Developing the j-QAF e-Learning Application for Children on Islam Obligatory Duties (Fardhu Ain) under the Topic 'Ibadat'

Computer Aided Learning (CAL) has becomes the learning style at school and high institution. If before this, teachers used blackboard and text book, but nowadays teachers has been exposed with computer as an effective and interesting way. In Malaysia, utilization of computer was started in 1966, as long as it introduce,government try to apply it various field such as business, education, and life. Much effort has been done by government to increase the student skill in computer. In 1980’s, government was introduce computer club through the co curriculum activity at schools. In RMK-9, smart school project has been introduced by stages. It include three things, which is ICT hardware that supply to school, specific software and system application and also guidance for school admin, teacher, parent and community places. Learning through e-learning has been used at whole school in Malaysia either through CD ROM or online e-learning. The objective of this research is to help children understand the “ibadat” topic via j-QAF e-learning application. j-QAF e-learning application is developed by using dual coding theory by Paivio 1986,working memory theory by Baddley 1992 and cognitive load theory by Chanddler & Sweller 1991. In fact of design, multimedia learning theory by Richard Mayer has been used to make sure design of e-learning can be understood by children. All the theory are related each other to develop the j-QAF e-learning application. Dual coding theory explain that human brain in analyst information used two ways which is human’s process information through dual channels, one auditory and the other visual. So based on this theory, researcher has been developed e-learning with included two elements which is visual and verbal (auditory). It because according working memory theory human brain can actively process during learning process.But human brain can’t accept all the information that has been presented. So cognitive load theory has been used to assess that amount of information is limited to be process. Based on the three theories, so multimedia learning theory by Richard Mayer has been developed which is multimedia principle, spatial contiguity principle, temporal contiguity principle, Coherence Principle, Modality Principle,Redundancy Principle, and Individual Differences Principles which can balance the human brain. Evaluation session has been done at Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Kupang

Proceedings ICPW'07: 2nd International Conference on the Pragmatic Web, 22-23 Oct. 2007, Tilburg: NL

Proceedings ICPW'07: 2nd International Conference on the Pragmatic Web, 22-23 Oct. 2007, Tilburg: N

Web-Based Solat Courseware for Children

Our children today are growing up in the digital age, a courseware is always comes in handy including for fardhu ain education. Fardhu ain is a knowledge that is compulsory to learn and practice by every Muslim and solat is a part of it. Technology assist human in many aspect of their life including education. This web-based courseware can be used on a computer or any portable gadget with an internet browser; therefore parents can let their children to learn about solat independently regardless of place and time. In addition to that, the courseware can also be used as a teaching aid at school. This project represents a framework of personalizing courseware according to the user’s characteristic as to ensure to deliver the right and relevant learning contain to the right learner. This project also uses the elements of multimedia such as text, video, audio and interactivity

Web-Based Solat Courseware for Children

Our children today are growing up in the digital age, a courseware is always comes in handy including for fardhu ain education. Fardhu ain is a knowledge that is compulsory to learn and practice by every Muslim and solat is a part of it. Technology assist human in many aspect of their life including education. This web-based courseware can be used on a computer or any portable gadget with an internet browser; therefore parents can let their children to learn about solat independently regardless of place and time. In addition to that, the courseware can also be used as a teaching aid at school. This project represents a framework of personalizing courseware according to the user’s characteristic as to ensure to deliver the right and relevant learning contain to the right learner. This project also uses the elements of multimedia such as text, video, audio and interactivity

Flexible virtual learning environments: a schema-driven approach using sematic web concepts

Flexible e-Iearning refers to an intelligent educational mechanism that focuses on simulating and improving traditional education as far as possible on the Web by integrating various electronic approaches, technologies, and equipment. This mechanism aims to promote the personalized development and management of e-learning Web services and applications. The main value of this method is that it provides high-powered individualization in pedagogy for students and staff.Here, the thesis mainly studied three problems in meeting the practical requirements of users in education. The first question is how a range of teaching styles (e.g. command and guided discovery) can be supported. The second one is how varieties of instructional processes can be authored. The third question is how these processes can be controlled by learners and educators in terms of their personalized needs during the execution of instruction.In this research, through investigating the existing e-Iearning approaches and technologies, the main technical problems of current virtual learning environments (VLEs) were analyzed. Next, by using the Semantic Web concepts as well as relevant standards, a schema-driven approach was created. This method can support users' individualized operations in the Web-based education. Then, a flexible e-learning system based on the approach was designed and implemented to map a range of extensive didactic paradigms. Finally, a case study was completed to evaluate the research results. The main findings of the assessment were that the flexible VLE implemented a range of teaching styles and the personalized creation and control of educational processes

A practical method for courseware evaluation

As more courseware becomes available, choosing the right functionality for a particular e-learning community is becoming more problematic. Systematic methods for evaluating courseware functionality components in their context of use are required. Of many general methods for ICT evaluation it is unclear how to assess their applicability in the context of courseware. We outline a practical method for courseware evaluation. We experiment with the method by evaluating the courseware functionality used in one core e-learning activity: the making of group assignments. One interesting finding is that the usefulness of an application to a large degree depends on the particular activity being supported, much less on the particular functionality used