The world is digital, but life is analog..
Attended 2 very informative and interesting webinars on Engineering Education and Online Teaching.
Engineering Education Rigorous Research is an area which I’ve been longing to be involved in since starting my career as a lecturer in UMP. I have yet to fully concentrate in it due to other commitments. I guess its about time to get things started, InSyaAllah.
Below are some snapshots of these interesting topic by Prof Dr Aliah Phang (UTM) and Prof Karim Alias (USM).
Analyze, Adapt and Agile.
Nothing is more relevant that those three verbs today. The Covid-19 MCO, not only has it spur changes to our lifestyle, it has as well pushed us away from our comfort zone – well, for the better š .
Today, I attendedĀ three meetings, geographically hosted from 3 different places: Cyberjaya (MDeC – Master Training Briefing), Kuala Lumpur (EuroCham – Malaysia’s response to Covid-19), Petaling Jaya (The Star –Ā cXo2020: CEO Agenda for the Digital Economy). Now, if it’s not because of this new norm practices (online webinar / virtual classes), I may have to choose to attend only 1 .
Alhamdulilah, those 3 events were very informative and fruitful!
2. MDeC – Master Trainer Briefing
3. cXo2020: CEO Agenda for the Digital Economy
An interesting conference by The Star on the topic of engineering from the edge of disruption.
Digitalization has indeed transformed our daily life experience. Though this topic has been talked about for quite sometime, it was only during the recent MCO – Covid-19 pandemic, the urgency to emerge in ‘digitalization’Ā happens. It’s either you ‘hop’ in the digitalization-wagon, or being left out.
Disruptive innovations, such as the internet, has as well became the catalyst for digitalization across almost every aspect of our life, including education, specifically engineering education. Not only are students/graduatedĀ required to acquire the hard skills (those technical competencies), but also theĀ Ā soft skills Ā (interpersonal skills). One must also be bold – to think out ofĀ box or the least consistently redefining the ‘box’, in order to adapt with today’s digitalization agenda.
Looking forward to tomorrow’s – Day 2 agenda.
In the mean time, below are some of today’s snapshots:-
I’m so fortunate today to be able to attend 2 online webinars from the Professional
1. Breaking through the glass ceilingĀ š
2. Engineering Education – Problem Based Learning
This semester, I’ll be continuing to teach 3 courses:-
As the semester resumes, mode of teaching has shifted to online mode, where lectures, labs, and assessments are done online.
While the online mode is not new in UMP’s system, challenges to assure optimum learning experience do exist.
To all UMP students, welcome back. Look at this (online learning) as an opportunity – to learn beyond the limits of syllabus and classroom setup. Riding on the benefits of internet is a privilege for you, dear student. While distraction can be a big blunder of being online, staying true to your course/motivation to acquire as much knowledge/skills of a subject may help you to sail smoothly, InSyaAllah.
Online proposal defense panel for MSc projects.
Funded by Motorola Solutions Foundation 2017 Grant, UMP STEM Lab was established back in 2017. We believe that by encouraging the youngsters to see, think & explore, they would marvel in their future.
The overall aim of having this lab is to facilitate and increase the awareness of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) education, its importance in life general as well as the career opportunity that are available now and the future, and its significance in nation building.
The community herein comprises primary & secondary school children, and their school teachers. The long-term goal of UMP STEM Lab is to ensure the teachers are given the right additional training and intervention so that they are able to sustain the drive of STEM in school.
In 2018, UMP STEM Lab had managed to engage with a total of 350 students (targeted numbers of participation was 250 students). These engagements include after school programming classes, ācareer in STEMā talks in schools as well as our signature programs; Pahang National Hackathon and Pahang National Foxhunting.
UMP STEM Lab covers the topics on Open source programming such as mBlock, Arduino.cc, MIT App Inventor Programming as well as basic robotic programming. Topics on radio wave propagation, trans-receivers design and antenna design were also covered. Using the trans-receivers designed in the lab, the students then locate beacons (fox) that transmit Morse codes signals.
Our survey at the end of 2018 program found that 94% of the participants would consider pursuing their studies in STEM related field.
For 2019, we look forward to increase the number of engagements especially in the after-school programming classes as well as the Pahang National Hackathon and Pahang National Foxhunting. New programs, such as Internet Security Awareness and Arduino robotics are also lined up for 2019.
Finally, we are truly grateful and appreciate continuous support from Motorola Solutions Foundation. We look forward to continue working with Motorola Solutions and offer engineering and technological oriented programs that motivate school children to See, Think, Explore and Marvel. InSyaAllah.
It was a great pleasure to be ‘suprised’ by UMP alumni, who are currently Motorola Solutions employees! They grow to be good engineers and most importantly are healthy and happy there. Nothing is more rewarding than to see them succeeding in their career! Well done guys!
To all students,
Take a good care of your health in this rainy season & all the best. See you in the coming semester, InSyaAllah.