Today (31 July 2019, Wednesday) is the first day of the academic camp. My session will start tomorrow (1 August 2019, Thursday). But I came today because I want to check out the venue and Ita asked me to help her taking pictures for documentation purposes. Since they cannot use DSLR camera, we are relying on each other’s effort to take pictures throughout the sessions by taking turn using our smartphones instead. Here are some of the pictures.
Just to remind myself on how to use this website, I put the instructions here for my reference and others who might need it
How to edit the page
How to edit a post.
If you want to know more information, you can download some handouts from here https://humanities.utm.my/education/download/
Go to Webometrics UTM and check out the handouts to know more about it!
P.S: No more excuse not to update your personal profile 😛
“Sooner Or Later” by Alan Parsons
Oh what a price we pay
For the things we say
And the closer I get to you
The further you move away
All the lies we tell
In the games we play
And the longer I think it over
The harder it is to stay
Sooner or later I’ll be free
To leave the past behind
Sooner or later you’re gonna be
The last thing on my mind
Little by little I’m finding out
The truth behind your eyes
Maybe if I don’t show
I thought you might like to know
You’re gonna be the last thing on my mind
You didn’t want to know
I could have told you so
But the moment I think it’s over
The further there is to go
Just a little word
Such an easy way
But the longer I think about it
The harder it is to say
Sooner or later I’ll be free
To leave the past behind
Sooner or later you’re gonna be
The last thing on my mind
Little by little I’m finding out
The truth behind your eyes
Maybe if I don’t show
I thought you might like to know
You’re gonna be the last thing on my mind
This is the song by Alan Parsons. This is a breakup song. Indeed. Well, my intention was not to teach the students to be romantic. It is far from it. But as teenagers, they need to learn how to regulate their emotions such as handling with rejection, break up and whatsnot. To motivate them to learn English is not easy. Song is one of the ways to teach which is widely used. There are numerous research done this. One of the examples is by a team of researchers from Turkey.
I have not yet conducted any research on this issue. Last year, when I was undergoing my Latihan Ikhtisas, I had contemplated this though. Since I only taught one class for one form, i Ikhtisas, I had contemplated this issue. Since I only taught a single class for a single form, it was difficult for me to “perform” quasi-experiments. I was specifically assigned pupils with limited English skills. Therefore, it is comprehensible why the other class had higher grades than mine, despite the fact that my instructor never used songs in the classroom. The students become more receptive to my teaching style, that much is certain. Some of them are in under my special care until end of the year.
esi Klinik bagi akses dan penggunaan Sistem TES (TESDCP) UTM kini dibuka bertempat di dewan PPICTP, Aras 3. Jadual klinik bagi Sistem TES (TESDCP) adalah seperti berikut:
Sesi Klinik bagi akses dan penggunaan Sistem TES (TESDP) UTM dibuka bertempat di MAKMAL CICT 2, CICTKL.
Jadual Klinik bagi Sistem TES (TESDP) adalah seperti berikut:
| TARIKH | HARI | SESI PAGI | SESI PETANG |
| 2/8/2019 | Jumaat | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM | 2:30 PM – 5:00PM |
| 5/8/2019 | Isnin | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM | 2:30 PM – 5:00PM |
| 6/8/2019 | Selasa | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM | 2:30 PM – 5:00PM |
| 7/8/2019 | Rabu | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM | 2:30 PM – 5:00PM |
| 8/8/2019 | Khamis | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM | 2:30 PM – 5:00PM |
| 9/8/2019 | Jumaat | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM | 2:30 PM – 5:00PM |
| 12/8/2019 | Isnin | CUTI HARI RAYA AIDIL ADHA | |
| 13/8/2019 | Selasa | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM | 2:30 PM – 5:00PM |
| 14/8/2019 | Rabu | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM | 2:30 PM – 5:00PM |
Sukacita dimaklumkan bahawa Universiti melalui Pusat Kepimpinan Akademik UTM (UTMLead) telah bersetuju untuk melanjutkan tarikh akhir penghantaran data bagi Teaching Excellence System (TESDCP) kepada 15 Ogos 2019.
Untuk makluman staf akademik, link untuk rujukan bagi proses kemasukan data sistem TES (TESDCP) boleh di perolehi melalui modul TES (TESDCP) dalam kursus ini: https://bit.ly/2YMZIQ7 manakala akses kepada sistem TESDCP adalah melalui portal MyUTM.
Sesi Klinik bagi akses dan penggunaan Sistem TES (TESDCP) UTM kini dibuka bertempat di dewan PPICTP, Aras 3. Jadual klinik bagi Sistem TES (TESDCP) adalah seperti berikut:
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JADUAL KLINIK SISTEM UTM TES |
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| TARIKH | HARI | SESI PAGI | SESI PETANG |
| 29/7/2019 | ISNIN | 9.30AM – 12.00PM | 2.30PM – 4.30PM |
| 31/7/2019 | RABU | 2.30PM – 4.30PM | |
| 1/8/2019 | KHAMIS | 9.30AM – 12.00PM | |
| 4/8/2019 | AHAD | 9.30AM – 12.00PM | 2.30PM – 4.30PM |
| 6/8/2019 | SELASA | 9.30AM – 12.00PM | 2.30PM – 4.30PM |
| 8/8/2019 | KHAMIS | 9.30AM – 12.00PM | |
| 11/8/2019 | AHAD | 9.30AM – 12.00PM | 2.30PM – 4.30PM |
| 13/8/2019 | SELASA | 9.30AM – 12.00PM | 2.30PM – 4.30PM |
| 15/8/2019 | KHAMIS | 9.30AM – 12.00PM | |
One of my colleagues and I have been wondering about this: who will assess our TESDCP? The next question that keep bugging our mind is how would they assess us? We know that there are rubrics and whatsnot but there is NO concrete example of those who get full marks for example for Self-Assessment and Reflections. On what basis the evaluation of our Teaching Philosophy would be? Based on the length of our explanation of the Teaching Philosophy? What would it be then?
One of my senior colleagues has an idea about writing his teaching philosophy in less than 40 words. His justification? UTM philosophy is written in 35 words (to be exact). So, does his teaching philosophy would get better evaluation than those who write in near to 4000 words (maximum)? Or would it be vice versa? The longer you write your teaching philosophy, the better your evaluation would be OR The shorter you write your teaching philosophy, the better your evaluation would be. Which is which?
Coming back to the question “Who will assess our TESDCP?“, the answer given by Dr Nurbiha, the Manager of Creative Multimedia and Learning Technologies (CMLT) of UTMLead, the assessors would be all of the Program Directors and a special task committee who will be formed later on as evaluators. They will be assigned to assess and evaluate our TESDCP. For example, at School of Education, there are 3 program directors. All of them would be the assessors. This is similar with the current ELPPT style of evaluation. The only difference is (I guess) is the time frame given to them to evaluate i.e. 2 months. So, within August – September, they have to look at each and every single TESDCP of academicians under their programme. There will also be other assessors assigned to assist the evaluation process.
Remember about the senior colleagues who wants to write his teaching philosophy in less than 40 words? He said that his programme director has high BP condition. So, he is helping his programme director by writing “a short and sweet” teaching philosophy. No need to increase others’ blood pressure by torturing them to read your lengthy teaching philosophy, right? Shouldn’t it be that way?
CLOSURE OF UTM MAIN ENTRANCES
DURING EID AL-ADHA 1440 HIJRI / 2019
Please be informed that in conjunction with the celebration of Eid Al-Adha 1440 Hijri / 2019 A.D., several entrances to UTM will be closed and will be reopened according to the following schedule:
| Name of Entrance | Closed | Reopen | Note |
| Main Entrance
(Pintu Utama) |
Open 24 hours | Next to the Office of Asset and Development | |
| Senai Entrance
(Pintu Senai) |
From 2345 hrs, 8 August 2019 | From 0600 hrs, 12 August 2019 | – |
| Jalan Ladang Entrance
(Pintu Jalan Ladang) |
From 2345 hrs, 8 August 2019 | From 0600 hrs, 12 August 2019 | – |
| Sri Pulai Entrance
(Pintu Sri Pulai) |
From 2345 hrs, 8 August 2019 | From 0600 hrs, 12 August 2019 | On 9 August 2019 will be opened from 1200 to 1430 hrs.
On 11 August 2019 will be opened from 0730 to 1000 hrs
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| Desa Bakti Entrance
(Pintu Desa Bakti) |
From 2345 hrs, 8 August 2019 | From 0600 hrs, 12 August 2019 | On 9 August 2019 will be opened from 1200 to 1430 hrs.
On 11 August 2019 will be opened from 0730 to 1700 hrs |
