We are going to run RCEE2021 and one of the important task for it is to publish the papers presented in this conference with a Scopus Proceeding. This is normally among the main attraction for participants and presenters, which is to have their work published in a reputable journals or proceeding, often that have Scopus status. In conjunction of that, I have been in communication with IOP to see the possibilities to work together with them to publish our RCEE2021 papers in one of their famous proceedings.

Alhamdulillah, so far so good. We have been in communication and hopefully we can make a deal. Of course there are many aspects that require detail eyes such as the requirements and others. This is truly a new experience and exposure to me because all this while I have not thought about this. I was always the person sending papers to be presented and wait for my paper published in scopus journal or proceeding.

But now, with and under CEE, I am the number 1 person in charge of this. I am learning about it and I hope with the help of my senior fellows and also other committee members, we can make this effort a massive success. InsyaAllah.

Synopsis :

Interaction is a vital part of learning. This means being able to communicate and interact with others through different modes and means. As teachers move to online methods of teaching, it can be hard to keep the same level of interaction up as there would normally be in the physical classroom. That’s why it’s important to find ways of allowing our students to continue interacting with each other, and even with those beyond the virtual classroom. One way of doing this is through online collaboration tools. Online Collaborative tools enable teachers and students to perform a wide range of tasks, such as interactive discussions, online collaboration activities, sharing and accessing electronic learning resources, and many more others. Thus, this sharing session will share several tools such as Padlet, Google Jamboard and Miro that can be applied for collaborative activities in synchronous and asynchronous teaching and learning sessions.

TEACHING & LEARNING COURSE (ONLINE)

Title : Collaborative Tools for Teaching and Learning

Date : 29th April 2021 (Thursday)

Time : 10.00 am – 11.30 am

Speaker :

Dr. Noor Dayana Binti Abd Halim, School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UTM Johor Bahru

I attended the above mentioned training organized by UTM Lead and I found it to be interesting. But sadly I was only there to view it after 45 minutes which means I was not there to view the early part of the training. I will definitely view the early part soon since this Collaborative Learning Tools are imperative for me to help design teaching in my class creatively.

Pengauditan Anugerah Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan 2020 ke atas Centre for Engineering Education (CEE) seperti ketetapan yang berikut:
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Tarikh: 18 April 2021
Masa: 11.00 pagi hingga selesai
Pautan mesyuarat: meet.google.com/ruv-crca-htd

Other highlighted tasks of the day:

• RCEE2021 miscellaneous tasks: MyCeb, Easychair, Date updates, design, email blasting etc.
• Checking PSM students weekly report.
• PDD Meeting with my Student Team.
• Briefing for RAE OBE Assessment – 10am (that will be going on from 19 to 22 April 2021)
• Correcting ReCaSe2021 ShuChyi cert.
• Claim ReCaSe2021 Radis.
• Follow up JHB

Today is the 1st day of fasting month and it is a public holiday in Johor Bahru. Despite of an official break, as usual, my tasks and responsibilities keeps piling. Today, I was assigned to design a poster for the new Maahad Tahfiz Al Quran Muhammad Al Fateh that will be built in Pontian to produce Hafiz (student/people that can memorize Al-Quran) with proper official education. Alhamdulillah and I am very grateful to be invited to be part of the Pemegang Amanah (Committee) to build this Maahad Tahfiz. I’m asking my son’s help to design the poster. InsyaAllah.

Other highlighted tasks for today:

• Meeting Programme Assessment, CQI and Reporting meeting under RAE project – 8am – 9.20am.
• Following up / coordinating various RCEE2021 issues, which among them include to secure Scopus journal, Whatsapp marketing, finalizing the dates etc.
• Check CEE Minutes of meeting #4.
• Check some of my PSM and Master student research works.
• Managing few issues on SEEM website.

Today (Monday) is indeed a super hectic tiring day for me, and at the same time it is the day before fasting month which will take place tomorrow. I was instructed to attend the closing of Penilaian Dalaman Pencapaian Malaysia Research Assessment (MyRA) for the year 2020. This was the first time I attended such meeting which was held at Dewan Senat UTM at 2.30pm – 4.15pm. The audit findings were presented by the audit panels and it was quite decent, that means UTM is performing quite well so far.

Other highlighted tasks for the day:

• Attended VC Monthly Engagement at Dewan Senat – Face to face (8.30am – 11.00am).
• Master MKKK Mixed Mode Viva of Assilah, my Master student – Virtual (8.15am-10.30am).
• Attended Kursus Kepimpinan Akademik : ALC102 Change Management yang akan disampaikan oleh Yang Berbahagia Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Ir. Ts. Dr. Zainai bin Mohamed – Virtual (2.30pm – 4.30pm).

I’m not interested to highlight something that has been shared previously this year, 2021. Hence, I’m will highlight something else today which is my brief meeting with a mechanical engineer who contacted me for him to register for BEM. He contacted me last week to seek my help to sign and stamp his document. The mechanical engineer has worked for 4 years and he suddenly realized to start becoming a professional engineer, which is good. When I think about his situation, I recalled myself. I am a chemical engineer and when I wanted to get the signature and stamping for my BEM registration, my beloved wife helped me and met a Prof who is a Mechanical Engineer by discipline. Hence, it seems like now I am returning the favour. Alhamdulillah.

Other miscellaneous tasks today: