This week we learnt about gamification. It was conducted by Dr Norhafizah. She explained to us about what gamification is. At first, I thought gamification can only occur online, of course by using technology like Kahoot and Quizziz. But Dr Norhafizah told us that it can happen either online and offline. This is because the real definition of gamification is an educational approach to motivate students to learn by using game elements be it through video games design or even the learning environment itself. However, to implement gamification in education, we must be aware of the weaknesses of it. Firstly, I think our country internet access is not efficient enough to support this activity for all school in Malaysia. Next, I think it might be distracting for students because instead of gaining knowledge they perhaps will use this medium to do other things. In order to make this implementation a success, I believe it is crucial that the government provides the best facility so it will become more efficient and systematic. Last but not least, some teachers might think that this is going to be a waste of time as they have syllabus to finish before the school ends. Being a Gen Z myself, I admit that despite those weaknesses, gamification really helps teacher to deliver their lessons effectively. In gamification, there must be a good reinforcement which is by giving rewards to students. This will help to boost students’ confident in answering questions as they like the satisfaction of getting the right answers. Also I believe that gamification can ensure that everyone is involve in the classroom activity. Students can obtain skills that they will get only by doing group work. In an individual activity, they can polish their problem solving skill that will benefit them in the future. In conclusion, gamification is definitely an interesting approach to make students more focus and enjoy their learning process.
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This week’s lecture was conducted by Dr Hazrati. On this week, we learnt about graphic and multimedia. Dr Hazrati started her lecture by explaining several types of media. This week’s lecture is important as we need this knowledge for our assignments later. She explained to us the guidelines that we need to follow in order to create an interesting and informative graphic. I just found out that you don’t have to use lots of words to get your messages delivered. You can use various types of elements to provide information. For example, a person can use animation or pictures in their posters or graphic material to show the main idea of it. Now, just like I said, this week’s lesson is important for our assignments, however as a future teacher how do we make use of this knowledge?
Nowadays, even teachers find it easier to give lessons to students using graphic and multimedia methods. For example, power slides of lecture notes. From my point of view, by using graphic and multimedia, instructor can deliver their lessons without having to explain it in long words. Students can pay more attention through this way as the find it more interesting than the traditional teaching method. Speaking from my experience, the amount of students who slept in the classroom is lesser when my teacher explained it to us using animation and pictures. I, myself will also consider on using graphic and media as a part of my teaching plan. But I think most teachers would still prefer to use the traditional teaching methods because they think it is easier as they don’t really have much knowledge on graphic and media. Going to the tutorial class also makes me realized that my generation despite being the Gen Z, there are so many things that we don’t know especially on media. I think it is important for teachers to at least have the basic knowledge on graphic and multimedia so they can deliver lessons that the students find appealing. This week’s lecture was conducted by Dr Mohd Khalid. We learnt about the m learning and e-learning. What is m-learning and e-learning? That is the exact question that I had in my mind when I first heard of those two words. A feeling of regret surrounded myself for not revising the topic earlier. Dr Mohd Khalid started off his lecture by asking us the definition of those two words. He explained that e learning is learning conducted by electronic media. While, m-learning means mobile learning. Basically m-learning is under e-learning. According to Dr Mohd Khalid, there are many advantages on implementing e-learning in classroom. Not only they benefit the lecturers or educators, but e-learning also benefits the students. Firstly, online learning accommodates everyone’s needs. Based on what I had experienced myself, as e-learning is convenient and easy to access, I can easily look up for any lecture notes or practices according to my own availability. Next, m-learning makes the interaction between an instructor and a student easier. They don’t have to meet face to face to discuss on a particular topic. Last but not least, m-learning offers dynamic teaching methodologies.
As everyone knows, today’s generation is more familiar on using technology in their lives. Hence, it makes m-learning more reasonable in classroom. This is due to the fact that m-learning is extremely friendly to modern teaching methods. Teachers can use different types of approach to their students. They can deliver the lessons using audio, video and images. Moving on to the disadvantages of m-learning and e-learning. Dr Mohd Khalid told us that every good thing in this world can bring harm too. M-learning decrease the social interaction between an individual and another. Since they don’t have to see face to face to discuss, there is no verbal communication involved. My opinion on this matter is, m-learning can bring good to teachers and students, however in order to make this relevant in our country, we need to upgrade a few things. A good and upgraded facilities should be provided to each and every schools in this country to make it easier for educators and students to use the m-learning. To be honest, during the first week of this class, I didn’t know what to expect since I’ve never heard anything about this course even from seniors. I came early to class so I can prepare myself mentally for this course. The first lecture was conducted by Mejar Jasmy. He touched on the definition of Innovation and Technology and how to utilize it in teaching. He didn’t really touch much on the course’s introduction, but he gave some advice that is very useful and much needed for all of us as future teachers. He reminded us to be punctual. Yes, it is something that all of us know but not much of us can really do that. He opened my eyes that there are so many of us who take punctuality lightly. Punctuality is very crucial to future teachers. How do we expect our students to come early to class if we didn’t show the correct examples to them?
I also realized that it is important for future teachers to know how to utilize technology in their teaching material. Eventhough, I am a Gen Z myself, I admit that I also am not very familiar with technology. Hence, I think that this course is going to be beneficial to teachers. Future teachers must know the generation they are going to educate. They must plan a teaching material that can cater these students’ needs. Therefore, this course is important and I am glad that this course is offered this semester. Mejar Jasmy showed us a video on a group of students using drone as a part of their teaching plan. From my perspective of view, this is definitely a way to capture students’ interest and attention. However, we must also consider the fact that this is new to our country and there are not many people using it. To overcome this, there are some universities offering a course where you can learn how to use it and utilize it in your teaching. All in all, I think the first week of lecture opened my eyes on the importance of teachers using innovation and technology in their teaching. |
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