Assalamualaikum & Salam Sejahtera,

Genial.ly can be an incredible platform for your course. It is interactive, easy to navigate, and best of all, it can be embedded in the USM e-learning portal, micro-credential module, and MOOC.

At the end of this course, the attendees will be able to create your personalized genial.ly and captivate your audience.

Join Puan Nazirah Johar on Webex, *27 October 2020 at 3.00 pm*

*Link: https://bit.ly/GEN2710*

We cordially invite all academic staff to attend this webinar. CPD points will be given to all participants who attend this webinar fully and complete the feedback form.

If you are interested, please register at *https://campusonline.usm.my* and click at *'MyCPD'.*

This session is a step-by-step walkthrough of how to create a dynamic instructional video using a combination of OBS Studio + Canva. Both are FREE applications available for both Mac and PC users.

Dynamic instructional video simply means the video has several scenes that can be changed seamlessly during the presentation (recording). This will save a lot of time for post editing of the video.

*Join me on YouTube live today at 3.45 pm*.
The link for YouTube live: https://youtu.be/uoTVvNgEKGU

Photo from Norliza Hani

Tune in today! 10 am, 12th Nov (Thurs)
Via Google Meet : meet.google.com/vtu-arfd-fpm

Assalamualaikum wrt. Dan selamat sejahtera,

I have curated selected resources on the subject of *online open-book exam*. It covers:
- General aspects of open-book exam
- How to design open-book questions
- Guideline for students to prepare for online open-book exam

Please share with your staff and students.

Link: https://sites.google.com/view/open-bookexamthewhatwhyandhow/resources?authuser=0

*A Resource Centre for Open-Book Exam*

I have expanded the module to make it more useful for educators. Here's a brief walkthrough video (8 min) of the resources available.
Please share the info far and wide so that many educators can save some time and struggle to prepare good questions for the open-book exam.


https://youtu.be/6iXOJe6svEY

*Resource Center for Open Book Exam:*
https://sites.google.com/view/open-bookexamthewhatwhyandhow/home

Jom semua "Bersama Dr Helmi" dalam episod minggu ini untuk mencipta video beranimasi dengan "mixed reality" dan "stickers" dalam Clips!

Tarikh: 14 November 2020 (Sabtu)
Masa: 9.15 pm
Tempat: YouTube Channel Bersama Dr Helmi Norman
Pautan episode: https://youtu.be/7zzzM5oW9oQ
Trailer Episod: https://youtu.be/v75hZZVZ0hE

Photo from Norliza Hani

Photo from Norliza Hani

Block your diary.
Links will be given in the second announcement.

*JOIN US TOMORROW: OpenLearning Micro-credential Symposium 2020 | Malaysia* 🎉

Discover our complete line-up of speakers, sessions and all things micro-credentials. We look forward to welcoming you to the Symposium tomorrow. See you there!

*OpenLearning Micro-credential Symposium 2020 | Malaysia* 🇲🇾
Date: Thursday, 26 November 2020
Time: 9.30 AM - 5:30 PM | MYT

*Register for Symposium & Workshops here*:
📍 *bit.ly/OLSymposium2020*

For queries, please contact mymarketing@openlearning.com

*Gamifying Learning Using Genially*

Gamification is more than just a buzzword. Infusing gameplay not only makes learning more dynamic but it can also significantly increase learner engagement too. The rewards can be very satisfying and intensely motivating. Role-play and competitive elements add an immersive experience, which, if set up well, can quite simply make learning fun and impactful.

In this webinar, the speakers will share how they designed simple concepts of gamifying learning using a free application, Genially is a single platform for all kinds of interactive content.

Webex link: https://bit.ly/37rMqhC
YouTube Live: https://youtu.be/p8bYM7sFDuM

Assalamualaikum wrt. dan selamat sejahtera,

Happy New Year.

Please spare some time to visit and browse our MOOC@USM platform where you can find *36 online courses* (MOOC - Massive Open Online Courses) available FREE for the public.

This is an initiative we started back in 2014 to support Shift 9 (Globalised Online Learning) in our Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015-2025 (Higher Education). In addition, MOOC@USM also supports SDG (Goal 4) on providing quality and inclusive education for all.

I hope 2021 will see more MOOC will be created by our academic staff. I honestly think that all PTJs should leverage MOOC for visibility and positioning of the academic programs. As you can see, we have more than *10K enrollment* from *112 countries*.

Note that MOOC is not meant for direct income generation (for this, we can go for micro-credential).

*Please take an aggresive and strategic approach to make MOOC as one of your PTJ's agenda.* Currently, only a handful of PTJ are really encouraging and facilitating their academic staff to develop MOOC.

CDAE is doing its part not only helping and facilitating the development of MOOC but also to promote using social media, etc. I hope everyone can help promoting our MOOC together through your own social media and your circle.

Link to MOOC@USM: https://www.openlearning.com/usmmooc/

Thank you very much.

Karim

Assalamualaikum & Salam Sejahtera,

We have had valuable lessons from the pandemic – we scrambled to change our conventional practices and ways of doing things. We resorted to technology to help us deliver and painful as it might be but after a year, some of us are still balancing the wonders of technology and the students’ ability to connect.

This session looks at how we embrace technology in our ODL delivery and how apt is the approach we are taking, considering the students’ readiness, access to the internet, and learning environment. Basically, there are three foci in the presentation – ODL Technology, Minimalist Approach, and Meaningful Experience.

There will be a sharing of the speaker’s experience in managing a large university ODL and her own group of students. It is about taking the opportunity the pandemic has given - to relook, revise, and review our practices, to leverage on technology, and to deliver with simplicity and empathy

Join Prof Dr. Nor Aziah Alias (UiTM) on Webex, 15 January 2021 at 3.00 pm.

Link: https://bit.ly/ODL1501

We cordially invite all academic staff to attend this webinar. CPD points will be given to all participants who attend this webinar fully and complete the feedback form.

If you are interested, please register at https://campusonline.usm.my and click on 'MyCPD'.

Assalamualaikum wrt., selamat sejahtera,

I've created a series of online lessons entitled "Engaging Learners in Online Session". If you're teaching an online course, this series would be useful for you. Currently, there are nine lessons (each lesson between 10 to 15 min). More lessons will be added later.
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Part 1—Engaging Learners in an Online Session
https://youtu.be/EAaYk3Nv_yA

Part 2—Engaging Learners in an Online Session
https://youtu.be/Eve7WpD6aDg

Part 3—Engaging Learners in an Online Session
https://youtu.be/7w4exxFX-v4

Part 4—Engaging Learners in an Online Session
https://youtu.be/PrbMzu4QBG0

Part 5—Engaging Learners in an Online Session
https://youtu.be/WE_qbE_Bim4

Part 6—Engaging Learners in an Online Session
https://youtu.be/BHDdNjY8CSM

Part 7—Engaging Learners in an Online Session
https://youtu.be/mOWLKiSkKXQ

Part 8—Engaging Learners in an Online Session
https://youtu.be/ts_lm7dqlvY

Part 9—Engaging Learners in an Online Session
https://youtu.be/m2-ljb33wpE

Assalamualaikum & Salam Sejahtera,

We cordially invite all academic staff to attend these webinar.

Humanizing Online Learning
The COVID-19 pandemic had definitely changed immensely the way we engaged with our students. We can no longer had physical interaction, but yet we need to resort to the online teaching. Yet, our students suffered from many issues when there are back home: internet availability/affordability, domestic issues, lack of motivation and so on.
There are many technology and tools that we can use out there to engage with the students during the online teaching, but the question is, how do we do this systematically and in a structured way, supported by scholarly findings? How can we engage with the students effectively with the technology and tools that we used in the most humanised way possible and how do we assess them accordingly?
In this training, the participants will learn how can we develop humanised teaching and assessment materials, conduct effective yet empathetic teaching be it asynchronous or synchronous session as well as few tips and tricks to ensure the students will be able to learn meaningfully even on online mode.
03 February 2021 (Wednesday)
9.00 am – 1.00 pm
https://bit.ly/HOL0302

Strategies for Preparing High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Assessments
The COVID-19 pandemic had changed the way how we teach and assess our students. We can no longer resort to closed book examination or assessment format because the integrity can be questioned. In addition, it is imperatively important to produce 21st century skilled graduates, who are able to think critically, constructively and analytically. As assessments drive how the students learn, low order thinking skills (LOTS) assessments are unable to assess well the students’ ability, and therefore HOTS assessments are much needed. In this half day workshop, the participants will be exposed to the guiding principles in teaching & learning elements, and how best we could assess the students. In addition, the participants will be collaboratively prepare a constructively aligned HOTS assessments with suitable rubrics in mind.
10 February 2021 (Wednesday)
9.00 am – 1.00 pm
https://bit.ly/HOTs1002

If you are interested, please register at: https://campusonline.usm.my and click at 'MyCPD'. CPD points will be given to all participants who attend this webinar fully and complete the feedback form.

INVITATION TO JOIN “USM MOOC CHALLENGE 2021”

Assalamu’alaikum and Good Day,

CDAE will be organising USM MOOC Challenge 2021 and we would like to invite the academic staff to participate in this competition. The registration is now open till 15 March 2021.

For more information, kindly visit the following website: https://cdae.usm.my/index.php/mooc-challenge

Thank you.