1. The E-Learning Marketplace in Universiti Kuala Lumpur Tan Wee Hoe (whtan@miit.unikl.edu.my)whtan@miit.unikl.edu.my Institute Infotech MARA, Universiti Kuala Lumpur. (UniKL IIM) Presenter:

2. E-Learning Marketplace E-learning: the use of web & Internet technologies to enable teaching & learning activities Marketplace: space where market operates, either actual or metaphorical E-learning marketplace:  a collection of Internet websites or portals with various applications and features designed for electronic learning  acts as a meeting point between teaching and learning within a virtual Internet environment

3. Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) 20 Aug 2002 1 st technical university in Malaysia A private institution of higher learning (IHL) owned by Universiti Teknikal MARA Sdn. Bhd. 3 faculties & 8 specialised campuses 35 diploma programmes & 13 degree programmes

4. E-Learning Technologies in UniKL UniKL IIM E-Learning Portal  Claroline: Open Source  http://elearn.iim.edu.my/ http://elearn.iim.edu.my/ UniKL MICET E-Learning  tmsSEED  http://mel.micet.edu.my/seedmicet/ http://mel.micet.edu.my/seedmicet/ Claroline.net E-Learning Technologies in UniKL

5. Problems & challenges Scattered resources Cross-cultural differences among branches Lack of experienced e-learning experts or researchers Absence of e-learning development roadmap

6. E-Learning Technologies in UniKL The needs: To maximise the usage of available resources in all faculties & branch campuses  e.g. experts, teaching materials, learning contents, Internet portals, hardware & software. To link all the institutions & faculties virtually for the ease of academic and R&D activities.  Cross-institutional research

7. E-Learning Technologies in UniKL Institutional Growth Exploratory 2003 – 2004 Supported 2005 Strategic 2006 Mission Critical Transformative Phase 1Phase 2Phase 3Phase 4Phase 5 TIME Figure 1: The path of e-learning development in UniKL. Adapted from Tan, D.T.H. 2005

8. E-Learning R&D Case study: UniKL IIM E-Learning Portal  The Management, System Administrators, Subject Matter Experts Questionnaire Survey  2 nd year students of 4 diploma programmes Findings:  Technical factors play the dominant role in determining the effectiveness of UniKL IIM E-Learning Portal

9. E-Learning R&D The GRID Architecture of E-learning Marketplace in Universiti Kuala Lumpur Research Aim  To develope a framework that facilitates the interoperability of learning, teaching & research activities among UniKL’s institutions Outcome  Draft of UniKL Grid Computing Architecture  Prototype of SCORM compliant learning objects  Heuristic evaluation report.

10. Conceptual Framework Figure 1: Conceptual framework of UniKL E-Learning Marketplace.

11. Research Methods Phase I: Draft of UniKL Grid Computing Architecture  Presented by Ms Shahrizad Phase II: Usability testing on two open source learning management systems.

12. Research Methods – Phase II Creating Learning Object (LO)  Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) compliant Learning Management Systems (LMS) Setup  Moodle vs Claroline  2 different branch campuses

13. Research Methods – Phase II Heuristic Evaluation  A systematic inspection of user interface design for usability  To identify potential problems of the GRID architecture design for e-learning applications  IT experts & e-learning experts

14. Q & A Tan Wee Hoe (whtan@miit.unikl.edu.my)whtan@miit.unikl.edu.my Instructor / Specialist Institute Infotech MARA, Universiti Kuala Lumpur. (UniKL IIM)