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Using Collaborative Tools and Gamification in my class (2019): MPPU1024 Research Methodology in Education

I learned about Gamification back in 2016. But, I was really struggling back then to learn using online assessment such as Kahoot!, Quizziz and others. For my class note, I struggle to use Padlet and Prezi.

But, I challenge myself to improve my teaching to incorporate online assessment and also more interactive class notes in my class. After all, the quiz in Kahoot! or Quizziz has this interactive features that I could not provide if I use paper-and-pencil test. For my class notes, I find that Prezi has this unique features. It is almost like a game in itself as students can choose to pick which bubble that they want to uncover first.

Here are some of the class notes that I have used several semesters but I only recently converted it into Prezi notes (pssstt… I paid USD60 for Prezi annual fees) to have more choices of interactive settings.

https://prezi.com/view/MewCUO1zkaTuOAC4Vj8e/

https://prezi.com/view/ZRE8sg3UjKGTqmCapW8K/

https://prezi.com/view/Sjku3yezs7TD0vDPjWYq/

Here are some of the quizzes that I have used over several semesters. There are other quizzes that I set as private because it might relate to certain articles that I use in class. The ones that I list here are generic version.

For MPPU1024 Research Methodology in Education, here are some of the quizzes that students can take

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5d9d3359160757001dfaea83

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5df090f7efd50d001ce8038a

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5d4a3633d1dd07001b268565

Birthday bash… really?

My plan was to take a leave to celebrate my birthday with my family today. But I had few things that I had to settle today so I ended up of not taking a leave. But I had this terrible stomachache because I drank fresh milk before I slept yesterday. It “cleansed” my bowel alright.

After the MPPU1070 evaluation ended around 10am, I went to the office to submit the evaluation form. On my way, I met Yan. I told her that today is my birthday and she decided to give me a treat. Since it was still early, our plan to eat at the newly renovated Arked Meranti was shifted to SDS.

I had an embarrassing moment today when one of the waitresses at SDS brought a cake with candles and singing Happy Birthday to me. What!!!! At this age, I feel cringed rather than elated about it. Come on! I am already passed 40 and the last thing I want is to blow candles on my birthday. But I appreciate my colleague who wants to give me a surprise because she knows very well that I am not into that kind of festivities. Thanks for the thought and kind act. She squealed in delight when she saw my cringed face listening to the birthday song sang by the waitress.

I aim to take a leave next year on my birthday. I need to make a day to unwind from works and whatsnot.

The last round robin activity for this semester

It is never my intention to torture my students with Round Robin activity this semester which I conducted more than twice. But, the thing is they are future teachers. I hope through experiential learning, they would remember how they go through the process of this activity. Hope they would store the information in procedural memory and episodic memory (there are steps involved that they have to go through i.e. relate to procedural memory as well as event where they go through i.e. related to the activity itself).

Please ignore the way they dress. After all, they are TEASLIAN. As you can see, they might have resemblance with LA lecturers too who teach them. An example of modelling (social learning) by Bandura in action. Indeed

Last day of my class….. errrr

I had a blast with this group of students. Few of them took my Personality Psychology class before. When I asked them why they took my Human Development class, they said that they want to learn from me. They enjoy taking my class. What a bluff! That is my first impression. I know that I should trust my students but due to previous experiences, I still have some reservation when they give me sugar-coated compliment.

One of them suggested that we took a class picture. This is not what I normally do in class. I feel cringed (you can see it from my face). But for the sake of group dynamics, I played along with their request.

FSSSH Free Meal and Free Market programme 2019

9 December 2019 (Monday). It was the final day for our Free Meal and Free Market programme for this semester. It has been 48 weeks since it was launched back in 2016 (errr, not officially launched though :D) and around 5000 students were benefited with the free meal. How time flies!

But this time around, we ended it with a bang. Yup. The newly elected Dean, Prof Zaidatun Tasir invited the press to come and you can know more about our programme HERE.

School holidays activities

Two of the grandkids were in town last week. Since their Embah was busy with other things, I took a leave to entertain them. So, I sent them for horse back riding session at Equine Park, UTM.

She went first. She asked me if I want to ride the horse too. Nope. No, thank you

He went second. He looked anxious but looking at his sister who rode the horse safely, he was less hesitant to ride the horse.

Other than horse riding session, I want them to have a hands-on activity. Mind you. These two kids know how to play online games (I don’t even know how to play online games and I am older than them). Their Embah was not around. So, to keep them occupied, we baked brownie cookies. The recipe is HERE. But I improvised a bit by adding dark chocolate and left-over Whittard hot chocolate. I used some nearly expired stuff. Alhamdulillah it turned out ok

He tasted his own cookies. The face tells everything

I managed to have 6 jars of these cookies. Different sizes though

New Academia Learning Innovation (NALI) Active learning: Using Gallery Walk (more)

I am a novice in active learning. I have tried jigsaw, think-pair-share, 2 minutes paper and STAD (student-teams achievement division). I challenge myself to learn a new cooperative learning strategy this semester. I choose Gallery Walk (well, I also use Carousel but that one is for poster evaluation).

When I google about Carousel , I find so many versions of it. But the bottom line is, Carousel is a strategy that you use WHEN you want to “semi-force” each individual student to take turn in giving their opinion/answer/response and they “have” to share it with others. Ideally, 4 to 5 students per group.

But in my case, I used Gallery Walk for my PG class. They are more matured students so the whole class is considered as one group. But in this case, I increase the number of questions (each question is position in one station) so they can move around to answer the questions at their own pace and preference. There is no compulsion or assignment of which station would be their first station. They can start at any station to give their response.

There were 7 questions (7 stations) and 11 students. There were few students who absent so, the class seems bigger.

Some of them were waiting their turn. These two stations have two “controversial” questions. So, many students were eager to answer the questions.

Not so popular station. But, since I instructed them to go to ALL stations, some of them visited this station later than the other stations.

NALI UTM: Sharing session with SKAFREE on 27 November 2019 (Wednesday)

I had a queasy feeling every time I was invited by the group to have a sharing session with them. I feel like an impostor. But, I just took my chance to give my best.

So, there were about 20+ academic staff attended this session. I could see familiar faces. I have high regards towards these people. I salute them for having unwavering passion in teaching especially to those who are “otai” with so many years of teaching experience under their belt. I am supposed to learn from them, not the other way around.

Nevertheless, I shared my experience in using Round Robin in my class. Apparently, some of them have already used it but they don’t know it is Round Robin. Indeed. I learn more from them.

Some of them already left when we took this picture

Nota kelas SPPP2002 Asas Pendidikan

Nota tajuk: Ujian dan pengujian dan juga analisa item

https://prezi.com/view/ane0xItvOF224clA1Nb3/

Nota: Bahan adalah dalam bentuk nota Prezi dan tiada dalam bentuk powerpoint.

Pssst… nota ini pun boleh digunakan untuk kursus yang ada tajuk yang lebih kurang sama seperti kursus SPPP 2032 Pengukuran dan Penilaian dalam Pendidikan

A little effort goes a long way. Indeed

It was a brain-child by one of my colleagues, Assoc Prof Dr Fatin Aliah Phang few years back. At that time, I didn’t involve too much in the activity. Then it all started when we had an idea plus extra budget to give special meal due to Chinese New Year in 2018. So, she asked me to make some preparation i.e. get enough Ang Pau packets (which I still have some left-overs) and buy oranges (which I change into Ferrero Rocher instead because there were on sales).

Image may contain: 3 people, including Hadijah Jaffri, people smiling — See the wide smiles on their faces! It really made our day.

Fast forward. It is 2019. Late 2019. Some of the coupons are worn out. But, I replace that with new ones. While doing that, I found out that some of the students wrote some notes of Thank You.