1. E-Tools in E-Learning Dr David Asirvatham Director IT Centre University of Malaya

2. Scope ITC in Malaysia The Internet Impact of Internet on Education E-learning E-tools for e-learning Conclusion

3. Malaysia Knowledge-based MSC Knowledge-driven High-tech Manufacturing & Services Productivity-driven Medium-tech Manufacturing & Services Investment-driven Assembly-type Manufacturing Labour-driven Primary Commodities Labour-driven 1960 1995 1970 1980 2000 & Beyond

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

6. 50 world-class companies

7. Launch 7 flagship applications

8. World-leading framework of cyber laws

9. Cyberjaya as world-leading intelligent city

10. Cut Digital Divide

11. R&D & HR focus

12. Set global standards in flagship applications

13. Harmonized global framework of cyber laws

14. 4-5 intelligent cities linked to other global cyber cities

15. All of Malaysia

16. 500 world-class companies

17. Global test-bed for new multimedia applications

18. International CyberCourt of Justice in MSC

19. 12 intelligent cities linked to global information highwayTHE MSC VISION: Targets set Leapfrog into leadership in the Information Age 5 David Asirvatham

21. Provide business opportunities

22. Nurture development of local IT/Multimedia SMEs

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

31. Communicate

32. Manage

33. Banking & bill payment

35. Internet Users

36. Internet Users in Malaysia

37. Top 10 in Asia

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

41. Demo: Skype

42. Security: CCTV

43. Video: Do You Know

44. E-Learning

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

49. What is e-learning? David Asirvatham 29

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

51. Traditional & E-learning Approach 31 David Asirvatham ICT in Education & Religion

53. on demand learning

54. interactiveChalk-and-talk has long ruled the classrooms will not be eliminated Less emphasis

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

60. Snapshots: Corporate Universities Using Cisco’s IP/TV, it can train up to 3,000 people at once worldwide

61. Snapshot: e-Universities

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

63. Demo on e-learning 41 David Asirvatham ICT in Education & Religion

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

65. E-Tools for Learning

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

67. e-Tools for e-learning 1.0 E-mail Browser (Online Materials) Chat rooms Newsgroups Desktop video-conferencing (Netmeeting) Learning Management System (LMS) Management software

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

70. E-learning 2.0 David Asirvatham 48

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

81. E-mail

82. Online resources

83. Online forums

84. Photo gallery

85. Database

86. Many more…58 David Asirvatham

87. Other e-tools Mind Mapping Mindplan Mindomo Wisemapping Mindmeister Timeline TimeGlider

88. Organise: Mind Mapping

89. Organise: Mind Mapping

90. Demo: MindMeister http://www.mindmeister.com/

91. Online Survey /Quiz Can be created in min. Easy to use Templates available Secured Auto-report generated Summary Reports

92. Online Survey: Demo http://www.questionpro.com

93. Online Survey

94. Online Survey

95. Online Survey

96. Content Development HTML Animation (e.g. Flash) Sound Editor Video Editor Storyboading

97. Content Development Screen Capture too Rapid content development E.gCamtasia

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

100. Photo Editor Image editing software Photoshop Picasa – free (Photo & album)

101. And many more…

102. Are we ready for e-learning?

104. 96% of students with online access use social networking technologies (i.e. chat, text message, blog, etc)

105. 81% say they have visited online community within past 3 months (e.g. Facebook, MySpace, Webkinz, etc.)

106. 71% use it weekly

107. 60% of them discuss education-related topics

109. Popular activities of students

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

114. Second Life …demo

115. Research in virtual world

116. Social Network in second Life

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

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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

127. Thank youEmail: david.asirvatham@um.edu.my