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ERIC Number: ED497686
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Sep
Pages: 3
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1548-6613
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A Survey of the Application of Multimedia in the Process of Teaching and Learning in KUiTTHO, Malaysia
Kamaruddin, Nafisah Kamariah Md; Hamid, Mohd Zaidi Bin Abdul
Online Submission, US-China Education Review v2 n9 p56-58 Sep 2005
Scientific research shows that the process of remembering done in the human brain is faster when people receive many emphasizes in various forms for a short period. The concept of interactivity in multimedia helps the human brain to improve the process of learning. In addition, different approaches of multimedia make lessons very entertaining besides giving information more effectively and faster. The use of the multimedia in the process of teaching and learning is expanding in the universities in Malaysia. However, problems will occur if the contents do not fulfill the standard curriculum, the approaches do not help the process of teaching and learning and so on. Hence, this study was conducted with the purpose of obtaining the feedback from the students regarding the use of multimedia in the process of teaching and learning. The objective of this study was to determine whether the subject content presented in multimedia in KUiTTHO fulfilled the curriculum requirement, and whether the application of multimedia in the process of teaching and learning was effective and acceptable by the students. The final semester postgraduate students from Technical Education Faculty in KUiTTHO, Malaysia were selected as the research samples. The research design used was of survey descriptive. Qualitative data was collected from the students using questionnaires. The data was analyzed to obtain the percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Research findings showed that the respondents agreed that the level of the content that was presented by using multimedia in the process of teaching and learning was high. The level of the implementation of the multimedia was also high. The level of user-friendliness of the software was also high. Overall, the students agreed on the usefulness of the application of multimedia in the process of teaching and learning. Besides that, they felt that the application of multimedia also made the lessons more interesting and helped them to understand the lessons better. In addition, they agreed that the use of multimedia was able to motivate them to focus on the lessons. However, majority of the students wanted more examples that would relate to the real world and the presentation should have more simulation, illustration and be better graphic. (Contains 2 tables.)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: High Schools; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Malaysia
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