Category: COVID-19_Teaching and Learning

Some of the handouts and guidelines for preparing online test and take home examination.

1. Alternative Assessment Full Report

2. Guidelines during COVID-19 Pandemic for UTM staff

3. Alternative Assessment Guidelines

 

 

Nota Program Kerohanian FSSH bagi Siri 9 :

1. Sebutan lafaz perkataan (ayat) dalam Al-Quran perlu dizahirkan dengan lafaz yang betul.  Ikut lafaz stail Arab.  Tajwid kena perbetulkan.
2. Surah Al- Isra’ ada 2 nama:
   • Al-Isra’ (perjalanan waktu malam yang dilakukan oleh Nabi Muhammad SAW dari Masjidil Haram ke Masjid al- Aqsa dan
   • Bani Israel (banyak tentang Bani Israel).
3. Baitul Maqdis dan ayat “Wa ma haulahu” merujuk kepada Bumi Sham (4 negara moden: Syria, Jordan, Lubnan, Israel)
4. Tempat yang diberkati bukan sekadar Masjidil Haram atau Masjid al- Aqsa, tetapi tempat disekeliling Masjid al-Aqsa.
5. Masjid al – Aqsa adalah tempat yang istimewa kerana menjadi simbol kepada agama Islam, Kristian dan Yahudi.

I don’t have any preference when it comes to game based learning platforms.  I just like anything that I can get and use for FREE.   One of my students asked me which of the following are the best game based learning platforms: Quizziz, Kahoot!, Socrative or Quizlet and so forth.

Personally, since I am a bit slow in learning new thing especially related to technology, I would just stick to one platform and only move on to the other platform AFTER I have really master it.   So for the time being, even though I have created an account for Quizziz, Kahoot! and others, but basically I am comfortable to use Quizziz and thus, I use it often than the other.

For Kahoot!, with the current situation i.e. COVID-19 pandemic, it offers for the new user PREMIUM feature for free.  Yup.  But for those who have already an account, you have to pay for the PREMIUM feature.  I don’t know how long the offer might last though.

 

For Quizlet, it has this flashcard feature.  It might be suitable for mix-and-match activity and such.   In my case, it is not that suitable for UG or PG courses.  But I still recommend it to my students who will teach school kids in the future.

For Socrative,  it is similar like Kahoot!.   It is not free though for special or premium features.  It is free for 50 students per room with limited other features.  Somewhere in March 2020, its CEO declared that teachers can use Showbie and Socrative for free until the end of July 2020.  But it caused sudden consumption traffic and overwhelmed the system.  So, it is reverted to the original plan rather than unlimited access to their platform.  

For Quizziz, it is still FREE.  It has new features that I like (but still learning to get used to it).  So for now, I will stick to what I am currently using.

I am familiar with some platforms like Quizziz and Kahoot!.   Based on my experience of using either one of the platforms, students find it interesting and enjoyable while taking a graded quiz.  One of my students said that Quizziz has memes that make him feel less stressful and in fact he enjoy the process of taking a quiz.

Normally, taking a quiz can cause one to feel anxious.  It might be due to the way we perceive a test/ exam as challenging and thus, it makes us feel uncomfortable, stress or anxious.  In a severe cases, some students might experience debilitating test anxiety that could impair their performance.

But how can we make it (taking a test/ exam etc.) less stressful for students? 

There are so many ways that we can do to help students overcoming and managing their stress and anxiety but I believe one of the ways is to “change” the way it is being perceived.  So using a platform like Quizziz or Kahoot! that incorporate the element of gaming (there are sound, memes and such) can make a quiz less threatening because it does not have the conventional feature – serious looking format.