Wednesday, 24 August 2011

week 7b (database)


and now, we are at the last assignment of computer in education for 2011.
for the last task,
we had to create a database. We were told to use OpenOffice base for the student management database.


1) create table that consists of four separate tables (student,parent,curriculum and co-curriculum) with student ID as a primary key.

2)Linked all the tables to the student ID

3)some queries were created from the database.

that's the end of our assignment!
before end it, i just want to say thanks to the lecturers (Mr Tg Norazlan & Puan Fatimah) for their guidances.



happy holiday everyone and see you after raya!
yay! 

Friday, 19 August 2011

week 7a (spreadsheet)





this week we are going to learn about calc and excel.


for assignment 8a, 
(1) we need to plan, create and edit a simple one year personal financial management which is about income and spending (spreadsheet) using Calc.


(2) neme the sheet according to the month for example, January, February, March and so on until December.


(3) to calculate a balance for each month, we need to create a formula and link it between the sheets.


(4) upload the file to Google docs (spreadsheet) and edit it if necessary.




and another assignment, 8a  (Microsoft Office Excel)


o Define name
o Fill Series
o VLOOKUP
o STDEV
o AVERAGE
o COUNTIF
o Graph
o Sort
o Filter


these are the functions that we need to learn throughout the lesson. 

 till then,
bye peeps!




Monday, 15 August 2011

week 6~



hoorayyy!
this week, we have been assigned to work on two assignments, Assignment 7a and 7b.
it is all about our creativity of effective multimedia production.


for assignment 7a,
we need to create a presentation kit using Open Office Impress based on assignment 5 which is about mini research.
For good presentation skills, we need to follow the guideline/rule given.
then after that, upload the presentation in Google docs.
As this is the first time we are using Open Office Impress, it's quite difficult for us to make it as a success but if you follow the instructions carefully, then you'll find out that Open Office Impress is very easy and useful!


proceed to the assignment of 7b,
a multimedia courseware is develop by using Windows Movie Maker.
After make a movie, attached it into Microsoft Powerpoint slides.

for this week, the assignments are quite easy and very useful to us!
and of course we did enjoy doing this tasks until it's done!
 buhbye peeps!
 

Saturday, 6 August 2011

week 4 (SPSS)


hye guys.
as usual, new week, new task! excited! aren't you?? =D
so for this week, we're given a task based on the online questionnaire that we did during the last task.
but guys, you need to install the SPSS software first before you proceed.
Then, based on your data (feedback of your online questionnaire),
just sign in google doc and click on your questionnaire doc. It's quite difficult to explain because i need to print screen all the steps so that you can see and understand about this clearly.




Friday, 5 August 2011

week 4 (part 2)


hye guys!
so this week, proceed with a journal article after processing and analysing our collected data earlier.

 this is the things that need to be in that journal.

1. Title
2. Abstract
3. Introduction
4. Literature Review
5. Research Approach
6. Finding
7. Discussion
8. Recommendation and Conclusion



As far as i concerned, by using portable computing devices (such as laptops, PDAs, smart phones, and tablet PCs) with wireless networks enables mobility and mobile learning. Mobility allows teaching and learning to extend to spaces beyond the traditional classroom. Within the classroom, mobile learning gives instructors and learners increased flexibility and new opportunities for interaction. Mobile technologies support learning experiences that are collaborative, accessible, and integrated with the world beyond the classroom. 

with that, happy m-learning guys! 


 

Wednesday, 3 August 2011

week 3b (questionnaire)

every week we have been given different kind of assignments.
so this week, me and my partner need to do a survey based on our last topic which is Mobile Learning.
there is only ten questions that everyone need to answer.
it is simple so their feedback are very important to us.


just click the above link to answer.

so from this survey, i can know people's opinion and suggestion about mobile learning.

happy surveying guys!!
(^_____________________^)


Wednesday, 27 July 2011

LITERATURE REVIEW (PLAN, SEARCH, EVALUATE)





MOBILE LEARNING

The usage of mobile devices for mobile learning is very increasingly popular. Students in universities nowadays are exposed to mobile learning in distance learning to enhance learning among the students community. The combination of wireless telecommunication and mobile computing is resulting in escalating transformation of educational world.
In order to efficiently achieve usability tailored around, the factors of cognitive, perceptual, motor capabilities and constraints of people in general should be considered. Other than that, the unique characteristics of the users’ physical and social work environment will help to enhance the uses of m-learning.



The use of mobile technologies in education is not restricted to exploiting them for learning activities. Education as a process relies on a great deal of coordination of learners and resources. 



RESEARCH PROBLEM

As the mobile technologies are very familiar among the teachers and students nowadays, some implementation problems have been recognized. The small screen size and memory capacity of the mobile phones meant that no detailed feedback about question responses could be given. This is one of the lacks of detailed feedback for learners. Sometimes the questions are not relevant to what a particular student had studied. For the distance education, the compatibility across devices which is despite Java being promoted as a cross-platform environment, it was difficult to get the Java game function in all phones. Other than that, the SMS service was originally free but excessive demand forced the BBC to charge for messages and it makes the cost of some advanced smart phones is quite high. While the issue of small screen makes reading the text and web browsing quite difficult.




Significantly, the students found the hand-held, expansion sleeve and wireless card too large and heavy for comfortable use and the memory card of 54MB is not enough to save data.




WAYS TO OVERCOME

As today got loads of devices full with variety functions, the students can thus download lecture materials, audio and video lectures into iPod as it is a portable media player that allows a user to download music, podcasts, audio books and other video. The students can also share information files, work together on a project, provide visual directions or interface with the iPod through a microphone. The flexibility, instant connectivity, mobility associated with mobile learning has given rise to new delivery platforms for teaching and learning. So, some improvements in the learning environment will help such as both faculty and staff have access to ubiquitous learning environment, students have access to the same hardware and software as faculty, cost savings result in replacing desktop computers with laptops and hard wired networks with wireless one and standardization of platforms maximizes access and minimizes need for technical support.






With mobile technologies, teaching and learning process begin to make a breakthrough from small-scale pilots to large departmental and institutional implementations.


REFERENCES

1)http://scholar.google.com.my/
3)(UKM library)

Norbert Pachler, Ben Bachmair, John Cook, Gunther Kress, B.B. (2009). Mobile Learning.
(S.M.Jacob, 2008) 
S.M.Jacob, B. I. (2008, March 19-21). The Mobile Devices and its Mobile Learning Usage Analysis. Retrieved July 26, 2011, from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.148.7623&rep=rep1&type=pdf
(Seong, 2006)
Seong, D. S. (2006). Usability Guidelines for Designing Mobile . Retrieved July 26, 2011, from http://delivery.acm.org.www.ezplib.ukm.my/10.1145/1300000/1292359/a25-seong.pdf?ip=202.185.34.1&CFID=34640944&CFTOKEN=74435498&__acm__=1311798311_d404a04c2af6eca0e6a1d5e9dfc0f06e

(Tia G. Tucker, 2009)
Tia G. Tucker, W. W. (2009). Mobile Learning for Just-In-Time Applications. Retrieved July 26, 2011, from http://delivery.acm.org.www.ezplib.ukm.my/10.1145/1570000/1566469/a17-tucker.pdf?ip=202.185.34.1&CFID=34640944&CFTOKEN=74435498&__acm__=1311798624_64660a0e6a439cc34e9fab92aed675ab




REFLECTION

as for this week, me and my partner need to do a literature review on topic of Mobile Learning.
throughout the process, i found out that this topic is much more interesting if you know about it deeper.
so if you want to know more, just look at the above review.

^^