How to use Open Access Online Resources at UTM library website?_Part 3 [Video and Interactive Guides]

  1. Go to https://library.utm.my/ [You do not need to log in to get access to the following links].  You may find journals, books, theses or links to other resources from here (without log in). 
  2. Under Home, scroll down E-Resources, select Video and Interactive Guides.

You can watch the related video to know more about finding journals and such.  The videos show step-by-step process to find journals and such.  

How to use Open Access Online Resources at UTM library website?_Part 2 [Research]

  1. Go to https://library.utm.my/ [You do not need to log in to get access to the following links].  You may find journals, books, theses or links to other resources from here (without log in). 
  2. Under Research, scroll down and select Open Development – World Bank 
  3. You may find links to the following:

a) Open Data

b) Databank

c) Access to Information

d) Projects & Operations

f) Open Finances

g) Open Knowledge Repository

h) AidFlows

i) Documents and Reports

How to use Open Access Online Resources at UTM library website?_Part 1 [Home]

  1. Go to https://library.utm.my/ [You do not need to log in to get access to the following links].  You may find journals, books, or theses from here (without log in). 
  2. Under Home, look at Open Access Online Resources 
  3. You will see a) Open Access Journals & Repositories, b) Open Access Textbooks, and c) Open Access Theses
  4. Under Open Access Journals and Repositories, you may find 1) Directory of Open Access Journals, 2) Directory of Scholarly Resources, 3) Directory of Open Access Repositories, 4) Malaysian Citation Index and 5) MyJurnal
  5. Under Open Access Textbooks, you may find Open Textbook Library and Directory of Open Access Books 
  6. Under Open Access Theses, you may find Digital Theses. 

For Digital Theses, you may find various link to online theses from various resources: 

  1. PQDT Open
  2. Open Thesis and Dissertations 
  3. Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
  4. University of Malaya Students Repository
  5. Australasian Digital Theses
  6. Theses Canada Portal
  7. Council of Australian University
  8. Virginia Polytech Institute & State University Digital Library & Archives
  9. Malaysian Theses Online (MyTo)

 

 

Examples of e-content

What are digital materials that you can consider as e-content?   This is the question that I ask some of my colleagues.  There are variety of answers from them.  But, I summarise the examples in the given table below.  

Type of digital material Examples
Social media Instagram post e.g. cooking demonstration etc., Facebook post (but you have to make your Facebook public) and such.
Blog people.utm.my [e.g. you write instruction that you use for Active Learning activity in your class that you share on your personal webpage]
Document Sharing Google docs, Google forms etc.  that you share the link with others
Collaboration tools Padlet or Prezi that contains notes and activity that requires students to collaborate with each other.  Example: Research Methodology class
Learning Management System Flipgrid (Example: Human Development class), Acadly
Gamification Set of questions that you have created in Quizziz or Kahoot! (examples) that you share with others [You need to set the questions as PUBLIC].  Example: Educational Psychology class 
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Any material that you develop with others that you share through online
OpenCourse Ware (OCW) Digital materials that you copyright and share for common usage
Mobile Apps I have no idea on this
Computer-mediated reality I have no idea on this

Ops…. I forgot to put examples for Video based learning.  Sorry.  For video based learning, if you have a video or use video that YOU CREATE yourself for your teaching and learning activities, it would be considered.  If you ask your students to create videos and they upload on Youtube (using their own account), it is not counted as video based learning.

So, this year (2020), I challenge myself to learn one video making/editing using whatever format (offline or online – I find that offline is a bit trickier).  So far, I have tried Moovly, Powtoon, and Biteable.  Each has its own unique features.  I am just an amateur to review those things.

Here are some of the videos that I have created so far

  1.  Think-Pair-Share (Moovly)
  2. Sternberg’s theory of intelligence (Moovly)
  3. Cattell’s theory of intelligence (Moovly)
  4. Spearman’s theory of intelligence (Moovly)
  5. Thurstone’s theory of intelligence (Powtoon)

 

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What is e-content [e-kandungan]?

E-content is not a new thing at UTM.  But for me, it is a new thing.  When I underwent my Latihan Ikhtisas, they were implementing this.  So, I just know this when I attended the TES workshop last June 2019.  

I try to find more information about this.  A short handout was given by Dr Nurbiha through email dated on 7 November 2018 [Click HERE to see the handout in PDF format].  

So, what is e-content [e-kandungan]?

DEFINITION:

E-content is any digital open access material based onDasar e-Pembelajaran Negara (DePAN) provided

1.         it is developed/created/constructed by instructor(s) of an affiliated education institution

2.         it does not infringe copyright 

3.         it is offered publicly through online medium for the purpose of teaching and learning .

4.         it is accessible to public using variety of platforms except UTM e-Learning (for UTM e-Learning, any material linked or uploaded is accessible only to registered users)  

How can e-content to be considered as bonus in ELPPT?

As long as your material fulfilled the 4 aspects as mentioned above, you can link it in your TES [Refer to the handout to see the steps involved] .   

What are the materials considered as e-content?

  1. Social media
  2. Blog
  3. Document sharing
  4. Learning Management System (LMS)
  5. Collaboration tools
  6. Gamification
  7. Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
  8. Video-based learning
  9. Opencourse ware (OCW)
  10. Mobile Apps
  11. Computer-mediated reality

Disclaimer: Personally, I only know some of it because I have experienced creating/developing/using it.  But others, I only hear from my colleagues who have developed and are using the materials in their class.  So, my knowledge in this is rather limited though.

Second hand-sewn pouch

I was fasting today.  Alhamdulillah.  I edited a paper to be submitted in a journal.  But after a while, I started to feel dizzy.  This happened around noon (11ish am).  My blood pressure is low.  So, I find myself having dizzy spell once a while especially if I am fasting and don’t take proper sahur.  I had a glass of water and a piece of biscuit only this morning.  That was my sahur.   So, that explained my I had the dizzy spell today.

I had a quick nap after zuhur because the headache was getting worst.   I thought I would only sleep for a while but little that I knew, I slept for nearly an hour.  After Asar’ prayer, I felt a bit refresh.  I was thinking what should I do while waiting for maghrib.  I looked at some left-over cloth from my late mom’s baju kurung.  I cut it into 4 pieces.   This time around, I tried different method of attaching the two pieces of cloth together with the zipper.  The finishing is better than the first version, my first attempt.

These are some of my on-a-go stationery that I need.  A pencil, pens (black and red), marker pens (black and blue), personal stamps (I have one official stamp, one is for marking assignment, one is with my name and a stamp pad).  There.  9 items.  I can put all of these items in this small pouch using Marie Kondo’s style.