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?
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.
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.
PERKAMPUNGAN AKADEMIK FASA 3
Tarikh/Hari : 31 Julai – 1 Ogos 2019 (Rabu – Khamis)
Tempat : La Grandeur Palm Resort, Senai
Peserta: 111 pelajar (tingkatan 3, 5 dan 6); 20 orang guru dan seorang pensyarah UTM (Dr Hadijah Jaffri)
Perkampungan Akademik Fasa 3 merupakan progam pengayaan pencapaian akademik bagi pelajar yang bakal menduduki peperiksaan awam seperti PT3 – Tingkatan 3, SPM – Tingkatan 5, STAM dan MUET – Tingkatan 6. Para pelajar yang bakal menduduki peperiksaan Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (PT3), Sijil Peperiksaan Malaysia (SPM), Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia (STAM) dan Malaysian University English Test (MUET) di Sekolah Agama Bantuan Kerajaan Madrasah Alattas Alarabiah memerlukan persiapan rapi bagi menghadapi peperiksaan awam. Perkampungan Akademik Fasa 3 merupakan program pengayaan yang melibatkan kesemua pelajar yang menduduki peperiksaan awam Malaysia seperti PT3, SPM, STAM dan MUET.
Di dalam perkampungan akademik tersebut, pelajar akan didedahkan dengan tips yang boleh diaplikasikan bagi memastikan mereka mendapat keputusan yang cemerlang, terutama bagi pelajar Tingkatan 5 dan 6 bagi tujuan permohonan kemasukan ke pusat asasi atau matrikulasi di Malaysia (bagi pelajar Tingkatan 5) dan bagi tujuan permohonan melanjutkan pelajaran ke institusi pengajian tinggi awam tempatan mahupun luar negara bagi pelajar Tingkatan 6. Ini adalah kerana pencapaian mereka perlulah menepati syarat kemasukan ke pusat asasi atau matrikulasi atau institusi pengajian tinggi.
Sekolah Agama UTM sudah ditutup dan tidak beroperasi sepenuhnya sejak Disember 2018. Ini kerana keadaan bangunannya yang sudah uzur dan tidak selamat untuk diduduki. Namun begitu, melihat kepada kepentingan institusi ini dalam memartabatkan pendidikan agama, pembentukan akidah, ibadah dan akhlak, serta sebagai kebajikan dan kemudahan warga UTM, UTM telah berhasrat untuk membangunkan Sekolah Agama di UTM yang baharu, di mana ianya lebih kondusif, selamat dan selesa bagi para guru dan pelajarnya.
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When I did my Latihan Ikhtisas, it was quite common for me to buy my own teaching materials and stationery that I needed for class activities like mahjung paper, permanent markers, coloured papers, motivation stickers, stationery like pen, pencil etc. that I used as a reward, and not forgetting chocolates that I always have in stock as an instant reward.
Fortunately, even though I was undergoing my Latihan Ikhtisas, yet my monthly salary was still the same (minus no allowance given for Latihan Ikhtisas). So, I didn’t feel the pinch when I had to spend on such things. But things might be different for those who are undergoing their teaching practicum (undergraduate students). A news article wrote about this issue. You may find the article HERE.
I was asked my one of my senior colleagues to fill in a questionnaire in relation to teaching, supervision, research and publication. There are 10 questions asked. The questions are
What are my answers? I already gave to the committee. I don’t know the findings of this survey though.
There are news articles about Prof Wahid Omar’s thoughts about issues relating to academic integrity in reference to Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz’s claim about Malaysian academicians’ integrity which causes uproar among concerned Malaysian citizens and alike. You can read one of the news articles HERE.
In addition, HERE is the UTM code of ethics [Just in case, some of you are searching for it]
There are no specific rules to write your teaching philosophy. After all, it is YOUR teaching philosophy. It is yours. If you have certain philosophy, ideology or belief, it is technically “none-of-other-people-business” right to judge you. After all, we are different individuals and thus, our beliefs are uniquely our own. This is the common assumption.
But, if our teaching philosophy in TESDCP will be evaluated by some people in our school and faculty, it means that the assessors will use “certain” rubric to evaluate our teaching philosophy. Isn’t it so? So, in that sense there will be different hierarchy or rating for our teaching philosophy, right? What should we do then?
This makes me think about how to write my teaching philosophy. One of the common tips that I find from the internet about writing a teaching philosophy is to write it from heart (and soul). I have written mine few weeks ago after I attended the TES workshop in late June.
But after a while, I start to think about the best example of teaching philosophy and its criteria. It is not that I think too much about how I will be evaluated but rather, I want to see how my current teaching philosophy has the essential elements of a good teaching philosophy because being a non-native speaker of English, I might not be able to write my teaching philosophy proficiently as what I might have originally intended.
I discussed this with my colleague, Dr Narina. She also has similar thoughts on this. So, as we tried to find any guideline on how to write a teaching philosophy from UTM website but to no avail, she came across a guideline given by other universities instead. One of the straight-forward guideline is by Iowa State University. She shares this with me. [Psstt… you can also watch a video from Youtube. HERE is the link]
Basically, Iowa State University Centre of Teaching and Learning states 4 core ideas about teaching philosophy. The 4 core ideas are
If some of you are still wondering on how to write your teaching philosophy, you can use the 4 core ideas as a guideline of your writing. I know some of you might say that we are UTM academicians, not Iowa State University, but I think as a start, we can use the 4 core ideas just to guide our thoughts. At least, we have “substance” in our writing. Better yet, we can sub-divide our teaching philosophy into 4 divisions: objectives, ways to achieve those objective, measure of teaching effectiveness and personal reasons of choosing the career as an academician i.e. teaching line of profession. 😀
So, all the best in preparing our TESDCP! We have few more days before the deadline (15 August 2019 is the deadline for submission)
Disclaimer: This is what my friend shares with me that I want to share with others. I hope that it would benefit some of us in writing our teaching philosophy.