How to learn in the 21st century? An Economics classroom

Sharing of experience by:Radziah Adam,

School of Distance Education

• Campuses & Sites

Main Campus (416.6 ha. Penang Island)

Engineering Campus (72.84 ha, Nibong Tebal)

Health Campus (140 ha-Kubang Kerian)

Belgaum, India (USM-KLE International Medical College)

Kuala Lumpur City Venture

IPPT (Bertam)Sains @ usm (Bukit Jambul)

Undergraduate Students 22,485

No. of Undergraduate Programmes

77

% of graduating on time 90.44% (Undergrad)

Postgraduate Students 11,051 (Enrolment)(>3 543 pursuing PhDs)

No. of Postgraduate Programmes 337 Programs

No. of Research programmes 1935 Programs

International Students 2213 (1901 Postgraduates)

Staff 11,082(1 970 academic staff)

Post Doctoral 90

Schools 24

Centres of Excellence 18 (2 HiCoE)

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• A premium Research University

• Strong governance & autonomy

• Own APEX Constitution• Selection of Senate

Member (largest in the country)

As at 19 December 2013

• Padlet.com - to break the ice!

• http://bit.ly/KTlY4m

• Slideshare.net:

• Objectives

1. Web 2.0 to Web 3.02. Blended/Flipped Learning3. Open CourseWare (OCW)4. Lifelong LearningQ: Are you prepared with 21st century skills?

• 21st Century Skills• 3 types: life & career skills (common), learning &

innovative skills (kemahiran insaniah) AND information, media & technology skills

• New paradigm: from teacher-centred @ lecture-based to Student-Centred Learning (SCL) whereby the bulk of responsibilities fall on the students as a knowledge-seeker while teachers as mentor/facilitator/guide

• http://www.p21.org/

• http://bit.ly/1eO5UtV

“We are currently preparing the students for jobs that do not exist yet!”

• Remember? Back in the old days…

• 1. From Web 2.0 …to Web 3.0

http://www.labnol.org/internet/web-3-concepts-explained/

• 1. From Web 2.0 …to Web 3.0

Source: http://lifeboat.com/ex/web.3.0

• 1. From Web 2.0 …to Web 3.0• Web 1.0 – That Geocities & Hotmail era was all about read-only content and static

HTML websites. People preferred navigating the web through link directories of Yahoo! and dmoz.

• Web 2.0 – This is about user-generated content and the read-write web. People are consuming as well as contributing information through blogs or sites like Flickr, YouTube, Digg, etc. The line dividing a consumer and content publisher is increasingly getting blurred in the Web 2.0 era.

• Web 3.0 – This will be about semantic web (or the meaning of data), personalization (e.g. iGoogle), intelligent search and behavioral advertising among other things.

• If that sounds confusing, check out some of these excellent presentations that help you understand Web 3.0 in simple English:

http://www.labnol.org/internet/web-3-concepts-explained/

• 2. Blended/Flipped Learning (L)Spectrum: F2F-------Blended L (e.g. PJJ) -------Online L

Benefits?• Learning on demand (LOD), save time by digitizing contents (LR:

year in & out), gain more time F2F to Q&A by flipped classroom/active learning etc.

• Students: NOT to submit but to publish their works!http://bit.ly/1cU9LWx on Blended Learning

• 2. How to Creat Quick e-Content for Blended/Flipped Learning?

• http://bit.ly/1iETCXt

• http://jitzu.ukm.my/web20/

by Prof Dr Mohamed Amin Embi (National Academic Award for teaching, 2006 ) Just in Time Training To You (JiT2U) : Web 2.0 Tools. This mobile module is meant to gently introduce the concepts and potentials of Web 2.0 tools for educators and learners.http://www.scoop.it/t/web-2-0-learning-teaching

• E.g. Economic classroom• https://www.facebook.com/groups/JKE101Peng

antarEkonomi/

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/JKE316EQuantitativeEconomics/

• http://elearning.usm.my/pppjj/

• Sample: Assignment

• http://bit.ly/1amkadN (Instructions in docs.google)

• https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/cWvHCFiquyHvZQ/jke-101-demand-supply-market-equilibrium-made-easy

• https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/H5vUMM2gzTWi-g/jke-101-tugasan-1-mikroekonomi-terkeluar-tajuk

• Sample: Assignment

• Sample: Assignment

• Ocw.mit.edu FREE ONLINE COURSE MATERIALS!!!

• 3. OCW: Open CourseWare

• Online resources: (most are FREE!)

• http://www.edmodo.com/ Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for your class to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices.

• http://www.udacity.com/ Free online university classes for everyone.

• http://www.khanacademy.org/ A mission to provide a free world-class education to anyone anywhere.

• http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/

• References:

• http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/• http://

zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/04/free-learning-tool-for-every-learning.html

• http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/06/university-learning-ocw-oer-free.html

• References:

• Prof Abdul Karim (National Academic Award 2008 for teaching - applied sciences)

• http://www.indtech.usm.my/karim/AKA/Home.html

• http://onestoplearning.blogspot.com/

• http://teachbytes.com/2012/03/01/10-educational-technology-quotes/

• “Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is most important.” - Bill Gates

• “Teaching in the Internet age means we must teach tomorrow’s skills today.” – Jennifer Fleming

• 4. Lifelong learning

The prophet Muhammad SAW: “Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.”

http://www.mohe.gov.my/portal/images/utama/penerbitan/Enculturation%20of%20Lifelong%20LearningFINAL%20v1.pdf

• Motivation!

• http://www.youtube.com/embed/EpJXX70f0hQ

• To do!

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THANK YOU & TILL WE MEET AGAIN…