Pemilihan Major LPPT (v.2.0) mengikut trek DCP 2020

Pemilihan Major LPPT (v.2.0) bermula 19 Julai – 3 Ogos 2020 di laman sesawang myutm.utm.my Sehubungan itu YBrs. Prof./Dr./saudara diminta untuk memilih Major LPPT bagi e-LPPT Versi 2.0.

Dibawah adalah senarai kategori staf yang dibenarkan untuk membuat pemilihan Major e-LPPT Versi 1.0 dan senarai staf yang dibenarkan untuk menggunakan penilaian e-LPPT Versi 2.0

E-LPPT Versi 1.0 (Transisi)
a)     Staf akademik baharu dilantik dan belum disahkan dalam jawatan. Disetkan sebagai Minor Research. Walaubagaimanapun, staf juga dibenarkan untuk memilih e-LPPT Versi 2.0 dan Perlu memilih Major LPPT di sistem Versi 2.0. 
b)    Staf akademik tiada PhD disetkan sebagai e-LPPT Transisi, Minor Research.  Walaubagaimanapun, staf juga dibenarkan untuk memilih e-LPPT Versi 2.0 dan Perlu memilih Major LPPT di sistem Versi 2.0. 
c)     Staf akademik yang memohon kenaikan pangkat sebelum 30 Mac 2019 dan masih belum menerima kenaikan pangkat dibenarkan menggunakan penilaian e-LPPT Versi 1.0. Jika staf adalah pentadbir akademik, kategori staf akan ditetapkan sebagai AA. Penentuan Major atau Minor Research bergantung kepada jumlah jam kredit setahun.  Major Research < 18 jam kredit, Minor Research > 18 jam kredit
d)    Staf akademik yang akan berpencen dalam tempoh 5 tahun, Pemilihan   Major Research < 18 jam kredit, Minor Research > 18 jam .

Walaubagaimanapun staf bakal bersara juga boleh memohon untuk e-LPPT Versi 2.0 dan  Perlu memilih Major LPPT di sistem Versi 2.0. 
E-LPPT Versi 2.0 
a)     Semua staf akademik yang tidak memohon kenaikan pangkat sebelum 30 Mac 2019.
b)    Staf Akademik yang telah memohon kenaikan pangkat sebelum 30 Mac 2019 dan telah dinaikkan pangkat pada tahun 2019.
c)     Pentadbir Akademik yang tidak memohon kenaikan pangkat. Major LPPT adalah Major Leadership dan disetkan secara automatik oleh sistem. 
d)    Pentadbir Akademik lantikan fakulti, samada kekal Major LPPT 2019 atau boleh memohon Major yang lain di sistem eLPPT versi 2.0.

Bagi staf yang TIDAK MEMILIH sebarang MAJOR pada tahun ini, pihak fakulti akan menganggap pilihan MAJOR saudara adalah SAMA seperti tahun 2019.

Brian Little, you make my day. Thank you

After a short stint of professional training at school in 2018, I determine to change the activities that I do in class.  But clearly going to secondary school for professional training does not give me a better idea how to teach university students.  It is a fact.

There are certain things about my teaching that I decided to change.  One of it is my class note.  No more Powerpoint.  So, I use Prezi which I subscribe for USD60 annually.  It worth every penny that I spend.  Based on feedback that I got from students for the past few semesters, they like Prezi notes as compared to Powerpoint because they can control which part they want to read or focus based on themes that I use as a means to organise my notes.

Other than my notes, I decided to “upgrade” my class activities.  This is challenging.  One of it is because I have little idea about how to do it.  I don’t want the activities to be a burden to my students and they don’t learn much from such activities.  So, what I normally do when I am struggling to get some ideas about the activities that I want to implement in class, I would put everything aside and just focus on reading.  I have read and reread the books that I already have.  I was a little bit lazy to go to the library to borrow books.  So, I went to Popular bookstore (I still prefer to go to the physical bookstore, rather than shopping online).

As I browsed books on the Psychology section, I saw this book.  The title is intriguing.  My first thought was “Another autobiography book?” But it is not.  As I read the book, I imagine Brian is my mentor.  Even though I don’t know him personally, but I have watched his TED Talk.  I got some ideas that I think I can try in my own class.  In this case, I am thinking about in what way I can make my students enjoy and appreciate what they learn in class.  It is not about me, but rather what they learn in class.

So, I tried one of the activities that Brian had used in his class.  Even though I don’t have any clear idea about how he did it, but based on what I understand reading his book, I gave my students a question.  A question that will prompt them to explore about their own selves.  But unlike Brian, I gave my students other activities too.   So, I combine the question based on what I find in Brian’s book with the class activities that I normally do in class.

Then, COVID-19 happens.  Nobody ever thought how challenging teaching and learning would be.  I was worried in the middle of the semester.  I hope and pray that things will go well despite the challenges that we have to face.  To know how my students were coping, I gave them a chance to let their feelings known.  So, I asked a simple question “What they want to let me know as their instructor?”  The following are some of the feedback that I got from the students.

 

COVID-19: New norm of final examination

For this semester, the final examination is conducted through online platform i.e. UTM ELearning.  It is synchronous.  “Live”.  But like the normal examination, students have to confirm their attendance by scanning QRCode (normal version would be they fill in the final examination attendance sheet) and for the invigilator, we have to begin the examination by a briefing.  But it is slightly different in this semester in which we have to conduct the briefing through Webex /  Zoom (or whatever) platform.

Here are some of the pictures that I took for my classes: Personality Psychology, Research Methodology in Education, Asas Pedagogi (Fundamental Pedagogy) and Educational Psychology.

Fundamental Pedagogy (Asas Pedagogi) class. They took the examination on 12 July 2020
Educational Psychology class. They took the examination on 9 July 2020.
Personality Psychology class. They took the examination on 25 June 2020.
Research Methodology in Education class. They took the examination on 18 July 2020.

Congratulations, IIUM!!!

This is the place that taught me so many things that are not on the syllabuses nor textbooks. This is the place where I learn about values, persistence, empathy, compassion, integrity and what does it mean to be a Muslim.

Of course, I am tested so many times about my principles and values but when I am at a losing end, I will always remember what I have learned from the best people in the world. I am so proud when it was announced that it won the Green Gown International Award for the 2020 Sustainability Institution of the Year. I wonder what ___________ is doing.

Clearly, we have Car Free Day and whatsnot but yet, why can’t we win? Of course it is not about winning but, it tells something, right?

 

Nothing can be stopped from happening with the Blessing from Allah: Part 2

I was surprised that one of my students who is a teacher and super busy with her school matters is willing to come to UTM after school just to help me cleaning my room. I was like “Biar betul?” Her school is opening soon and she has to prepare the classrooms and all.  It is laborious and physically taxing.
Well, the thing is, I just take one thing at a time. The cleaning process is an “on-going” thing at the moment. For me, it is quite pointless to do an extensive cleaning now because sooner or later somebody will come to do maintenance and whatsnot and it will become dirty again.
But, again, it warms my heart when somebody offers her support in any way now. I am truly blessed.

COVID-19: What I learn from online video editing?_Part 2

There are video editing training organised by my faculty. I admit that it is not easy. My learning curve is circumvented. I feel lost. I feel desperate at times when things do not go well.  So, I start to explore on my own.

To find alternatives. I have tried Vizia and Biteable several times and I know that I need to try out new things about video editing. There are many software available like Shotcut and so forth. But I find that using Shotcut is a bit too “over my head”. It requires advanced skills that currently under “development”.

I start to search for the alternatives video making/editing (online and offline).  For the offline version, I find it that it is “over my head”.  So, I opt for the online version (for now).   One of the video making platforms that I use is Moovly.

So, among the earliest videos that I created using Moovly are as follow:

1) Cattell’s intelligence theory

2) Spearman’s intelligence theory

3) Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence

Other than Moovly, I also use Powtoon.

1) Thurstone’s intelligence theory

 

 

COVID-19: What I learn from online video editing?_Part 1

1) You need to have a strong internet bandwith. Seriously.  If not, video editing will give you pain in the ____________ (fill in the blank).
2) You need to create a story board first.  Video is a presentation format where you tell your story.  It has to be interesting.  It is not easy especially for someone with zero technical thingy about video making like me.  Even though my life is a drama in itself, I don’t edit anything with what have happened in my life.  No need for that.  Allah has predestined my life the best it should be.
3) You have to be patient.  Lots of patience is needed.  Indeed.  Patience is virtue.

Nothing can be stopped from happening with the Blessing from Allah: Part 1

Whatever will happen, will happen. Nothing will stop it from happening.
It is a fact. When I heard the news, my thought is “Alhamdulillah. Ada peluang beli buku baru kalau dapat pampasan dari majikan di atas kerosakan harta benda staf” (What was I thinking at this time?  How naive I was to have such thoughts)
But when I saw some of the books are not mine, my heart sank. Two of the books are priceless possessions of someone. There is no price tag for that. I told her honestly that among the books that cannot be salvaged was hers. Cannot be salvaged because even if it is dry, it will be out of shape and the worst case scenario, you cannot even open the pages. It is stuck to one another. But the good news is one of the books has a latest edition. Perhaps I will get the latest edition later as a replacement in sha Allah. I will try to cut and paste the page (where she wrote the place where she bought the book as a memento) inside the new book. So, at least she has a little thing of her old book inside the new one.  Alhamdulillah, many of my colleagues helped me to salvage any book from the non-stop dripping water.
How bad it was? Well, suffice to say that more than 20 textbooks are really in a bad condition. The water seeped inside and stuck the pages together. I accept the fact that I need to buy new ones for that. It might take years for me to have similar collections again. So, I will take it “one thing at a time”.
What I learn from this incident is, it is really important to look at small damages, cracks or problems. We have complained many times that there is something wrong with that area. But, well, only major thing is rectified. If nothing major ever happens so, nobody really pays attention to check if there is anything worth to be amended.
Retrospectively, we might perceive small things are harmless, less meaningful or not beneficial. But we might forget or overlook the fact that even an atom matters. It has clearly stated in the Quran (examples: verse 4:40, 13:16). Even a small atom has a meaning and accounted. So, I am thankful that it helps me to remind myself “Don’t take things for granted even though it seems insignificant or minuscule aspects of things that happen/exist around me“