Dr. Mohd Nihra Haruzuan Bin Mohamad Said, he is currently an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He started working at UTM in 2001 in the field of Educational Technology and currently serves as the Information Technology Manager at the Center for Advancement in Digital and Flexible Learning (UTM CDex). He was also previously appointed as Information Technology Manager at Center of Academic Leadership (UTMLead) from 2018-2021, Faculty of Education from 2016-2017 and Assistant Facilities Manager at the Faculty of Education from 2017-2018.
During his tenure as Information Technology Manager at Center of Academic Leadership (UTMLead), Dr. Mohd Nihra together with the UTMLead and UTMDigital team has worked to manage the Global Academic Leadership Support System which includes three global initiatives such as Teaching Excellence System (TES), Strategic HR for Academic & Research Planning (SHARP) and Academic Leadership Talent Management System (ALTM). Apart from that, he is currently responsible to manage the implementation of e-Learning@UTM and online learning helpdesk as well as an electronic version of teaching evaluation (ePPP) at the University level in every session of academic year.
Dr. Mohd Nihra was also involved in writing teaching and learning policy, New Academia Learning Innovation (NALI) handbook, and also online distance learning (ODL) SIM handbook. He is currently appointed in several university’s committee, for instance the eLearning Committee and e-Content committee. Dr. Mohd Nihra also contributed to the planning and direction of university’s eLearning and the use of technology in teaching and learning. In addition to his expertise in Educational Technology, he also has a Professional Training Certificate from the Communication University of China in the field of New Media and Broadcasting Technology Program. His produced BLOSSOM videos for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA and two MOOC courses in the OPENLEARNING platform where his MOOC courses for the title of Multimedia Web Based Development have reached more than 1500 students to date.
Dr. Mohd Nihra Haruzuan Bin Mohamad Said
Associate Professor
Department of Educational Sciences, Mathematics and Creative Multimedia
Contact
Department of Educational Sciences, Mathematics and Creative Multimedia
School of Education
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
81310 UTM Skudai
Johor Darul Ta’zim
MALAYSIA
Telephone: +607-5534434
Email: nihra@utm.my or nihrautm@gmail.com
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D. University of Waikato, 2013
M. Sc. University of Salford, 2004
B. Sc. Comp. Ed. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2000
Recent Publications