be derived from self-paced e-learning services The global e-learning market will surpass US$52.6 billion by 2010 (Kopf, 2007).
59. Growth of e-learning In US 1.6 million students registered for online degree programmes in 2002. The figure doubled in 2005 (Allen & Seaman, 2006). Today, of the 17 million students registered for higher education, 3 million are registered for e-learning programmes
62. Benefits of e-Learning Learn anywhere, anytime by anyone Large audience Access to earlier materials Private & public discussion Large volume of resources/information Two-way communication (online chat, forum, etc.) E-Learning is interactive (not learning alone) Multimedia-based content
64. Impact of e-learning on institutions TRAIN MORE PEOPLE REDUCE COST OF TRAINING E-LEARNING ADULT LEARNERS IMPROVE QOS WIDER TRAINING ACCESS COMPETITIVE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
66. ICT in Education & Religion Will the Internet reshape Teaching & Learning? Education e.g. E-learning INTERNET New Businesses e.g. Amazon, eBay IT professions e.g. Bill Gates, Dell Stock Market e.g. IT companies (Microsoft, Cisco) Internet Banking e.g. e-Cash New Products e.g. Animation, PDA 44 David Asirvatham
68. E-mail Powerful communication tool Interaction between Instructor and Learner Asynchronous communication Question and Answer sessions Forum Instructor should have the e-mail addresses of all learners
69. Online Materials Web, the largest digital library Vast amount of information 4 x 1019 of information generated this year Unstructured For learning Need to select and filter Organise Presentation E-books http://visualbasic.freetutes.com/learn-vb6/lesson1.html 47 David Asirvatham ICT in Education & Religion
71. Web 2.0 ? What is web2.0? Platform to facilitate creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, & collaboration Web 2.0 does not refer to any specific change in the technology of the Internet, but rather the behaviour of how people use the Internet Examples include wikis, social networking sites, blogs,etc David Asirvatham 49
72. Everything 2.0 David Asirvatham 50 E-Learning 2.0 Enterprise 2.0 Libraries 2.0 Education 2.0 Management 2.0 People 2.0 Many more….
73. Top 10 Tools David Asirvatham 51 O=online; M=Mac; W=Windows
74. Twitter Sharing: What is happening now Stay connected Follow what a person is doing SMS via web? http://twitter.com/ David Asirvatham 52
75. LinkedIn Connect people Professional reference point World’s largest professional connections Business Oriented http://www.linkedin.com/ David Asirvatham 53
76. Facebook: Networking Promotion of products Discussion Etc. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=2204956245&v=wall&ref=search
77. youtube Plenty of educational video Link to your website Recorded Lectures
78. Slideshare Sharing of presentation slide Powerpoint slides, word documents, etc the world's largest presentation sharing community http://www.slideshare.net/
79. Google Google Google Scholar Google Bookmark Google Reader Survey Chat Calendar Google Apps is free for education
98. Sound Editor Many instructors are recording their lectures and upload to iPod, podcast, etc Sound editor to refine you lecture E.g. Audacity Free tools
99. Video Editor & Convertor Video capture Phone DV Notebook Edit the video & upload Windows Movie maker AVS4u
110. Creative tools: Online Community There many online tools Chat Video conferencing Blog Discussion forum E-learning tools Many online communities
111. Online Community Traditional (offline) community No cyberspace Tied to location Can you like a person who you never met? But this is not true today Chatrooms, Facebook, MySpace, etc Virtual worlds are places the online communities get together
112. Online Community People make friends There is motivation People provide help and support People spend lots of time People exchange view People do shopping People attend school or university People learn…
113. Is online communities strong? March 2008 Election Online Relationship Proximity and frequency of contact Self-presentation Help each other Trust Behind Online communities are real people
117. What is meant by “close” in second life? Trust and credibility - communication
118. Teaching in SL Be an early adopter Be creative Students are motivated Students can “do” Sense of real presence Fun factor – imagination & creativity Environment to promote creativity
125. Summary Adoption of online learning is vital for creativity and innovation Early adopter will lead rather than follow Students are already using the online tools Online tools will not replace Offline (traditional) tools but enhance them Blended approach is necessary
126. Conclusion E-learning offers great new opportunity to learn. Large range of e-tools are available for teaching, & learning Address the issue of “Digital Divide” Willingness to change We cannot be left behind by technology We must move forward with this technology Technology is a tool that will assist us in teaching and learning
