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“

COVID-19: Tarikh penting untuk diingati

FASA 1: 18 MAC – 31 MAC 2020 (PKPD)
FASA 2: 01 APR – 14 APR 2020 (PKPD)
FASA 3: 15 APR – 28 APR 2020 (PKPD)
FASA 4: 29 APR – 12 MEI 2020 (PKPD)
FASA 5: 13 MEI – 09 JUN 2020 (PKPB)
FASA 6: 10 JUN – 31 OGOS 2020 (PKPP)
*(PKPB) – Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Bersyarat
*(PKPD) – Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Diperketatkan
*(PKPP) – Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Pemulihan