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ASSALAMUALAIKUM & HELLO! I am a Professor of Food Technology at the School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and current Director of Centre for Academic Excellence (CDAE), USM.

I've been teaching for almost 24 years. I'm very passionate about learning and education. I believe our role as educators goes beyond transmitting knowledge — our role is to nurture our students, the future nation builders, to become lifelong learners — to teach them the skills of 'learn how to learn' and to teach them the appreciation and the love for knowledge.

As Socrates said,

I cannot teach anybody anything; I can only make them think.

More about my teaching & research here:
http://www.profkarim.com/

My blog:
http://onestoplearning.blogspot.com/.

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Assalamua'laikum. Hello  everyone.  I'm Rafidah Abdul Rahim, PA to our forever young Prof Abd Karim Alias, Director of CDAE.  Welcome to 'Kursus P&P 2017, see you soon!

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Assalamua'laikum. Hello  everyone.  I'm Rafidah Abdul Rahim, PA to our forever young Prof Abd Karim Alias, Director of CDAE.  Welcome to 'Kursus P&P 2017, see you soon!

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Hello everyone,

I am Ahmad Salwan, the Admin. Officer at CDAE, and I'm one of the secretariat team members for this course. Very happy to meet all of you :)

Guys... pls get ready to embark upon a great journey to enhance your professionalism as USM new academician.. Truly, it's going to be fun filled days, full of excitement and new challenging experience :).

While this course is specially designed by our sifu, Prof. Karim.. just for you, young and vibrant lecturers.. just sit back, relax and enjoy .. We really hope that you will have a very meaningful learning experience with your new friends throughout this course ya :)

Sit back, relax and enjoy.. Always SMILE and use these 4-Magical Words.. 'Please, Thank you, Sorry, and Excuse Me'.

Please let us know if we can assist you further. :) Thank you.

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Assalamualaikum dan Salam sejahtera semua!

Saya Zanna dari CDAE. Saya akan membantu tuan/puan sepanjang 10 hari berkursus. Jangan malu-malu untuk meminta bantuan yer 😉

Salam perkenalan dari saya dan selamat berkursus! 😀

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Assalamulaikum & Salam Sejahtera

Hi everyone! I'm Farhana from Centre of Development for Academic Excellence (CDAE).

Nice to meet all of you :)

"Learning is an experience. Everything else is just information."
-Albert Einstein

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Assalamualaikum & hi everyone!
I'm Hazwani, Research Officer @ CDAE.

Welcome to P&P 2017. Let's learn together, shall we?

Hope to see you soon!

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Assalamualaikum &

Salam Sejahtera

I'm from School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Engineering Campus, University Sains Malaysia

I'm been teaching electrical engineering subjects for 13 years now and just joining USM in last September 2016. My specialities are in areas of high voltage engineering and electrical equipment monitoring.

I love to teach and help my students learn. I believe in their infinite potential to learn and grow as individuals. My students are my top priority. I try to convey this to them in my methods of teaching and the time I devote to teaching.

By participate in this P&P course, I hope I can learn more on teaching methodologies and improve my skills.

More about myself is here: http://norasiah.fke.utm.my

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Assalamu'alaikum and hello everyone. I am Norliza Hani from CDAE. I am a Language Officer, but much of my work is admin-related.
It is really fun to read about you here on Padlet and really looking forward to meet everyone in person on Monday.

#staymotivated
#lovethyself

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from
SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
working on
FORMULATION CHARACTERISATION, DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
specialising on
BUCCAL, TOPICAL & TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY
teaching on
DOSAGE FORM & FORMULATION
aspiration as an academics
NEVER BE SELFISH IN SHARING MY KNOWLEDGE
hoping to
LEARN & INCORPORATE NEW KNOWLEDGE & TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING & LEARNING PROCESS
to know more about me, click here
www.linkedin.com/in/choon-fu-goh-a7961160

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Hi, My name is Law Chee Hong, currently attached to the School of Social Science. My area of specialisation is economics, mainly on the monetary and macroeconomics (In case you have no idea what they are, just imagine all about government economic policy will give you some ideas.).

My aspiration is to build a decent reputation in my field and if possible contribute back to the country
.

From the P&P, I hope I can learn some new skills to make my class more interesting and effective.

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Assalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera semua,

Saya, Zhafran, Pensyarah Kanan daripada Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Mekanik. Bidang penyelidikan saya ialah Bunyi dan Getaran atau lebih spesifik dalam bidang Kawalan Getaran Aktif. Sebagai pensyarah di USM, saya meletakkan sasaran untuk menghasilkan pelajar-pelajar yang lebih mahir dan hebat daripada saya dalam segala aspek untuk kebaikan negara di masa hadapan. Saya berharap dengan manghadiri kursus P&P ini, saya dapat menambahbaik tahap pengajaran dan pembelajaran saya untuk mencapai matlamat yang telah disasarkan. Mohon tunjuk ajar dan nasihat daripada semua fasilitator dan juga rakan-rakan nanti.

Zhafran

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Assalamualaikum & salam sejahtera, My name Mohd Rosli Mohd Hasan. I am currently a senior lecturer in highway engineering at the School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia. 

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Assalamualaikum & salam sejahtera, My name Mohd Rosli Mohd Hasan. I am currently a senior lecturer in highway engineering at the School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia. 

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More about me:
http://www.civil.eng.usm.my/index.php/en/about-us/academic-staff/270-dr-mohd-rosli-mohd-hasan

My Webpage:
http://mmohdhas.wixsite.com/scientist-site

I would love to attend P&P course and learn more from our honorable speakers.

Pantun sikit ;-)
Buah cempedak di luar pagar,
Ambil galah tolong jolokkan,

Nak tambah ilmu P&P kena belajar,

Penceramah yang kaya ilmu tolong kongsikan.

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Hi everyone!I am Jasy Liew Suet Yan from the School of Computer Sciences (CS). You can call me “JC”. My main area of expertise is in the detection of emotions in text. My research vision is to help develop systems that are more emotion-sensitive as a way to enhance human interactions with computers. I also have very keen interests in sentiment analysis, text mining, social media analysis, natural language processing and affective computing. Ever since I started with USM a year ago, I have taught Principles of Programming, and Database Design and Organization. I hope to be able to teach courses closer to my areas of specialization down the road. One course I am really excited to teach is the Machine Learning course for Masters of Data Science students in the coming Semester 2. I am also involved in providing R training under our Data Science Certificate program.My biggest aspiration as an academic in USM is to be able to advance our young minds to be more critical problem solvers and to help them realize their full potential in making the world a better place to live in.From this P&P course, I hope to learn useful teaching and learning tools to make my classroom a more effective environment for learning to happen. I would also to learn more about how to plan and develop the syllabus of a new course. Most importantly, I would like to find out more on the resources and support the university provides to the instructors and how to access them.

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Hi everyone!I am Jasy Liew Suet Yan from the School of Computer Sciences (CS). You can call me “JC”. My main area of expertise is in the detection of emotions in text. My research vision is to help develop systems that are more emotion-sensitive as a way to enhance human interactions with computers. I also have very keen interests in sentiment analysis, text mining, social media analysis, natural language processing and affective computing. Ever since I started with USM a year ago, I have taught Principles of Programming, and Database Design and Organization. I hope to be able to teach courses closer to my areas of specialization down the road. One course I am really excited to teach is the Machine Learning course for Masters of Data Science students in the coming Semester 2. I am also involved in providing R training under our Data Science Certificate program.My biggest aspiration as an academic in USM is to be able to advance our young minds to be more critical problem solvers and to help them realize their full potential in making the world a better place to live in.From this P&P course, I hope to learn useful teaching and learning tools to make my classroom a more effective environment for learning to happen. I would also to learn more about how to plan and develop the syllabus of a new course. Most importantly, I would like to find out more on the resources and support the university provides to the instructors and how to access them.

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Assalamualaikum. I am Dr. Fitreena Anis Medical Lecturer and General Surgeon from IPPT.

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Assalamualaikum. I am Dr. Fitreena Anis Medical Lecturer and General Surgeon from IPPT.

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My passion is in breast oncoplastic surgery and breast cancer. My previous dissertation topic was on p53 genetic mutation in fresh breast cancer tissue. I hope to find best answer and treatment of breast cancer.
My aim from this P&P to become a better educator towards my future student, patient and myself

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Hi colleagues, I'm Yap, from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USM.

I teach Medicinal Chemistry courses and research on design and discovery of novel therapeutic drugs.

As an academic and a researcher, I aspired to train more medicinal chemists with the hope that one day, we Malaysian will be able to come up with our own blockbuster drug.

With the evolution of teaching and learning approaches in conjunction with the rise of digital era, I hope to be exposed with up-to-date and highly effective resources and techniques in teaching and learning, that can be translated to the benefits for both teachers and learners.

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I’m Shamani Supramaniam from School of Mathematical Sciences, USM. I’ve just joined the school as senior lecturer in October 2016.

My area of specialization is Complex Analysis and Univalent Function Theory. My first course I taught in PPSM is Analysis.

I have great passion in teaching. I strongly believe the bright future of our country and a stable society greatly depend on our younger generation. That being said, as an academic in USM  I would like to be a part in shaping, nurturing and guiding them into the right path.

From the P&P course, I hope to acquire more skills and further enhance myself in one of the noble profession-teaching.

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Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. I research on current and future electrical networks and the reliability of their interactions with emerging technologies. These are fancy explanations. To put it simply, my role is to keep the lights on!

Fun fact about power system:
1) There was a "current war" in the 1800's (if i am right) between the then rich and famous investor/businessman Thomas Edison and his young prodigy Nicola Tesla. The civilization at that time was just beginning to develop electrical networks. Edison was a champion of DC system and Tesla supported AC system. In order to prove that DC system is better, Edison has gone as far as building an electric chair (powered by AC current) to show to the world that AC system was dangerous, which eventually brought to the invention of electric chair as we all know. Fast forward a few years later, Tesla won the "war" and the whole world adopted AC system due to it being more cost efficient. We all now use AC system, but DC system has found its application recently too.

2) Tesla was researching on wireless power transfer. He proposed that we can harness the electromagnetic movement at the earth core and transmit electricity wireless-ly throughout the world for free. Towards the end of this project, his funding was stopped abruptly, which was funded by George Westinghouse - an important and rich electrical utility owner at that time (still exist in US today). This project was also classified as confidential by the CIA.

I aspire to rise up the rank and be a Professor one day in USM. I mean, who doesn't want that? :)

I hope I can unearth new skills in PnP. That being said, skills that are essential but are not currently aware of

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Assalamualaikum & Salam Sejahtera

Hi all, I’m Norsyahida Arifin, currently attached at INFORMM, USM. My expertise is in diagnostics, with an interest in parasitic diseases. I joined USM in April last year, so as a new lecturer, I really hope that from this PnP course I can learn as much as possible the right attitude and method of teaching from the experts.

I am passionate in what I’m doing now, thinking that I have chosen the right path for myself. I hope that one day I’m able to contribute back to the society in both ways (research and teaching).

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School of Housing, Building and Planning (HBP)

Salam sejahtera to everyone. My name is Reza, this coming September will be my 2nd anniversary since I joined USM as a lecturer. My professional background is in landscape architecture. FYI landscape architecture is the design of outdoor public areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes (Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe & Susan Jellicoe).

I teach design studio for landscape architecture and planning. Apart from studios I also involve in delivering lectures, among the subjects are urban design, conservation and sustainable development planning. My research interest is focusing on the sustainable development in terms of environment, city planning, cultural practice and socio-economic within Malaysian context.

My ambition is to educate and inspire younger generation to become a creative person in solving their problems and overcome their challenge. I hope to acquire some useful knowledge and skills in teaching and learning as a way to equip myself, as well as gain some insight on the current trend in tertiary education. Thank you all for reading.

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Salam and hello everyone! I am Nadiah from School of Communication. My area of specialization is in Persuasive Communication. My research interest includes consumer psychology and representation of self in consumption. However to be frank, I am still exploring areas :)

I aspire to be an academician who will be able to guide younger minds to be more holistic and strive to be the best in order to help others. For me, it is very important to instill a sense of responsibility in students, this world needs so much more compassion.

I hope to learn new ways to engage students in learning, and hopefully train myself to be a better educator too.

Thank you and see you on Monday!

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Salam and Hello everyone!

My name is Nadhrah and I’m teaching Public Administration at the School of Social Sciences. I’m an avid cyclist and advocate for sustainable and active transportation such as cycling and walking. My research interests revolve around public participation, sustainable and green policy, and active transportation policy. My current research is looking at the interactions between Penang state government and the cycling community in making Penang as a bicycle-friendly state in Malaysia.

Being an academic in USM, I aspire to help students, government and people at large to understand  their roles in a democratic country. Beyond that, as an academic, it is also important to engage with the society. I’m glad to be part of the cycling community in Penang and I hope to use my expertise in assisting both the state government and cycling community in materializing their goal to be the first cycling state in Malaysia.

I hope to learn new things during P&P course and translate them in my teaching and research.

“Work hard, play hard, ride bikes!”  "Change Your Perspective and Share the Road"

Thank you.

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Assalamualaikum prof Karim dan sahabat-sahabat...Nama saya Mohd Afifuddin Mohamad, saya adalah pensyarah di institut perubatan dan pergigian termaju(IPPT) Kepala Batas, Bidang penyelidikan saya adalah spiritual healing dan perubatan Islam.Aspirasi saya adalah ingin melihat usm menjadi pusat penyebaran dan rujukan ilmu bagi masyarakat. Saya mengharapkan p&p kali ini menjadi medan terbaik untuk saya mendapatkan skil pengajaran dan pembelajaran yang baru dan membina potensi diri dengan bimbingan yang holistik daripada Prof Karim, fasilitator dan sahabat-sahabat semua.

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Assalamualaikum and Hi everyone.

I'm Mohd Asyraf Kassim form Bioprocess Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology.

My professional background as a microbiologist. My research interest are in microbiology and white biotechnology.

My main aspiration as an academic is sharing my knowledge and inspire young generation to empower their ability to achieve their dreams.

Thank you all...

-YOLO-

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Hi, I am attached to School of Social Sciences under Section of Economics since Jan 2015. My area of specialization is aquaculture economics.

"(The) ultimate goal of pursuing knowledge is to give it all away"  - Karndee Leopairote

I hope P&P course would show me the pathway to be a good educator in higher education.

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Hai everyone. My name is Andy Anderson Bery from School of Physics 

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Hai everyone. My name is Andy Anderson Bery from School of Physics 

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I just joined USM since 2016. My research field is Geophysics. Since joining USM, I have been assigned tasks to teach several courses in Physics and Mathematics.

My aspiration as an academic in USM is sharing and spreading knowledge values with others and contribute positive perspective to myself and USM.

From this P&P coursehope that I will able to enhance my personal development in both aspects of teaching and learning for quality education.

I am happy and enjoy in what I'm doing now to serve back to the communities with my expertise and knowledge.
(Think, Do and Talk)

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Assalamualaikum and Hi to everyone

I am Hafiidz from Environmental Technology Section, School of Industrial Technology.

My teaching and research areas are occupational safety and health (OSH) (focusing on risk assessment, OSH management, noise, and fire as well as explosion).

My aspiration as an academic in USM is that I believe I might save lives (if I work hard enough or smart enough or even I am lucky enough).

Aristophanes once wrote, roughly translated; "Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but STUPID lasts forever."

Therefore I hope from this P&P course, I'll find ways to make sure my students not going to be STUPID (in the context of attitude and behaviour).

Thanks and see you guys this Monday

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Salam and hello everyone!! My name is Nor Athiyah Abdullah from School of Computer Sciences (CS). My main area of expertise is in the study of user behaviour in social media during disasters. I am interested to look at psychological influences of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) as people nowadays are attached with ICT application and social web technology. I taught Database Organisation and Design, Informatics Project Management and Programming Methodology and Data Structures ever since I joined USM in 2016. My aspiration as an academic in USM is to be able to help young minds to discover their own potential, believe in themselves and together we contribute to the society and the future of our country.I hope to learn the other aspects of teaching and learning in today's classroom as well as techniques to provide effective learning to the large group of student. I also want to know available resources and support provided by the university to lecturers and students so that we can utilize these services for effective learning.

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Salam and hello everyone!! My name is Nor Athiyah Abdullah from School of Computer Sciences (CS). My main area of expertise is in the study of user behaviour in social media during disasters. I am interested to look at psychological influences of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) as people nowadays are attached with ICT application and social web technology. I taught Database Organisation and Design, Informatics Project Management and Programming Methodology and Data Structures ever since I joined USM in 2016. My aspiration as an academic in USM is to be able to help young minds to discover their own potential, believe in themselves and together we contribute to the society and the future of our country.I hope to learn the other aspects of teaching and learning in today's classroom as well as techniques to provide effective learning to the large group of student. I also want to know available resources and support provided by the university to lecturers and students so that we can utilize these services for effective learning.

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Assalamualaikum & Hye to everyone,

I’m Radin Firdaus from the School of Social Sciences. I teach Development Economics, and Theory and Issues of Development. My area of research includes food security, agricultural development and policy, climate change adaptation and measures and sustainable development.

My aspiration as an academic is to make learning more interactive & fun.

From this P&P I hope I could learn some teaching techniques on how to make my lecture more interactive and fun.

“The best of people are those that bring most benefit to the rest of mankind” (Prophet Muhammad S.A.W).

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Assalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera

I'm Hafizi from Bioprocess Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology. I teach several subjects such as Practical in Cell and Tissue Culture Technology and Fundamental of Stem Cell Technology. My research interests are devoted, but are not limited to, cellular metabolomics towards elucidation of pathophysiological mechanisms of Type 2 diabetes and its correlation with inflammation and mitochondrial functions.

My aspirations as an academic in USM are to encourage mastery, competency, transformational and life-long learning, general skill transference of skills (application), and critical thinking. As I'm teaching science subjects, I knew not every student would be a scientist; not every person NEEDS to be a scientist.  But, every person, in my opinion, needs critical thinking skills.
Also, of course I want to be a prominent researcher in my field and be able to contribute to community as a whole.

From this P&P course, I do hope that I can gain extra input and knowledge on education world in becoming a 21st century educator. As we are now dealing with 4th Industrial Revolution, I love to learn how to incorporate online learning strategies into content coursework. I would like to know and explore classroom issues that impede student success and learn how to deal with them.

Thanks

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Salam Perkenalan!
H-Hayati Samsudin is my full
name.

A-Affiliated with School of
Industrial Technology
(Food Tech Division) since
Jan 2016.

Y- Yearn of becoming an
academic that capable of
advancing knowledge and
transforming one’s
educational experience.

A-Area of specialization for
both teaching and
research is Food
Packaging.

A question to all: Would it
be possible to live without
packaging?

T-Target from this P&P
course:
i) to improve my teaching
approach.

ii) to gain different insight
about teaching and
learning.

I-‘I hold that while man
exists, it is his duty to
improve not only his own
condition, but to assist in
ameliorating mankind.’-
Abraham Lincoln. This is
one of my fav quotes. As
an educator, my aim is to
disseminate knowledge to
the best that I could. I
believe knowledge is no
one’s possession and it is
for sharing. An ounce of
knowledge may have not
been perceived as much,
but it sure will make a
long lasting impact on
one’s life.

Thank you and see you all on Monday!

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Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera semua..

Salam perkenalan.

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Salam Satu Malaysia and a very good morning. My name is TEOH YEW HENG from School of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering campus.

I am working on energy related research, specifically dealing with combustion & fuel engineering, biofuels and Internal Combustion Engines.

I currently hold the position as Senior Lecturer and the subjects that I have taught thus far are: EMH 211- Thermodynamics, EMD 101- Engineering Drawing, EML 211- Engineering Laboratory 1, EMD 452- Final Year Projects (3 students have been successfully graduated), EMD 112- Conceptual Design & CAD, EME 432- Internal Combustion Engines, EML 342- Engineering Laboratory III and SHE 101- Ethnic Relations. Meanwhile, I also serve as principal investigator for USM short-term research grant with the title of Investigations of a Common Rail Direct Injection Diesel Engine Using Biofuels in Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI) Mode.

My aspiration as an academic in USM is to be a great educator as well as a great researcher.

It is undeniable that for young educator like us, we have been involved and excelled in conducting research within our area of expertise during our PhD study. At the same time, I think we are indeed lack of teaching experience and, especially, engage with those of millennials. Therefore, I hope that the facilitators for this P&P course (or perhaps other P&P course mate) could enlighten and share with us a more structured yet effective teaching skill during this forthcoming P&P course.
Thank you for reading all these and see you on Monday.

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Assalammualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera, My name is AHMAD SUFRIL AZLAN BIN MOHAMED from school of Computer Sciences.

My area of research is on Image Processing. I worked on many application related to medical imaging, smart home, biomechanics and IoT.

I have taught subjects on Discrete Maths, Multimedia Technologies, Animation and Virtual Reality, Visual Computing and Image Processing ranging from year 1 to year 4 students.

I am also an MDEC certified master trainers to train teachers on Computational Thinking, Web Programming, IOS Programming and Flash ActionScript Scripting.

My aspiration as an academic in USM is to share my knowledge and skills not only to the university students but also to the community.

I hope to learn various ways of effective teaching that could help me in teaching and at the same time to make my teaching classes to be lively and active. I do believe that current students have many distractions from the technologies surrounding them that they are becoming less focus on their studies and work. I do hope that I can tap on their interest and also the technologies surrounding them to help them in their learning process. I do believe this is going to be life long learning process for me.I hope that this course could help me to achieve that.

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Assalamualaikum WBT and Hi everyone!My name is Siti Rahyla Rahmat. You can call me Rahyla or Yla. I am from School of Social Sciences.I teach Development Economics as well as Environmental and Natural Resources Economics.  My research areas are Bio-based Economy, Environmental Economics, Energy Economics, Ecological Economics, Natural Resource Economics and Science Policy analysis for Sustainable Development. My aspiration as an academic in USM is to inspire students to have ‘grit’. According to Angela Lee Duckworth, 2013, grit is passion and perseverance for long term goals. In simple words, I hope students will not come to my lecture because they have to and to pass exams or just to get A grade but because they enjoy my lecture; they feel touched, inspired and motivated by my lecture. In learning outside of classrooms, students should have a passion in learning and in pursuing their dreams. I hope I could learn on how to make my lecture and class more effective, interesting and inspiring. This is my favourite quote by Paulo Coelho “Fight for your dreams and your dreams will fight for you”.

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Assalamualaikum WBT and Hi everyone!My name is Siti Rahyla Rahmat. You can call me Rahyla or Yla. I am from School of Social Sciences.I teach Development Economics as well as Environmental and Natural Resources Economics.  My research areas are Bio-based Economy, Environmental Economics, Energy Economics, Ecological Economics, Natural Resource Economics and Science Policy analysis for Sustainable Development. My aspiration as an academic in USM is to inspire students to have ‘grit’. According to Angela Lee Duckworth, 2013, grit is passion and perseverance for long term goals. In simple words, I hope students will not come to my lecture because they have to and to pass exams or just to get A grade but because they enjoy my lecture; they feel touched, inspired and motivated by my lecture. In learning outside of classrooms, students should have a passion in learning and in pursuing their dreams. I hope I could learn on how to make my lecture and class more effective, interesting and inspiring. This is my favourite quote by Paulo Coelho “Fight for your dreams and your dreams will fight for you”.

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Good morning everyone here.  I am from School of Industrial Technology. Its very nice to see some of my friends i knew during transformasi insan cours are also here! I am a USM product for the past 10 years. Dear Prof, thanks for the reminder!

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Good morning all!

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Shankar Karuppayah and I just joined USM June 2016. I am currently attached in National Advanced IPv6 Centre (NAv6). NAv6 is a research centre that focuses research on next generation Internet (and other relevant research areas as well).

My domain of expertise/research would be Cybersecurity in general and botnets or malware in specific. Besides that, I am also actively involved in several projects that are related to Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 technologies.

Since last year,  I have been teaching several courses for postgraduate students (we have our own Masters program called M.Sc. Internet Engineering). The courses that I am teaching are listed below:

1. "Internet Communication Protocols"
It is one of the three core subject of our MSc Internet Engineering programme.

2. "Special Topics in Next Generation Internet"
This is an elective subject where the students are exposed to the latest trends and issues pertaining Next Generation Internet.

Finally, this upcoming semester we are offering a new executive Masters program called M.Sc. Embedded Systems in collaboration with CS, EE, and CEDEC. In this course, I am involved in teaching a subject called "Real Time Operating Systems".

I hope that I am able to contribute as a fellow academician and educator of USM to generate critical thinkers and high-quality researchers of the next generation.

I hope to learn the correct (as well as creative and innovative) teaching and learning techniques that can be applied in my teaching activities. Most importantly, I want to learn how my knowledge can be channeled to the students in the most effective manner. Besides that, I would also like to grab this opportunity to establishing networking among other USM academicians. This would be very helpful for the years to come .. for all of us :)

See you all tomorrow!

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Assalammualaikum  and Selamat Sejahtera to everyone :) !!

My name is Faraziera, you guys  can call me fara and I am from School of Housing, Building and Planning (HBP).

My area of specialization for both teaching and research are procurement in construction which focus on relationship- based procurement, cost control in construction industry, measurement of building material, contract and legal in construction.

My aspiration as an academic in USM is to use my knowledge to serve and give back to the community.

I hope that from this P&P course i can gain input to equipped myself to be a relevant educator and researcher. Nowadays, the younger generation is different from our time, sometimes it is frustrating to notice that they dont understand or interested in the learning process. Hopefully by attending this course it will assist me in improving myself

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My name is Nur Nadiah binti Abd Hamid from School of Mathematical Sciences.

My research interests are:
1. Numerical Method: This is the study of developing approximate methods to solve mathematical problems,
2. Numerical Analysis: This is the study of analyzing approximate solutions to mathematical problems, and
3. Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD): This is the study that incorporates mathematics and computer systems to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design.

So far, I am given the tasks to teach:
1. Calculus for Science Students,
2. Mathematical Software Laboratory, and
3. Curve and Surface Methods for CAGD.

I am going to handle the classes for the first time this coming semester. Therefore, I hope to learn the art of teaching as much as I could from this P&P course. My specific goals are:
1. To be able to communicate efficiently with my students,
2. To be able to instill the interest of continuous learning to them, and
3. To propagate the knowledge appropriately, not by just spoon-feeding them.

My aspiration is to use my energy and knowledge the best I can to give back to the community.
It is heartwarming to read all the introductions here – geared me up for the P&P course. Let’s rock!!

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Hello everyone, I'm Ismail from the School of Physics!!!
Currently, I'm teacing geophysics, which has a wide applications from hydrocabon exploration, geohazard studies to environmental studies.
My current research interest is looking into land subsidence and landslides in Penang. I'm looking into how rapid urbanization is affecting the natural environment.

Aspiration: To inspire the next generation of Malaysians to become the best version of themselves. I think as lecturers and intellectuals, we have a huge responsiblity to give our all for the students, who will lead the country in the future. Also, to contribute to the committee of knowledge through research, where discussions can occur freely.

I hope to learn to be an effective teacher and balance teaching with research. Maybe learn to integrate teaching and research. From this program, I also hope to learn how to handle different students as unique individuals who can contribute to the group.

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Ahzad Hadi Ahmad.                                                                   I’m a medical researcher with special interest in genetics, and currently working at IPPT. Been with USM for more than 10 years, beginning from my housemanship.                                                                                  I like research. Knowledge is everywhere, just know and learn how to see and realize their existence.                   What is my hope from this P&P? I hope I wont need to go to 3rd P&P.. I already completed my first P&P.. why oh why.. 

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Ahzad Hadi Ahmad.                                                                   I’m a medical researcher with special interest in genetics, and currently working at IPPT. Been with USM for more than 10 years, beginning from my housemanship.                                                                                  I like research. Knowledge is everywhere, just know and learn how to see and realize their existence.                   What is my hope from this P&P? I hope I wont need to go to 3rd P&P.. I already completed my first P&P.. why oh why.. 

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Assalamualaikum and good day to all...

My name is Norhaniza Amil from PPTI. Please call me Hani :)

My area of specialisation is environmental technology, air quality (atmospheric chemistry) and safety science (covering safety engineering; environmental safety; and occupational health and safety).

My aspiration as an academician in USM: share and learn together cause learning is a never ending process where you can always get inspiration from anything and from everybody; grow together for a better future.

I hope to acquire new skills which can help me help my students and others; so that our teaching method and way to convey message to public is relevant and fit the purpose of higher education for current new generation and more to come.

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Assalamualaikum and Salam Sejahtera.

Salam Perkenalan. I am Nuridah Sabtu from School of Civil Engineering.

I am currently teaching Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics and my area of research is Urban Water Engineering and Management.

My aspiration is to disseminate knowledge in order to better the lives of society. I would also like to advocate for sustainable urban water drainage system and promote a greener lifestyle.

I hope to be an effective academician who can reach out to students and others.

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Assalamualaikum and warm greetings to all

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I'm Nurul Sakina Mokhtar Azizi. You can call me Kina. Currently attached with School of Housing Building Planning under the Quantity Surveying Programme since last year.

My research area of interest is in energy management in buildings, sustainable buildings, and affordable housings. My teaching area covers measurement in building materials, and cost management.

My aspiration as an academic is to create and lead a niche research area in the built of environment. To be the centre of references worldwide.

What I’d like to learn from PnP? I hope to learn the different techniques of sharing knowledge and strategies on how to make learning a fun environment.

My forever favorite simplified quote is “Acquire knowledge…it is our friend in the desert, our company in solitude, & our companion when friendless. It guides us to happiness, sustains us in misery..” – Prophet Muhammad S.A.W

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Salam Sejahtera and Wonderful Day Everyone.

My name is Parthiban S.Gopal. Currently I am teaching Development Studies at the School of Social Sciences.  My area of specialization both in teaching and research are issues in relation to poverty and holistic development. My current programme of research focuses on formulating poverty measurement from the Multidimensional Perspective.

My aspiration as an academician in USM is to be a competent teacher and a researcher first so as to groom ‘thinking’ students and society. Secondly, being an employee I have the corporate social responsibility as well to deliver my service to the people and the country via various research program and projects.

Learning is a lifelong journey  and there is always room for improvement hence  I  am looking forward to  learn new techniques during P&P so as to enhance my teaching and research  skills. Therefore, I believe P&P is one of the timely and appropriate platform to ignite so as to achieve those aspirations.

" Learn well what should be learnt , and then Live your learning" - Kural

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I am Ariza from School of Housing Building and Planning under the Building Technology program. My area of specialization is Fire Safety and Building Services. Since joining HBP, I have taught a number of courses which cover building science, building services and methods of construction. Apart from courses I also involve in the non - design studio. 

My aspiration as an academic in USM is to share my knowledge and skills to the younger generation, university and society and strengthen my niche research area.

I would like to enhance my teaching skills in order to give the optimum input to the students as well as create an enjoyable learning experience and I believe the P & P course is one of the ideal platform in achieving this aim.

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I am Ariza from School of Housing Building and Planning under the Building Technology program. My area of specialization is Fire Safety and Building Services. Since joining HBP, I have taught a number of courses which cover building science, building services and methods of construction. Apart from courses I also involve in the non - design studio.

My aspiration as an academic in USM is to share my knowledge and skills to the younger generation, university and society and strengthen my niche research area.

I would like to enhance my teaching skills in order to give the optimum input to the students as well as create an enjoyable learning experience and I believe the P & P course is one of the ideal platform in achieving this aim.

This is one of my favourite quote:

"The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you’ve come".

— Mick Kremling

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How to convert waste into useful products that could benefit everybody on the planet? This is my aspiration. !   My research interest is focused on waste management, waste transformation and waste utilization. In order to live in a sustainable circle, we must first understand what is definition of sustainability. My career path here just started and I am looking forward to share disseminate ande xchange ideas with everyone of youe here. Thanks!
M A Kamaruddin
Env Tech Division
School of Industrial Technology

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Salam and Hi all.

I am Azniwati Abd Aziz from School of Industrial Technology, Division of Bioresource, Paper and Coatings Technology. I am responsible to spread the love of Coatings Technology to our undergraduate students through Raw Materials and Coatings Chemistry (give them an insight on the materials used to create surface coatings such as paint and the reactions involved in turning monomer to polymer-yeah the theoretical part where they get the feeling to pretend to be Albert Einstein), Coatings Laboratory 1 (the hands-on time where the modified spirit of Thomas Edison “I-have-not-failed-I-have-just-found-10,000-ways-that-won’t-work-but-I-have–to-submit-the-lab-report-by-the-end-of-the-semester-“ is really needed especially when the monomer is sooo resistant to turn to polymer), Advanced Coatings Technology (radiation curing to sustain our beloved planet) and to invoke our undergraduates passions’ for research, I teach Experimental Design with Computer Applications. For my research, I would like to express myself as ‘surfactant lady’, where mixing the ‘unmixing’ is a priority. Without surfactant, the milk will be separated into two parts; the fat and the water. However, my passions are focus in the mixing of polymers with water for surface coating and harden it with UV or solar radiation.  My aspiration is to be a balance academic, like a surfactant that can hold two parts together in many phases. I hope I can get more insight from this P&P session to achieve my aspiration.

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I am from Environmental Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology. My research intreset is on Waste Management, Waste utilization and Waste Diversion. I keen to share my knowledge with everybody here or we can exchange ideas on how our future couf be developed togerhteh

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Assalamualaikum, dan selamat pagi semua!

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Nama saya Jestin Nordin. Saya mengajar subjek seni bina di Pusat Pengajian Perumahan, Bangunan, dan Perancangan (aka HBP). Sekarang, sudah dua tahun saya mengajar di HBP secara rasminya setelah tamat PhD pada 2015.
Sebelum bersama HBP, saya adalah seorang arkitek yang bekerja di beberapa firma arkitek swasta sekitar Pulau Pinang bermula tahun 2003. Saya juga memiliki syarikat rekabentuk dalaman dan juga pembinaan semenjak tahun 2006 - Jestin+Holz+Steine Enterprise.
Saya berasakan bahawa sentiasa melibatkan sendiri diri ke dalam industri pembinaan semasa akan dapat membantu saya untuk membantu pelajar-pelajar saya berasa lebih dekat dengan situasi sebenar keperluan di alam pekerjaan, justeru saya teruskan penglibatan saya dengan industri walaupun sangat sibuk dengan pengajaran.
Saya beraspirasi bahawa integriti dan disiplin diri adalah punca kepada industri pembinaan yang lebih baik dan cemerlang, insyAllah.
Jadi, menerusi Kursus PnP ini, saya berharap agar akan mendapat bimbingan dan dorongan dari Prof Karim dan pasukan, untuk membantu saya menggunakan pengalaman saya di industri untuk dikongsi bersama-sama pelajar-pelajar saya untuk pengalaman pengajian yang lebih baik.

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My name is Nur Syibrah Muhamad Naim, my publication name is Syibrah Naim and my nickname is Syibrah. I am from School of Computer Sciences. Currently, my research interest are notably type-2 fuzzy sets, fuzzy logic, fuzzy decision making, computing with words and optimisation. Currently I teach basic programming courses and also focus subjects in AI such as evolutionary algorithm and decision support system.

I started my career in teaching since I was a PhD student. At that time I was not happy and always think that I am not suitable to be a teacher. Unfortunately it changed when I was a lecturer at UMT.

I gained the passion even more when I came to USM. The team teaching style totally change my perception in teaching career. I have been guided by the senior and it was a hard journey but I learned a lot and  now I see clearly whats teaching all about. I love students’ interactions, feedback, and excitement during my lecturer. In my class, I always hope my students have confidence with my teaching so that we will have two-way communications. I want them to approach me as a friend who will ask them back how they could possibly find the solutions (discussions).

Looking forward to getting more tips from Prof Karim and other speakers!

I am inspired and want to inspire :D

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Hello, this is my second post to share abit more about myself (I'm not very good at padlet,sorry!)

I joined USM in Year 2016 with the strong encouragement from my former lecturers and current collegues.

My teaching strengths draws not from my research nor PHD, but largely on my 15 years of Industry practice in the Architecture and Construction industry. As a practicing Architect, I am passionate about Innovation in Design, being passionate and dedicated about what you do. In my professional work, I began to notice how the recent young graduates no longer possess the grit, passion and determination that was core criteria of being an Architect.

That's when I decided to become an Educator, with the aims of bringing industry expectations back into the varsity classrooms or what we call studios in HBP. My students often get doses of "wake-up" call during my lectures to remind them of the demanding working world that awaits them.

I'm truly appreciate the P+P course learning to make all of us better teachers. I look forward to the remaining boot camp training days to drill ourselves on structure,pedagogy, skills and art of teaching.

My favorite quotation on being a Teacher...
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires.

Wishing everyone inspiring days ahead!

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Assalamua'laikum. Hello  everyone.  I'm Rafidah Abdul Rahim, PA to our forever young Prof Abd Karim Alias, Director of CDAE.  Welcome to 'Kursus P&P 2017, see you soon!

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ABD KARIM ALIAS

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ABD KARIM ALIAS
ASSALAMUALAIKUM & HELLO! I am a Professor of Food Technology at the School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and current Director of Centre for Academic Excellence (CDAE), USM.

I've been teaching for almost 24 years. I'm very passionate about learning and education. I believe our role as educators goes beyond transmitting knowledge — our role is to nurture our students, the future nation builders, to become lifelong learners — to teach them the skills of 'learn how to learn' and to teach them the appreciation and the love for knowledge. 

As Socrates said, 
I cannot teach anybody anything; I can only make them think.

More about my teaching & research here: 
http://www.profkarim.com/

My blog: 
http://onestoplearning.blogspot.com/. 

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Anonymous 12mo
Salam perkenalan Prof

Anonymous 12mo
Salam Prof

Anonymous 12mo
Salam perkenalan Prof..mohon tunjuk ajar ya nnt

fitreena 12mo
Salam perkenalan prof

Anonymous 12mo
Hai Prof. Salam perkenalan daripada saya, Andy.

Karim 12mo
Hello everyone! Let's learn and co-learn together.

Anonymous 12mo
Salam Prof! Can't wait to have you as a 'sifu' during this P&P!

Karim 12mo
Sifu? Despite my 23+ years as an academic, I still feel inadequate and always hungry for new knowledge. I'm still learning...

Anonymous 12mo
Hi Prof looking forward to unlearn, relearn and co learn from you tomorrow sir!

Mohamad Anuar Kamaruddin 12mo
Salam my dear Prof, I am just started working under TI. Its very nice to hear you are also from TI. Cant wait to learn from you Prof with vase experience! @Anuar.@Env Tech
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Assalamua'laikum. Hello everyone. I'm Rafidah Abdul Rahim, PA to our forever young Prof Abd Karim Alias, Director of CDAE. Welcome to 'Kursus P&P 2017, see you soon!

Rafidah El Zahr
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Assalamua'laikum. Hello  everyone.  I'm Rafidah Abdul Rahim, PA to our forever young Prof Abd Karim Alias, Director of CDAE.  Welcome to 'Kursus P&P 2017, see you soon!
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Karim 12mo
Forever young? I wish I found the fountain of youth! hi hi hi

Karim 12mo
Rafidah, what was your favorite subject in school and why?

Anonymous 12mo
Salam Rafidah, I seconded you on that "forever young". Hope to see you on Mon!
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Assalamua'laikum / Salam sejahtera..

sallonneusm
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Assalamua'laikum / Salam sejahtera..
Hello everyone,

I am Ahmad Salwan, the Admin. Officer at CDAE, and I'm one of the secretariat team members for this course. Very happy to meet all of you :)

Guys... pls get ready to embark upon a great journey to enhance your professionalism as USM new academician.. Truly, it's going to be fun filled days, full of excitement and new challenging experience :).

While this course is specially designed by our sifu, Prof. Karim.. just for you, young and vibrant lecturers.. just sit back, relax and enjoy .. We really hope that you will have a very meaningful learning experience with your new friends throughout this course ya :)

Sit back, relax and enjoy.. Always SMILE and use these 4-Magical Words.. 'Please, Thank you, Sorry, and Excuse Me'.

Please let us know if we can assist you further. :) Thank you.
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Karim 12mo
Wow, this intro come at the eleventh hour! I have to stay back late tonight to respond ;) Anyway, thank you for the positive, encouraging and thoughtful words, Salwan. That smile is really infectious (I hope!)! I have a question for you too: How to sustain the smile even when our head is laden with daily nitty gritty issues?

Azni Aziz Abd Aziz 12mo
Salam Encik Salwan. Azni here. Glad you are in this programme. Ice breaking session that you conducted was fantastic during TPM 3 :)

Azni Aziz Abd Aziz 12mo
I mean PTM :')
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Nur Ruzanna Jaaar

Nur Ruzanna
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Nur Ruzanna Jaaar

Assalamualaikum dan Salam sejahtera semua!

Saya Zanna dari CDAE. Saya akan membantu tuan/puan sepanjang 10 hari berkursus. Jangan malu-malu untuk meminta bantuan yer 😉

Salam perkenalan dari saya dan selamat berkursus! 😀

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Anonymous 12mo
Salam Ruzana.. jumpa esok InshaaAllah :)

Anonymous 12mo
Assalam Cik Ruzana :) - Rahyla

Karim 12mo
Patutlah lambat sangat nak buat intro. Rupanya nak tunggu ambil foto macam model! Tapi berbaloi...gambar pro!

Karim 12mo
By the way, bukan Cik, tapi Puan Ruzanna ☺️

Mohd Afifuddin 12mo
Salam puan ruzanna
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Nurul Farhana Amir Hamzah

Farhana
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Nurul Farhana Amir Hamzah
Assalamulaikum & Salam Sejahtera

Hi everyone! I'm Farhana from Centre of Development for Academic Excellence (CDAE).

Nice to meet all of you :)

"Learning is an experience. Everything else is just information." 
-Albert Einstein

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Karim 12mo
That's my favourite quote!

Farhana 12mo
👆🏻Nice quote😊...

Karim 12mo
Farhana, if you could turn back the clock, what will you do differently?
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Hazwani

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Hazwani

Assalamualaikum & hi everyone!
I'm Hazwani, Research Officer @ CDAE. 

Welcome to P&P 2017. Let's learn together, shall we? 

Hope to see you soon!

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Anonymous 12mo
Hai Dr. Hazwani. Saya Andy.

Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Hazwani :) If you could turn back the clock, what would you study for your degree?

HazwaniCmn 12mo
Perhaps, something to do with educational technology..like what I've been exposed and learnt so far, being part of CDAE team. Thank you for not being tired of sharing with us, Prof!
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Nor Asiah Binti Muhamad

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Nor Asiah Binti Muhamad
 Assalamualaikum &
 Salam Sejahtera

I'm from School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Engineering Campus, University Sains Malaysia

I'm been teaching electrical engineering subjects for 13 years now and just joining USM in last September 2016. My specialities are in areas of high voltage engineering and electrical equipment monitoring. 

I love to teach and help my students learn. I believe in their infinite potential to learn and grow as individuals. My students are my top priority. I try to convey this to them in my methods of teaching and the time I devote to teaching.

 By participate in this P&P course, I hope I can learn more on teaching methodologies and improve my skills.

More about myself is here: http://norasiah.fke.utm.my 


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Anonymous 12mo
Hello colleague

Anonymous 12mo
Salam Dr.

Farhana 12mo
Salam perkenalan Dr. Asiah

Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Nor Asiah. What do you think is your main strength as an academic?

Anonymous 12mo
Salam perkenalan Dr Nor Asiah

Anonymous 12mo
Assalamualaikum Dr Asiah,

Mohd Afifuddin 12mo
Salam perkenalan Dr Asiah-afifuddin

Nor Asiah Muhamad 12mo
Waalaikumsalam Prof, as answering to your question is my strength as academician is that my patience to gain knowledge and motivate them to learn and growth

Anonymous 12mo
Salam Dr., as you said student is your top priority. But, between our boss, colleague and students, which should be our top priority?

Nor Asiah Muhamad 12mo
Waalaikumsalam, antara boss, rakan sekerja dan pelajar mana yang lebih utama?..for me kena lihat keadaan, kalau untuk pengajaran dan pembelajaran Pelajar lebih utama
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Anonymous
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Are you ready?
Assalamu'alaikum and hello everyone. I am Norliza Hani from CDAE. I am a Language Officer, but much of my work is admin-related.
It is really fun to read about you here on Padlet and really looking forward to meet everyone in person on Monday.

#staymotivated
#lovethyself
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Karim 12mo
This introduction is not complete without the photo :) I'll KIV this one he he

Anonymous 12mo
Ok Prof. Boleh keluarkan drpd kiv list

Karim 12mo
Pakai vivo ke gambar ni? 😬

HazwaniCmn 12mo
Pakai vivo, kalah SIti nanti..hehehe
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Choon Fu, Goh

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Choon Fu, Goh
from 
SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
working on
FORMULATION CHARACTERISATION, DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
specialising on
BUCCAL, TOPICAL & TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY 
teaching on 
DOSAGE FORM & FORMULATION
aspiration as an academics
NEVER BE SELFISH IN SHARING MY KNOWLEDGE
hoping to 
LEARN & INCORPORATE NEW KNOWLEDGE & TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING & LEARNING PROCESS
to know more about me, click here
www.linkedin.com/in/choon-fu-goh-a7961160
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Anonymous 12mo
Hi Dr Goh

Anonymous 12mo
Hello Dr Goh

Anonymous 12mo
Hi! please identify yourself!

Karim 12mo
Hi Dr Goh! How do you reckon your academic journey so far? If you could turn back the clock, would you take the same path?

Anonymous 12mo
Hi Prof, it is an interesting one. There are ups and downs but it is still a challenging one. It is still my choice of career. Cheers Goh

Karim 12mo
So, you are quite certain that this is your path. If you had your way, what is ONE thing you would change to help young academics to prosper in in their career?

Anonymous 12mo
Hi Prof, if I have the power to change, I would like to have a flexible learning and not as rigid as current PnP. The way of assessment also could be more versatile.

Karim 12mo
Be prepared with your idea to share in our group :)
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Greeting
Hi, My name is Law Chee Hong, currently attached to the School of Social Science. My area of specialisation is economics, mainly on the monetary and macroeconomics (In case you have no idea what they are, just imagine all about government economic policy will give you some ideas.). 

My aspiration is to build a decent reputation in my field and if possible contribute back to the country
. 

From the P&P, I hope I can learn some new skills to make my class more interesting and effective.



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Anonymous 12mo
Nice to meet you again here! Goh here

Anonymous 12mo
Yeah. Nice to meet you again. :) Yap here

Anonymous 12mo
yeah, see u both during thw khusus

Karim 12mo
Dr Law, can you name your favourite teacher in school or university and why he/she is your favourite?

Anonymous 12mo
Law, i hope we can in the same group...haha! -LGT

Radin Firdaus 12mo
Hye Dr. Law. - Radin

Law Chee Hong 12mo
Hi Prof., So far my favourite lecturer in the school is Prof. Dr. Suresh in the school of social sciences. He is a wise man and willing to guide new staff like me. Unfortunately he is in contract now and might not be renewed later.
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Ahmad Zhafran Ahmad Mazlan

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Ahmad Zhafran Ahmad Mazlan
Assalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera semua,

Saya, Zhafran, Pensyarah Kanan daripada Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Mekanik. Bidang penyelidikan saya ialah Bunyi dan Getaran atau lebih spesifik dalam bidang Kawalan Getaran Aktif. Sebagai pensyarah di USM, saya meletakkan sasaran untuk menghasilkan pelajar-pelajar yang lebih mahir dan hebat daripada saya dalam segala aspek untuk kebaikan negara di masa hadapan. Saya berharap dengan manghadiri kursus P&P ini, saya dapat menambahbaik tahap pengajaran dan pembelajaran saya untuk mencapai matlamat yang telah disasarkan. Mohon tunjuk ajar dan nasihat daripada semua fasilitator dan juga rakan-rakan nanti.

Zhafran
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Anonymous 12mo
Salam Dr Zhafran, boleh P skali ka

Anonymous 12mo
Boleh je..hehe

Anonymous 12mo
are the one who bro me? HAHA!

Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Ahmad Zhafran. Apa pendapat anda tentang kematangan dan kemahiran pelajar secara am?

Anonymous 12mo
Wslm, Prof Karim. Pada pendapat saya secara amnya, kematangan dan kemahiran pelajar usm meningkat berkadar langsung dgn tahun pengajian mereka. Pengalaman saya sendiri mengajar pelajar2 tahun 1 dan 3, perbezaannya dpt dilihat pada pelajar tahun 3 di mana mereka lebih berdikari, tidak terlalu bergantung kpd pensyarah dan lebih murah untuk menguruskan projek dan tugasan bekonsepkan open-ended.

Anonymous 12mo
Hai Dr. Zhafran. Saya Andy.

Radin Firdaus 12mo
Askm Dr. Zhafran, salam perkenalan - radin firdaus

ahmad zhafran ahmad mazlan 12mo
Hi, salam perkenalan semua. See you tomorrow in P&P course!
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Assalamualaikum & salam sejahtera, My name Mohd Rosli Mohd Hasan. I am currently a senior lecturer in highway engineering at the School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Anonymous
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Assalamualaikum & salam sejahtera, My name Mohd Rosli Mohd Hasan. I am currently a senior lecturer in highway engineering at the School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia. 

More about me:
http://www.civil.eng.usm.my/index.php/en/about-us/academic-staff/270-dr-mohd-rosli-mohd-hasan

My Webpage:
http://mmohdhas.wixsite.com/scientist-site

I would love to attend P&P course and learn more from our honorable speakers.

Pantun sikit ;-)
Buah cempedak di luar pagar,
Ambil galah tolong jolokkan,
Nak tambah ilmu P&P kena belajar,
Penceramah yang kaya ilmu tolong kongsikan.
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Anonymous 12mo
Salam perkenalan Dr Mohd Rosli

Anonymous 12mo
Salam perkenalan

Anonymous 12mo
Salam Dr Rosli, jmpa di PnP nnt!!

Karim 12mo
Hi Dr Mohd Rosli! What do you think the most difficult challenge so far being an academic in USM?

Anonymous 12mo
Hi Prof Karim, the most difficult challenge so far is the student attitude, especially to have a two-way conversation. However, seems like the problem-based learning could help this. Hopefully, I could grab more techniques during PnP

Karim 12mo
Well, the PnP program is not so much about HOW but more of WHAT and WHY. The HOW TO can be learned through series of CDAE workshops throughout the year. Check it out!

Mohamad Anuar Kamaruddin 12mo
Saing saing kemah boh. @Anuar @Tepet @EnvTech @TO
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Hi everyone!I am Jasy Liew Suet Yan from the School of Computer Sciences (CS). You can call me “JC”. My main area of expertise is in the detection of emotions in text. My research vision is to help develop systems that are more emotion-sensitive as a way to enhance human interactions with computers. I also have very keen interests in sentiment analysis, text mining, social media analysis, natural language processing and affective computing. Ever since I started with USM a year ago, I have taught Principles of Programming, and Database Design and Organization. I hope to be able to teach courses closer to my areas of specialization down the road. One course I am really excited to teach is the Machine Learning course for Masters of Data Science students in the coming Semester 2. I am also involved in providing R training under our Data Science Certificate program.My biggest aspiration as an academic in USM is to be able to advance our young minds to be more critical problem solvers and to help them realize their full potential in making the world a better place to live in.From this P&P course, I hope to learn useful teaching and learning tools to make my classroom a more effective environment for learning to happen. I would also to learn more about how to plan and develop the syllabus of a new course. Most importantly, I would like to find out more on the resources and support the university provides to the instructors and how to access them.

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Hi everyone!I am Jasy Liew Suet Yan from the School of Computer Sciences (CS). You can call me “JC”. My main area of expertise is in the detection of emotions in text. My research vision is to help develop systems that are more emotion-sensitive as a way to enhance human interactions with computers. I also have very keen interests in sentiment analysis, text mining, social media analysis, natural language processing and affective computing. Ever since I started with USM a year ago, I have taught Principles of Programming, and Database Design and Organization. I hope to be able to teach courses closer to my areas of specialization down the road. One course I am really excited to teach is the Machine Learning course for Masters of Data Science students in the coming Semester 2. I am also involved in providing R training under our Data Science Certificate program.My biggest aspiration as an academic in USM is to be able to advance our young minds to be more critical problem solvers and to help them realize their full potential in making the world a better place to live in.From this P&P course, I hope to learn useful teaching and learning tools to make my classroom a more effective environment for learning to happen. I would also to learn more about how to plan and develop the syllabus of a new course. Most importantly, I would like to find out more on the resources and support the university provides to the instructors and how to access them.
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Karim 12mo
Very interesting research area, JC. I 'd like to suggest that you collaborate with people from education or management to apply for a research grant on humanising online learning. There's a lot of emotional aspect involved.

Karim 12mo
By the way JC, you have been in USM for a year. have you attended any workshops organised by CDAE?

Anonymous 12mo
@Prof. Karim, does kursus PTM count? ;)

Anonymous 12mo
@Prof. Karim, thank you for the thoughtful suggestion! Humanizing online learning is interesting indeed! Questions are already formulating in my mind... What are features or aspects of emotions are effective to humanize online learning? How can instructors leverage these features to make online instruction and student involvement more effective? My my my... You are really making me think on a Saturday. Perhaps USM online learning system is a good starting point of investigation? Would really be a nice research project if I am find suitable collaborators I enjoy working with :)

Karim 12mo
Hi JC, keep the brain ticking! I think research on humanising online learning is an emerging area. Huge opportunities for collaboration with academics across disciplines. Good area for translational research as well. I'm very interested to talk to you about this.
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Assalamualaikum. I am Dr. Fitreena Anis Medical Lecturer and General Surgeon from IPPT.

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Assalamualaikum. I am Dr. Fitreena Anis Medical Lecturer and General Surgeon from IPPT.
My passion is in breast oncoplastic surgery and breast cancer. My previous dissertation topic was on p53 genetic mutation in fresh breast cancer tissue. I hope to find best answer and treatment of breast cancer.
My aim from this P&P to become a better educator towards my future student, patient and myself

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Anonymous 12mo
Salam perkenalan Dr Fitreena

Karim 12mo
I'm sure you can say more, Dr Fitreena :). Don't forget the photo.

Anonymous 12mo
Salam Dr Fitreena

Anonymous 12mo
H Dr Fitreena

fitreena 12mo
I try to upload foto but failed .😅

fitreena 12mo
At last successful

Farhana 12mo
Hi Dr. Fitreena. :)

Karim 12mo
Dr Fitreena, what is your aspiration as an academic in USM? If you are given a choice between teaching track and research track, which one would you choose?

fitreena 12mo
I honestly prefer research track as i am involved more with patient and treatment. I hope to help more breast cancer patient not just via drug developement but via new surgical and diagnostic technique as nowadays i encounter younger age group having this distrastous disease. In term of teaching, I believe in everything I do in future can be a basis and part of teaching.

Karim 12mo
Fitreena, how do you think teaching and research can complement each other?

fitreena 12mo
Every research we do should be aim for teaching, no just towards student but also towards the general population. Knowledge has no boundaries...

Nur Nadiah 12mo
Mestila kenal.. 😀
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Hi colleagues, I'm Yap, from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USM.
 
I teach Medicinal Chemistry courses and research on design and discovery of novel therapeutic drugs.

As an academic and a researcher, I aspired to train more medicinal chemists with the hope that one day, we Malaysian will be able to come up with our own blockbuster drug.

With the evolution of teaching and learning approaches in conjunction with the rise of digital era, I hope to be exposed with up-to-date and highly effective resources and techniques in teaching and learning, that can be translated to the benefits for both teachers and learners.

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Anonymous 12mo
Hi Dr Yap! Goh here

Anonymous 12mo
Hi Goh. :)

fitreena 12mo
Hi. Hope can find good drug to fight cancer in malaysia and globally

Karim 12mo
Hi Dr Yap! How do envisage your career path in the next 10 years?

Anonymous 12mo
@Dr. Yap, how would you define a drug to be blockbuster or not?

Anonymous 12mo
Thanks Fitreena. I'm sure we can. Malaysia boleh! :)

Anonymous 12mo
Hi Prof Karim, it's really hard to tell at this stage, considering the limited funding that we have at the moment. But I hope that I would be highly recognised by the peers in my field 10 years from now as I always believe that if we really want something, we will find a way to achieve it.

Anonymous 12mo
Hi Anonymous, a blockbuster drug is a highly popular drug with potentially high revenue generation. One good example was Panadol where every household would know and have it.
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I’m Shamani Supramaniam from School of Mathematical Sciences, USM. I’ve just joined the school as senior lecturer in October 2016. 

My area of specialization is Complex Analysis and Univalent Function Theory. My first course I taught in PPSM is Analysis.

I have great passion in teaching. I strongly believe the bright future of our country and a stable society greatly depend on our younger generation. That being said, as an academic in USM  I would like to be a part in shaping, nurturing and guiding them into the right path.

From the P&P course, I hope to acquire more skills and further enhance myself in one of the noble profession-teaching.

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Anonymous 12mo
Keep your passion in teaching burning :)

Anonymous 12mo
Hi Shamani..see you soon!

Karim 12mo
Hi Dr Shamini! What do you think the most difficult challenges so far being an academic in USM?

Anonymous 12mo
Hi Shamani.. Anis tasnim here... See u again in P&P course.. Did u think our student fully utilized our e-learning portal?

Anonymous 12mo
Hi Prof. Thus far I've only taught 1 course in 1 semester. There's no major challenge that I've encountered. Probably only something within myself. To incorporate ICT in teaching. As we're facing Millennials.. I guess the workshops by cdae or p&p would surely help me to face these challenges.

Anonymous 12mo
Hi anis. Hope to see u again soon. E-learning portal, yes. To download notes etc. And i also update abt quiz n assignments there. So at least for these the students have to access the portal. Otherwise I myself not sure how else it can be fully utilized. Tq

Anonymous 12mo
hi Shamini...
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Teh Jiashen
Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. I research on current and future electrical networks and the reliability of their interactions with emerging technologies. These are fancy explanations. To put it simply, my role is to keep the lights on! 

Fun fact about power system:
1) There was a "current war" in the 1800's (if i am right) between the then rich and famous investor/businessman Thomas Edison and his young prodigy Nicola Tesla. The civilization at that time was just beginning to develop electrical networks. Edison was a champion of DC system and Tesla supported AC system. In order to prove that DC system is better, Edison has gone as far as building an electric chair (powered by AC current) to show to the world that AC system was dangerous, which eventually brought to the invention of electric chair as we all know. Fast forward a few years later, Tesla won the "war" and the whole world adopted AC system due to it being more cost efficient. We all now use AC system, but DC system has found its application recently too. 

2) Tesla was researching on wireless power transfer. He proposed that we can harness the electromagnetic movement at the earth core and transmit electricity wireless-ly throughout the world for free. Towards the end of this project, his funding was stopped abruptly, which was funded by George Westinghouse - an important  and rich electrical utility owner at that time (still exist in US today). This project was also classified as confidential by the CIA.

I aspire to rise up the rank and be a Professor one day in USM. I mean, who doesn't want that? :)

I hope I can unearth new skills in PnP. That being said, skills that are essential but are not currently aware of
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hi Jason

Anonymous 12mo
Hello Bro Jason

Anonymous 12mo
Jason. really an important job to keep the lights on! With great power comes great responsibility ;)

Karim 12mo
Hi Dr Teh! How do you reckon your academic journey so far? If you could turn back the clock, would you take the same path?

Anonymous 12mo
Hello Professor Karim. My academic journal so far has been challenging but still manageable. Theses challenges are difficulties in securing grant and research students but these are also face by everyone. Hence, I welcome these challenges and i think they are fun to be dealt with. As for teaching, I don't find any major difficulties thus far. Perhaps, it is the electrical engineering students that have been very cooperative with me. For that, I thank them! Apart from academic, as an engineer, I'm also responsible to the society. That being said, I'm also in the process of my professional registration with Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM). The process of this application will bridge the gap between academic and industry. If i turn back the clock, will I still take the same path? hmm...most probably yes, I will. I enjoy every bit of my PhD journey and the struggles that come with it.

Karim 12mo
I like your positive attitude Dr Teh! While challenges are abound, so are the opportunities.

Anonymous 12mo
@Jason, I wonder if you have ventured into smart grids? --Jasy

Anonymous 12mo
Hello Jason

Fauzi Packeer 12mo
Hi Jason

Mohamad Anuar Kamaruddin 12mo
Jason, meet you again @Anuar @TI

Nur Syibrah 12mo
Hye Jason, I just wonder about your role to make sure the lights turn on. Are you involving in the lighting project? Currently my application is intelligent lighting :D
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Assalamualaikum & Salam Sejahtera
 
Hi all, I’m Norsyahida Arifin, currently attached at INFORMM, USM. My expertise is in diagnostics, with an interest in parasitic diseases. I joined USM in April last year, so as a new lecturer, I really hope that from this PnP course I can learn as much as possible the right attitude and method of teaching from the experts. 

I am passionate in what I’m doing now, thinking that I have chosen the right path for myself. I hope that one day I’m able to contribute back to the society in both ways (research and teaching). 


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Anonymous 12mo
hi syahida, shamani here! see u in P&P next week :)

Karim 12mo
Dr Norsyahida, can you recall your best and worse learning experience as a student?

Anonymous 12mo
Salam Dr Norsyahida, Dr Reza here. Nice profile. Hope to see you soon.

Anonymous 12mo
Hye Syahida, Yla here. See you this Monday :)

Anonymous 12mo
Hi Yla..can't wait for tmrw..see you soon!

Anonymous 12mo
Salam Prof. To me, I think the best learning experiences I have so far would be the freedom to express myself and my thoughts, whether they are right or wrong people won't judge as it is part of learning process. As for the worse experience, I guess maybe the disappointment of not having what you expected.
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School of Housing, Building and Planning (HBP)

Salam sejahtera to everyone. My name is Reza, this coming September will be my 2nd anniversary since I joined USM as a lecturer. My professional background is in landscape architecture. FYI landscape architecture is the design of outdoor public areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes (Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe & Susan Jellicoe).
 
I teach design studio for landscape architecture and planning. Apart from studios I also involve in delivering lectures, among the subjects are urban design, conservation and sustainable development planning. My research interest is focusing on the sustainable development in terms of environment, city planning, cultural practice and socio-economic within Malaysian context. 
 
My ambition is to educate and inspire younger generation to become a creative person in solving their problems and overcome their challenge. I hope to acquire some useful knowledge and skills in teaching and learning as a way to equip myself, as well as gain some insight on the current trend in tertiary education. Thank you all for reading. 

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Anonymous 12mo
Hai Dr. Mohd Reza. Saya Andy. Selamat berkenalan.

Anonymous 12mo
Hi Andy, good to know you. Hope to see you soon. (Apologize though my profile is still in the making lol)

Anonymous 12mo
It's ok. See you on Monday

Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Reza. There's a general perception that our students and graduates are not creative enough. What's your take on this?

Anonymous 12mo
Wassalam Prof Karim, apologise for late reply. Our students are capable of doing anything as long as we are willing to guide and show them a better way on how to think more critically.
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Salam and hello everyone! I am Nadiah from School of Communication. My area of specialization is in Persuasive Communication. My research interest includes consumer psychology and representation of self in consumption. However to be frank, I am still exploring areas :)

I aspire to be an academician who will be able to guide younger minds to be more holistic and strive to be the best in order to help others. For me, it is very important to instill a sense of responsibility in students, this world needs so much more compassion. 

I hope to learn new ways to engage students in learning, and hopefully train myself to be a better educator too. 
 
Thank you and see you on Monday!


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Anonymous 12mo
Hai Dr Sharifah Nadiah. Saya Andy.

Anonymous 12mo
Hye Nadiah!Yla here...see you on Monday :)

Anonymous 12mo
Salam Nadiah, jumpa nanti di PnP -Nadhrah

Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Sharifah! How do you think academics can leverage social media in teaching-learning and research?

Sharifah Nadiah Syed Mukhiar 12mo
Hello Andy, just call me Nadiah :). Yla, we meet again! Look forward to see you soon. Hi Nadhrah, ok jumpa nanti :).

Sharifah Nadiah Syed Mukhiar 12mo
W'salam Prof Karim, I think social media can be a very useful tool for teaching and learning. In this era students are very interested in technology, therefore by utilizing social media, lects are able to engage them more.

Karim 12mo
Do you think USM is leveraging and harnessing the power of social media for the purpose of branding, positioning and visibility? Any specific suggestion as to how it can be done?
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Nadhrah A Kadir
Salam and Hello everyone!

My name is Nadhrah and I’m teaching Public Administration at the School of Social Sciences. I’m an avid cyclist and advocate for sustainable and active transportation such as cycling and walking. My research interests revolve around public participation, sustainable and green policy, and active transportation policy. My current research is looking at the interactions between Penang state government and the cycling community in making Penang as a bicycle-friendly state in Malaysia. 

Being an academic in USM, I aspire to help students, government and people at large to understand  their roles in a democratic country. Beyond that, as an academic, it is also important to engage with the society. I’m glad to be part of the cycling community in Penang and I hope to use my expertise in assisting both the state government and cycling community in materializing their goal to be the first cycling state in Malaysia. 

I hope to learn new things during P&P course and translate them in my teaching and research.

“Work hard, play hard, ride bikes!”  "Change Your Perspective and Share the Road" 

Thank you.

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Anonymous 12mo
"Avid cyclist!!!" suits u best. -LGT

Anonymous 12mo
Thank you LGT :D

Anonymous 12mo
Nice profile...I can feel your passion. So enthusiastic :) - Yla

Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Nadhrah. How do you see your career path 10 years down the road?

Radin Firdaus 12mo
Hye Nad. Manisnye senyuman.

Sakina Mokhtar 12mo
Assalamualaikum Dr Nad, interesting profile! :)

Nadhrah A Kadir 12mo
Salam Prof, sorry for taking a long time to response. I'm hoping that 10 years down the road, I already achieve some things that I want to achieve as an academic. For instance, I'm hoping that my research already had an impact toward the society. Produces some good students who not only get good results but also understand the meaning of being a good civil servant!

Nadhrah A Kadir 12mo
Thank Yla, anon, and Sakina!

Mohd Hafiidz Jaafar 12mo
I used to cycle, three or four times a week. It really improves my health and keep my stress level in control. Sampai la my bicycle kena curik, sedih. Ahahhahah. Hafiidz TI

Nadhrah A Kadir 12mo
Hafiidz: cycling has many benefits. It comes in a great package; health, economic, and environmental. Buy a new bicycle :) Keep on pedaling! Did you know that Penang has a dedicated bike lane? As well as bike share system?
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Assalamualaikum prof Karim dan sahabat-sahabat...Nama saya Mohd Afifuddin Mohamad, saya adalah pensyarah di institut perubatan dan pergigian termaju(IPPT) Kepala Batas, Bidang penyelidikan saya adalah spiritual healing dan perubatan Islam.Aspirasi saya adalah ingin melihat usm menjadi pusat penyebaran dan rujukan ilmu bagi masyarakat. Saya mengharapkan p&p kali ini menjadi medan terbaik untuk saya mendapatkan skil pengajaran dan pembelajaran yang baru dan membina potensi diri dengan bimbingan yang holistik daripada Prof Karim, fasilitator dan sahabat-sahabat semua.
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Karim 12mo
Askm wrt Dr Afifuddin. Interesting research area! What do you think of teaching-research nexus? How do they complement each other?

Anonymous 12mo
Salam Afif, saya Teoh. Jumpa esok ya.

Anonymous 12mo
Salam prof Karim, in my opinion Teaching-Research Nexus emphasis on enquiry based learning experiences that develop research skills and critical thinking. It also can be express in the qualities of graduate, through the development of critical and creative thinking, problem solving skills and also can apply disciplinary and professional research methods. Teaching-Reseach Nexus also can be the core of active student engagement, through which students reflexively, contribute to their own learning,encouraged through practice-based learning and also can stimulate experiential learning. From Teaching-research nexus student will know three main outcome, firstly, students will learn authentic enquiry; second students will learn about research;and third students will learn to do research effectively.if this technique apply in the educational system, student and lecturer can get more benefit in term of knowledge, learn about research and also have additional skills to do research. so its can complement teaching and research, especially to the student
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Assalamualaikum and Hi everyone.

I'm Mohd Asyraf Kassim form Bioprocess Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology. 

My professional background as a microbiologist. My research interest are in microbiology and white biotechnology. 

My main aspiration as an academic is sharing my knowledge and inspire young generation to empower their ability to achieve their dreams. 

Thank you all... 

                   -YOLO- 
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Karim 12mo
Askm wrt Dr Asyraf. Welcome! If I were a prospective student asking about the program (Bioresource), how would you convince me to join the program? Also, if there are teaching and research track, which one would you choose?

Mohamad Anuar Kamaruddin 12mo
Hi Dr Asyraf, looking forward to collaborate with you sir @Anuar @EnvTech
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Hi, I am attached to School of Social Sciences under Section of Economics since Jan 2015. My area of specialization is aquaculture economics.

"(The) ultimate goal of pursuing knowledge is to give it all away"  - Karndee Leopairote

I hope P&P course would show me the pathway to be a good educator in higher education. 


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Anonymous 12mo
Nice profile Dr Lim GT :) -Nadhrah

Karim 12mo
Hello Dr Lim! I liked the quote you shared here. How do you plan to share your knowledge beyond the boundary of the physical classroom?

Anonymous 12mo
Hye LGT, see you soon - Yla

Radin Firdaus 12mo
Hye LGT, see you on Monday -Radin

Lim Ghee Thean 12mo
hi, Prof. Karim! Keeping a good relationship with our students and telling them I am always be there in case they need my expertise. Of course, an ideal discussion should be served with a cup of coffee and some pastries...yooo!
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Hai everyone. My name is Andy Anderson Bery from School of Physics

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Hai everyone. My name is Andy Anderson Bery from School of Physics 

I just joined USM since 2016. My research field is Geophysics. Since joining USM, I have been assigned tasks to teach several courses in Physics and Mathematics. 

My aspiration as an academic in USM is sharing and spreading knowledge values with others and contribute positive perspective to myself and USM. 

From this P&P coursehope that I will able to enhance my personal development in both aspects of teaching and learning for quality education.

I am happy and enjoy in what I'm doing now to serve back to the communities with my expertise and knowledge.
(Think, Do and Talk)



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Anonymous 12mo
Hi Andy, how are you? Reza here. Thank you for visiting my profile. Nice profile 👍🏽

Anonymous 12mo
You are welcome Reza. :) I'm fine. How are you today?

Anonymous 12mo
Very well, thanks.

Karim 12mo
Hello Dr Andy! Have you watched a video of Walter Lewin or Eric Mazur. Both are professors of Physics at MIT and Harvard, respectively. What do you think of their approach in teaching? Can it be adopted easily?

Anonymous 12mo
Hai Good morning Prof. I have watched some of Prof. Walter Lewin's lectures. In my opinion, he us. In addition, he also used materials and demonstration approaches in his teaching. These approaches can be adopted by understand the subject with well and help of technology in teaching.

Anonymous 12mo
Hi Andy. Hope to see you tomorrow!!!
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Assalamualaikum and Hi to everyone

I am Hafiidz from Environmental Technology Section, School of Industrial Technology.

My teaching and research areas are occupational safety and health (OSH) (focusing on risk assessment, OSH management, noise, and fire as well as explosion).

My aspiration as an academic in USM is that I believe I might save lives (if I work hard enough or smart enough or even I am lucky enough). 

Aristophanes once wrote, roughly translated; "Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but STUPID lasts forever."

Therefore I hope from this P&P course, I'll find ways to make sure my students not going to be STUPID (in the context of attitude and behaviour).

Thanks and see you guys this Monday

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Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Hafiidz. I thought you misspelt your name :). My question for you: If you had the chance to devise a new curriculum to ensure our graduates will not be labeled STUPID by the employer, what and how would you do it? Tough question, ha? ;)

Anonymous 12mo
W'salam Prof. I've checked with my parents once (when i was around 7 years old), it is the right spelling :). I was concern as well hahaha. Regarding your question, it's a tough one, but I'll try my best to answer it. Firstly, in this quote, I perceived that STUPID represents items related to attitude and behaviour. I would like to separate it into two parts, the industrial needs (including employer) and personal needs. In terms of industry, I guess we are gearing towards producing graduates with more complete and comprehensive skill sets to work in the industry through iCGPA and 2u2i approaches. Both of these approaches do have their own strengths that could be capitalized. What concerns me, is the route of implementing them in terms of resources (budget, personnel, and time) as well as setting-up ambitious yet achievable objectives in a proper time frame. I am more interested and would like to focus on the personal needs. Students have to understand its not all about grades, numbers and monetary gain. This kind of education has to be informal and through examples (i haven't figure it out). We need to provide the students with compassion and grit. It's about what they can give to the community, to others. We need to equip them in terms of human capacity to be leaders of the industry and country. I think I love to increase the HUMANIZING element in our curriculum to achieve this intangible objectives. Sorry for the lengthy answer :).

Karim 12mo
The lengthy answer is fine. Appreciate it! It shows you put some thought and tried to articulate the best you can.

Karim 12mo
The words COMPASSION and GRIT...these are the attributes we want to inculcate in our students. Good topic for discussion. Let others share their thought on this.

Anonymous 12mo
I do agree with you Dr. Hafiz. We need to instil more humanity values as world is moving towards Industry 4.0, where humans will communicate and cooperate with each other thru cyber-physical systems. These changes might give impact on humanity values, social interaction and social structure - radin (GGMU)

Mohamad Anuar Kamaruddin 12mo
Wow, my jiran sebelah. Very nice of your photo sir, lets collaborate @Anuar

Mohd Hafiidz Jaafar 12mo
Thanks anuar and radin. In order to establish sustainable development, I guess all components of environmental, economy and social components need to be focused on
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Salam and hello everyone!! My name is Nor Athiyah Abdullah from School of Computer Sciences (CS). My main area of expertise is in the study of user behaviour in social media during disasters. I am interested to look at psychological influences of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) as people nowadays are attached with ICT application and social web technology. I taught Database Organisation and Design, Informatics Project Management and Programming Methodology and Data Structures ever since I joined USM in 2016. My aspiration as an academic in USM is to be able to help young minds to discover their own potential, believe in themselves and together we contribute to the society and the future of our country.I hope to learn the other aspects of teaching and learning in today's classroom as well as techniques to provide effective learning to the large group of student. I also want to know available resources and support provided by the university to lecturers and students so that we can utilize these services for effective learning.

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Salam and hello everyone!! My name is Nor Athiyah Abdullah from School of Computer Sciences (CS). My main area of expertise is in the study of user behaviour in social media during disasters. I am interested to look at psychological influences of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) as people nowadays are attached with ICT application and social web technology. I taught Database Organisation and Design, Informatics Project Management and Programming Methodology and Data Structures ever since I joined USM in 2016. My aspiration as an academic in USM is to be able to help young minds to discover their own potential, believe in themselves and together we contribute to the society and the future of our country.I hope to learn the other aspects of teaching and learning in today's classroom as well as techniques to provide effective learning to the large group of student. I also want to know available resources and support provided by the university to lecturers and students so that we can utilize these services for effective learning.
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Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Nor Athiyah. What active learning strategies have you used in your classroom? If you were to name THREE important attributes of 21st century educator, what's your choice?

Sharifah Nadiah Syed Mukhiar 12mo
Hi athiyah..your area of expertise is very interesting! -Nadiah

Anonymous 12mo
Hi buddy! Just wanted to send a quick shout out to you :) Let's fill our teaching toolbox together for our class next semester! --Jasy

Anonymous 12mo
konichiwa. hope everything will go smoothly for the next 2 weeks.

ati athiyah 12mo
Salam Prof karim. The active learning workshop has been held in School of Computer Sciences during the semester break last semester, and therefore, we were encouraged to apply those techniques learnt. Few active learning strategies that I have applied in my class such as "opening question" before the lecture started, "think-pair share" and "turn to neighbour summaries" where given a question, student answer individually before exchange and explain their answer in pair. Of course instructor need to be the moderator and finally randomly pick one student to share their answer with whole class. It really helps me engaging with the students in class. For your second question, in my opinion, THREE important attributes of 21st century educator are : Knowledge, Empathy and Encouragement of higher order thinking. Thanks :) -Athiyah
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Assalamualaikum & Hye to everyone,
 
I’m Radin Firdaus from the School of Social Sciences. I teach Development Economics, and Theory and Issues of Development. My area of research includes food security, agricultural development and policy, climate change adaptation and measures and sustainable development.
 
My aspiration as an academic is to make learning more interactive & fun. 
 
From this P&P I hope I could learn some teaching techniques on how to make my lecture more interactive and fun.
 
 “The best of people are those that bring most benefit to the rest of mankind” (Prophet Muhammad S.A.W).
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Anonymous 12mo
Assalamuaikun Radin...salam perkenalan

Karim 12mo
Askm wrt Dr Radin. How do we instil values such as caring for environment in our students? Can it be done effectively by direct teaching?

Anonymous 12mo
I like the quotation...from the Prophet. You have a noble aspiration...; PSG

Anonymous 12mo
Wslam Prof., I believe that feelings of connectedness to the world/nature are the key element. To inculcate such values, I always tell my students the connection of nature and our own health. For instance, research from University of Minnesota reveals that environments can increase or reduce stress, which in turn impacts our bodies.

Sakina Mokhtar 12mo
Assalamualaikum Dr Radin, can you share with us what do you normally do to ensure that students come in early to class?

Mohd Hafiidz Jaafar 12mo
I agree with you dr radin as we are part of the environment itself
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Mohamad Hafizi Abu Bakar

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Mohamad Hafizi Abu Bakar
Assalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera

I'm Hafizi from Bioprocess Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology. I teach several subjects such as Practical in Cell and Tissue Culture Technology and Fundamental of Stem Cell Technology. My research interests are devoted, but are not limited to, cellular metabolomics towards elucidation of pathophysiological mechanisms of Type 2 diabetes and its correlation with inflammation and mitochondrial functions.

My aspirations as an academic in USM are to encourage mastery, competency, transformational and life-long learning, general skill transference of skills (application), and critical thinking. As I'm teaching science subjects, I knew not every student would be a scientist; not every person NEEDS to be a scientist.  But, every person, in my opinion, needs critical thinking skills.
Also, of course I want to be a prominent researcher in my field and be able to contribute to community as a whole.

From this P&P course, I do hope that I can gain extra input and knowledge on education world in becoming a 21st century educator. As we are now dealing with 4th Industrial Revolution, I love to learn how to incorporate online learning strategies into content coursework. I would like to know and explore classroom issues that impede student success and learn how to deal with them.

Thanks

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Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Mohamad Hafizi, the impending 4IR looks set to change the way we live and work. Do you think our education system is ready to prepare the talents for the 4IR? Do you think we need to redesign our education system from ground up?

Anonymous 12mo
Salam Hafizi, remember the last time you talked about endocrine disruptors..I want to know more about its link and diabetes..is the mechanism known?-Hayati-

Anonymous 12mo
Salam Hafizi, Sufril here, congratulations to your newborn baby.

Shankar Karuppayah 12mo
Owh! Congratulations Hafizi :) (Shankar here)

Mohamad Anuar Kamaruddin 12mo
Hi Hafizi . Looking forward to collaborate with you sir @Anuar @Env Tech
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Assalammualaikum wbt and hello all!

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Assalammualaikum wbt and hello all!
Salam Perkenalan!
H-Hayati Samsudin is my full 
     name.
A-Affiliated with School of 
     Industrial Technology  
     (Food Tech Division) since 
     Jan 2016.
Y- Yearn of becoming an 
     academic that capable of 
     advancing knowledge and 
     transforming one’s 
     educational experience.
A-Area of specialization for 
     both teaching and 
     research is Food 
     Packaging.
     A question to all: Would it 
     be possible to live without 
     packaging?
T-Target from this P&P 
    course: 
     i) to improve my teaching 
        approach.
     ii) to gain different insight 
         about teaching and  
         learning.
  I-‘I hold that while man 
     exists, it is his duty to 
     improve not only his own 
     condition, but to assist in 
     ameliorating mankind.’-
     Abraham Lincoln. This is 
     one of my fav quotes. As 
     an educator, my aim is to 
     disseminate knowledge to 
      the best that I could. I 
      believe knowledge is no    
      one’s possession and it is 
      for sharing. An ounce of 
      knowledge may have not 
      been perceived as much, 
      but it sure will make a 
      long lasting impact on 
      one’s life.

Thank you and see you all on Monday!
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Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Hayati. This is the most thoughtful and well crafted introduction so far. Well done! This is something that I would like to see—taking any task thoughtfully. By the way, now that you are on this side of the classroom, how do you see your role as an academic to inspire students to learn for the sake of knowledge, not just for grade.

Anonymous 12mo
Wsalm Prof Karim. Thank you..and wow that is a difficult question and surely a difficult task to tackle considering our education system is exam-oriented. In my opinion and based from my little experience, one way to inspire the students to learn for the sake of knowledge is to pique their interest on the subject matter by i) showing them the logic behind a principle, ii) by having them seeing the subject from their daily life perspective and iii) to let them experience it on their own…of course for these to work requires willing participation from both parties: the teacher and the student...Honestly, this is one of the struggles I've faced..I've tried and it worked only on minority of the students. Do you mind to share your thought on this?

Ariza Sharikin Abu Bakar 12mo
Assalamualaikum Hayati. Can you share your fist teaching experience? Thanks :)

Anonymous 12mo
Waalaikumsalam Ariza. My first teaching experience was fairly OK ..for most part students were cooperative BUT too quiet..I had to force them out of their shells.
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 Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera semua..

Salam perkenalan.
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Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Anis. I love chemistry as a subject because it was my favourite subject in school. I was known as a chemistry wizard! How do you instil the love for chemistry with your students?

Anonymous 11mo
Salam Prof Karim. Chemistry Wizard !!!... its amazing.. I am pretty sure that u are the wizard in everything that u love like what u have teach us for the whole 2 weeks. Tq so much Prof.... I teach adult students who are already have their own career n life. Sometimes they do not care about the subject that they take for that session. To make them instill the love for chemistry, i always motivate them to believe that chemistry is not as difficult as they think. I always make my presentation visually interesting and exciting but at the same time make the content easy to understand. I always remind them that basic knowledge and fundamental of chemistry is very important.
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TEOH YEW HENG
Salam Satu Malaysia and a very good morning. My name is TEOH YEW HENG from School of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering campus. 

I am working on energy related research, specifically dealing with combustion & fuel engineering, biofuels and Internal Combustion Engines. 

I currently hold the position as Senior Lecturer and the subjects that I have taught thus far are: EMH 211- Thermodynamics, EMD 101- Engineering Drawing, EML 211- Engineering Laboratory 1, EMD 452- Final Year Projects (3 students have been successfully graduated), EMD 112- Conceptual Design & CAD, EME 432- Internal Combustion Engines, EML 342- Engineering Laboratory III and SHE 101- Ethnic Relations. Meanwhile, I also serve as principal investigator for USM short-term research grant with the title of Investigations of a Common Rail Direct Injection Diesel Engine Using Biofuels in Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI) Mode. 

My aspiration as an academic in USM is to be a great educator as well as a great researcher.

It is undeniable that for young educator like us, we have been involved and excelled in conducting research within our area of expertise during our PhD study. At the same time, I think we are indeed lack of teaching experience and, especially, engage with those of millennials. Therefore, I hope that the facilitators for this P&P course (or perhaps other P&P course mate) could enlighten and share with us a more structured yet effective teaching skill during this forthcoming P&P course.
Thank you for reading all these and see you on Monday.


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Karim 12mo
Dear Dr Teoh, thank you for the thoughtful introduction. If we expect high quality work from our students, then it's just right for me to have the same expectation from the participants of the PnP.

Karim 12mo
My question to you: The career track (teaching, research, etc) will soon be implemented in USM and other public universities. What's your take on this?

Anonymous 12mo
Salam Sejahtera, Prof. Karim. Thanks for reading my post. If I deserve that option to choose, I would rather opt to balance both (perhaps equal weightage for teaching & research) provided that we have adequate time and resources to do both. By conducting teaching, we earn the first-hand experience to interact and select some of the bright students and offer them opportunity for postgraduate study. Thus, able to tab for quality candidate as human resources in stimulate our research output (mind that university rankings are weighted heavily towards research outcomes). Secondly, our students also can benefit from their respective lecturer’s research experience and be exposed to the latest research.

Karim 12mo
Well said!

Shankar Karuppayah 12mo
Apologies for interrupting. I too agree with what Dr. Teoh have mentioned (a balance between teaching and research). However, I would like to hear from all of you if you guys think doing both at the same time allows us to have a quality output in either or both teaching and research? I am one person who get engrossed when I am doing research, so much so that I prefer to devote all the time I have to complete it. I am also not sure if its the same for others out there (if it is not, then it is simply bad time management skills from my end :p). Anyways, what do you guys think about having alternate semesters to focus on either teaching or research? I believe it not only allows us to focus fully on our teaching tasks, but also allows us to take a break and allow our brain to think over our research from a new aspect. Wouldnt this be a win-win situation?

Karim 12mo
Thoughtful input, Dr Shankar. That's what I meant by meaningful interaction.
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Ahmad Sufril Azlan Bin Mohamed

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Ahmad Sufril Azlan Bin Mohamed
Assalammualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera, My name is AHMAD SUFRIL AZLAN BIN MOHAMED from school of Computer Sciences. 

My area of research is on Image Processing. I worked on many application related to medical imaging, smart home, biomechanics and IoT. 

I have taught subjects on Discrete Maths, Multimedia Technologies, Animation and Virtual Reality, Visual Computing and Image Processing ranging from year 1 to year 4 students. 

I am also an MDEC certified master trainers to train teachers on Computational Thinking, Web Programming, IOS Programming and Flash ActionScript Scripting. 

My aspiration as an academic in USM is to share my knowledge and skills not only to the university students but also to the community. 

I hope to learn various ways of effective teaching that could help me in teaching and at the same time to make my teaching classes to be lively and active. I do believe that current students have many distractions from the technologies surrounding them that they are becoming less focus on their studies and work. I do hope that I can tap on their interest and also the technologies surrounding them to help them in their learning process. I do believe this is going to be life long learning process for me.I hope that this course could help me to achieve that.


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Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Ahmad Sufril. Yes, some people say devices such as smartphone and social media are weapon of mass DISTRACTION! But can we change that perception in a positive manner? I mean by leveraging the technology to engage students inside and outside the classroom.

Shankar Karuppayah 12mo
Good Morning Dr. Sufril, seems like we do have some research interests in common. Probably we should sit in and discuss one of these days to see how we can collaborate :)

Karim 12mo
Smart people will work with other smart people :)

Anonymous 12mo
Salam Prof Karim, yes I do think we can try to get used to what they are comfortable with, and try to take advantage from it to engage them. For example if they gadget savvy, we can either use technology for teaching or maybe some other method, such as active learning to help them interact during class sessions.
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Assalamualaikum WBT and Hi everyone!My name is Siti Rahyla Rahmat. You can call me Rahyla or Yla. I am from School of Social Sciences.I teach Development Economics as well as Environmental and Natural Resources Economics. My research areas are Bio-based Economy, Environmental Economics, Energy Economics, Ecological Economics, Natural Resource Economics and Science Policy analysis for Sustainable Development. My aspiration as an academic in USM is to inspire students to have ‘grit’. According to Angela Lee Duckworth, 2013, grit is passion and perseverance for long term goals. In simple words, I hope students will not come to my lecture because they have to and to pass exams or just to get A grade but because they enjoy my lecture; they feel touched, inspired and motivated by my lecture. In learning outside of classrooms, students should have a passion in learning and in pursuing their dreams. I hope I could learn on how to make my lecture and class more effective, interesting and inspiring. This is my favourite quote by Paulo Coelho “Fight for your dreams and your dreams will fight for you”.

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Assalamualaikum WBT and Hi everyone!My name is Siti Rahyla Rahmat. You can call me Rahyla or Yla. I am from School of Social Sciences.I teach Development Economics as well as Environmental and Natural Resources Economics.  My research areas are Bio-based Economy, Environmental Economics, Energy Economics, Ecological Economics, Natural Resource Economics and Science Policy analysis for Sustainable Development. My aspiration as an academic in USM is to inspire students to have ‘grit’. According to Angela Lee Duckworth, 2013, grit is passion and perseverance for long term goals. In simple words, I hope students will not come to my lecture because they have to and to pass exams or just to get A grade but because they enjoy my lecture; they feel touched, inspired and motivated by my lecture. In learning outside of classrooms, students should have a passion in learning and in pursuing their dreams. I hope I could learn on how to make my lecture and class more effective, interesting and inspiring. This is my favourite quote by Paulo Coelho “Fight for your dreams and your dreams will fight for you”.
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Anonymous 12mo
Yla, I am looking forward to see u in P&P...hehe,! -LGT

Anonymous 12mo
Hi Yla, cute pic! see you soon!!-Nadhrah

Anonymous 12mo
Hye LGT....see you on Monday.

Anonymous 12mo
Hye Nadhrah, I love your smile and your passion :)

Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Siti Rahyla. Do you have any idea as to the best strategies to inculcate attributes such as grit and resilience in our students?

Anonymous 12mo
Waalaikumussalam WBT Prof Karim .I'm no expert on this but I think we could 1)Ask students to reflect on their experience during internship for instance (as I am also a coordinator for an industrial training), or during field work (final year project) 2)ask student to reflect on a biography on an enterpreneur who they think are gritty (Steve Jobs for instance) 3)Ask them to name one person in their family and one high school who are resilient. And why are they resilient. Give real examples (This is so related to development economics- in poverty topic) and natural disaster (in Environmental Economics) 4)Ask students to reflect what kind of occupation requires grit and resilience? why?

Radin Firdaus 12mo
Hye Yla, see you soon - Radin

Karim 12mo
Thank you for your response, Rahyla. Reflection is a good starting point. On our part as an educator, how do we design our curriculum and delivery in such a way that we can build the desired characters such as grit and resilience?

Anonymous 12mo
@Yla, I thought Angele Lee Duckworth's TED talk was quite interesting too. Made me reflect on how I am assessing my students. I do wonder if grit is a personality trait (either you have it in you or you don't) or is it something students can learn and acquire.
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Mohamad Anuar Kamaruddin

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Mohamad Anuar Kamaruddin
Good morning everyone here.  I am from School of Industrial Technology. Its very nice to see some of my friends i knew during transformasi insan cours are also here! I am a USM product for the past 10 years. Dear Prof, thanks for the reminder!

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Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Mohamad Anuar. I'm sure you have more to say ;)

Mohamad Anuar Kamaruddin 12mo
Yes Prof, Now learning to upload my profile photo. Hehehe

Mohamad Anuar Kamaruddin 12mo
Seems that I am not allowed to edit anymore. Haha
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Shankar Karuppayah

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Shankar Karuppayah
Good morning all!

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Shankar Karuppayah and I just joined USM June 2016. I am currently attached in National Advanced IPv6 Centre (NAv6). NAv6 is a research centre that focuses research on next generation Internet (and other relevant research areas as well).

My domain of expertise/research would be Cybersecurity in general and botnets or malware in specific. Besides that, I am also actively involved in several projects that are related to Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 technologies.  

Since last year,  I have been teaching several courses for postgraduate students (we have our own Masters program called M.Sc. Internet Engineering). The courses that I am teaching are listed below:

1. "Internet Communication Protocols"
It is one of the three core subject of our MSc Internet Engineering programme. 

2. "Special Topics in Next Generation Internet"  
This is an elective subject where the students are exposed to the latest trends and issues pertaining Next Generation Internet.

Finally, this upcoming semester we are offering a new executive Masters program called M.Sc. Embedded Systems in collaboration with CS, EE, and CEDEC. In this course, I am involved in teaching a subject called "Real Time Operating Systems".

I hope that I am able to contribute as a fellow academician and educator of USM to generate critical thinkers and high-quality researchers of the next generation.

I hope to learn the correct (as well as creative and innovative) teaching and learning techniques that can be applied in my teaching activities. Most importantly, I want to learn how my knowledge can be channeled to the students in the most effective manner. Besides that, I would also like to grab this opportunity to establishing networking among other USM academicians. This would be very helpful for the years to come .. for all of us :)

See you all tomorrow!

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Karim 12mo
Hello Dr Shankar! Nice introduction. Good to see that you are working on some aspects of 4IR and Industry 4.0. How much do you think our researchers can contribute towards Industry 4.0, given that we are not driving the technology but rather we are driven by the technology?

Anonymous 12mo
Hye Shankar...Finally...Nice to know that we are going to meet soon... :) -Yla

Shankar Karuppayah 12mo
@Prof Karim: Thank you. I believe there is simply more than it meets the eye. Expertise of our researchers have not been tapped to the fullest of its potential. The good thing is, that we (USM) are definitely moving forward in the right direction to leverage our expertise and advantages. However, that doesnt mean that we stay on being idle. USM researchers need to continuously upgrade ourselves and shift towards driving the technology from now onwards. A key catalyst for that would be the collaboration among the different faculties within USM. We already have the expertise... just need to polish it from now onwards :)

Shankar Karuppayah 12mo
@Yla: Yeah! Thats true.. we would finally be meeting up :P See you tomorrow
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Faraziera Mohd Raslim

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Faraziera Mohd Raslim
Assalammualaikum  and Selamat Sejahtera to everyone :) !!

My name is Faraziera, you guys  can call me fara and I am from School of Housing, Building and Planning (HBP).

My area of specialization for both teaching and research are procurement in construction which focus on relationship- based procurement, cost control in construction industry, measurement of building material, contract and legal in construction.

My aspiration as an academic in USM is to use my knowledge to serve and give back to the community.

I hope that from this P&P course i can gain input to equipped myself to be a relevant educator and researcher. Nowadays, the younger generation is different from our time, sometimes it is frustrating to notice that they dont understand or   interested in the learning process. Hopefully by attending this course it will assist me in improving myself
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Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Faraziera. Do you have any favourite quote related to education? If you were to change ONE thing in your classroom strategy now, what would that be?

Anonymous 12mo
Wsalam Prof Karim. if i were to change ONE thing in my classroom now is to develop positive teacher-student relations. We all want to feel cared for and valued by the significant people in our world. Students are no different. Improving students' relationships with teachers has important, positive and long-lasting implications for both students' academic and social development. Solely improving students' relationships with their teachers will not produce gains in achievement. However, those students who have close, positive and supportive relationships with their teachers will attain higher levels of achievement than those students with more conflict in their relationships. When students feel that you value and care for them as individuals, they are more willing to comply with your wishes.

Karim 12mo
Wow, I really liked the way you see the importance of fostering positive relationship between students and teacher. Well said Dr Faraziera!
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Assalamu'alaikum and hello,

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Assalamu'alaikum and hello,

My name is Nur Nadiah binti Abd Hamid from School of Mathematical Sciences. 

My research interests are:
1. Numerical Method: This is the study of developing approximate methods to solve mathematical problems,
2. Numerical Analysis: This is the study of analyzing approximate solutions to mathematical problems, and
3. Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD): This is the study that incorporates mathematics and computer systems to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design.

So far, I am given the tasks to teach:
1.	Calculus for Science Students,
2.	Mathematical Software Laboratory, and
3.	Curve and Surface Methods for CAGD.

I am going to handle the classes for the first time this coming semester. Therefore, I hope to learn the art of teaching as much as I could from this P&P course. My specific goals are:
1.	To be able to communicate efficiently with my students,
2.	To be able to instill the interest of continuous learning to them, and
3.	To propagate the knowledge appropriately, not by just spoon-feeding them.

My aspiration is to use my energy and knowledge the best I can to give back to the community.
It is heartwarming to read all the introductions here – geared me up for the P&P course. Let’s rock!!
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Anonymous 12mo
Salam Nur Nadiah..I am interested to learn numerical methods for my research..hope you will be able to help me. Thanks! and yeah let's rock it!!-Hayati

Nur Nadiah 12mo
Wassalam wr Hayati. My pleasure. Let's collaborate!!

fitreena 12mo
Macam kenal je😊

Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Nur Nadiah. Mathematic, while it is an important subject but always regarded as difficult and dry. How would you change this perception and make learning mathematic interesting, fun and meaningful?

Karim 12mo
Another thing, why Mathematical Science (always regarded as Pure Sciences)? Is there an element of arts in math?

ati athiyah 12mo
Salam Dr. Nadiah, I have the same thought as Prof. Karim mentioned above because few people from Computer Science too sometimes "afraid" of Maths and we think anything regarding Math in CS subject is tough. What is your opinion on this? -Athiyah

Nur Nadiah 12mo
Wa'alaikumussalam wr. Prof. Karim. For now, I try to relate the mathematical concepts I'm about to teach to the physical applications and make use of technology for visualization. I am still searching for methods to use in my teaching but many a time, the classical approach (whiteboard and marker, blackboard and chalk) works best.

Nur Nadiah 12mo
Prof. Karim, mathematics is a tool, it can be applied in both sciences and arts. As far as I know, mathematics had been incorporated in musics, designs etc. However, mathematical sciences is focused on mathematics and sciences. In mathematics, there are areas that are regarded as an art. For example; logic and analysis. These areas are heavily connected with the philosophical ideas developed by Aristotle, Plato, Socrates etc.

Nur Nadiah 12mo
Wassalam wr. Dr. Athiyah. Yes, I agree. Mathematics is always regarded as a tough subject. In my opinion, it is as tough as any computer science subject. But since mathematics is always presented in an abstract way, many find it difficult to understand.
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Ismail Ahmad Abir

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Ismail Ahmad Abir
Hello everyone, I'm Ismail from the School of Physics!!!
Currently, I'm teacing geophysics, which has a wide applications from hydrocabon exploration, geohazard studies to environmental studies. 
My current research interest is looking into land subsidence and landslides in Penang. I'm looking into how rapid urbanization is affecting the natural environment.

Aspiration: To inspire the next generation of Malaysians to become the best version of themselves. I think as lecturers and intellectuals, we have a huge responsiblity to give our all for the students, who will lead the country in the future. Also, to contribute to the committee of knowledge through research, where discussions can occur freely.

I hope to learn to be an effective teacher and balance teaching with research. Maybe learn to integrate teaching and research. From this program, I also hope to learn how to handle different students as unique individuals who can contribute to the group.

Thanks
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Karim 12mo
Askm wrt Dr Ismail. Nice and thoughtful intro. Good to see that your research area is related to caring for the environment. My question: what can we do to educate the public to care for the environment?

Mohamad Anuar Kamaruddin 12mo
Hi Ismail, We will meet again today! @Anuar

Ismail Ahmad Abir 12mo
Wa'alaikum Salaam Prof Karim. I think it is important to educate the public when they are young about loving nature. It is important to educate the public that nature has its rights and that we should not exploit them for our own selfish purposes. I'm proposing field trips or programs to show the public to the effects of not caring for the environment.
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Ahzad Hadi Ahmad. I’m a medical researcher with special interest in genetics, and currently working at IPPT. Been with USM for more than 10 years, beginning from my housemanship. I like research. Knowledge is everywhere, just know and learn how to see and realize their existence. What is my hope from this P&P? I hope I wont need to go to 3rd P&P.. I already completed my first P&P.. why oh why..

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Ahzad Hadi Ahmad.                                                                   I’m a medical researcher with special interest in genetics, and currently working at IPPT. Been with USM for more than 10 years, beginning from my housemanship.                                                                                  I like research. Knowledge is everywhere, just know and learn how to see and realize their existence.                   What is my hope from this P&P? I hope I wont need to go to 3rd P&P.. I already completed my first P&P.. why oh why.. 
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Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Ahzad. The moment one stop learning one should cease teaching. Don't worry, I promise you will gain tremendous value from your time. My question to you: What is the single most important lesson you have learned being an academic for some time? How the lesson would guide you for the rest of your career in USM?

ahzad_h_a 12mo
Wassalam. Single most important lesson/value: Be patient, regardless how mad/dissapointed are you of the student, but be strict when necessary with student. This seems to be working with the students I mentored before, of course i become more friendly with them as the time progress. There are still rooms for improvement.
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Norhaniza Amil @ Hani

Assalamualaikum and good day to all...

My name is Norhaniza Amil from PPTI. Please call me Hani :) 

My area of specialisation is environmental technology, air quality (atmospheric chemistry) and safety science (covering safety engineering; environmental safety; and occupational health and safety).


My aspiration as an academician in USM: share and learn together cause learning is a never ending process where you can always get inspiration from anything and from everybody; grow together for a better future.

I hope to acquire new skills which can help me help my students and others; so that our teaching method and way to convey message to public is relevant and fit the purpose of higher education for current new generation and more to come.
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Karim 12mo
Ask wrt Dr Hani. I always have a soft spot for people from PPTI...I don't know why ;) My question: If you have your say and power to formulate an impactful policy on sustainable environment, what would that be?
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Nuridah 

Assalamualaikum and Salam Sejahtera.

Salam Perkenalan. I am Nuridah Sabtu from School of Civil Engineering. 

I am currently teaching Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics and my area of research is Urban Water Engineering and Management.

My aspiration is to disseminate knowledge in order to better the lives of society. I would also like to advocate for sustainable urban water drainage system and promote a greener lifestyle. 

I hope to be an effective academician who can reach out to students and others.
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Karim 12mo
Askm Dr Nuridah the civil engineer. I hope you will get your Ir soon :) My question: How do you see your career path in the next 10 to 15 years? Would you able to strike a balance between teaching and research?

Anonymous 12mo
Wsalam Prof. Thank you for the wish

Anonymous 12mo
I do hope to be an Ir in the coming years. I am uncertain if I would be able to strike that balance but I will do my best to do so as even now, I am struggling with it. Any advise Prof on finding thay balance?
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Assalamualaikum and warm greetings to all

Sakina Mokhtar
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Assalamualaikum and warm greetings to all

I'm Nurul Sakina Mokhtar Azizi. You can call me Kina. Currently attached with School of Housing Building Planning under the Quantity Surveying Programme since last year. 

My research area of interest is in energy management in buildings, sustainable buildings, and affordable housings. My teaching area covers measurement in building materials, and cost management. 

My aspiration as an academic is to create and lead a niche research area in the built of environment. To be the centre of references worldwide. 

What I’d like to learn from PnP? I hope to learn the different techniques of sharing knowledge and strategies on how to make learning a fun environment.


My forever favorite simplified quote is “Acquire knowledge…it is our friend in the desert, our company in solitude, & our companion when friendless. It guides us to happiness, sustains us in misery..” – Prophet Muhammad S.A.W
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ati athiyah 12mo
Hi Sakina, meaningful quote. Thanks for sharing with all of us here -Athiyah

Sakina Mokhtar 12mo
thank you athiyah 😊

Radin Firdaus 11mo
Hye Sakinah.. Looking forward for future collaboration
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PARTHIBAN S.GOPAL

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Salam Sejahtera and Wonderful Day Everyone.

My name is Parthiban S.Gopal. Currently I am teaching Development Studies at the School of Social Sciences.  My area of specialization both in teaching and research are issues in relation to poverty and holistic development. My current programme of research focuses on formulating poverty measurement from the Multidimensional Perspective.

My aspiration as an academician in USM is to be a competent teacher and a researcher first so as to groom ‘thinking’ students and society. Secondly, being an employee I have the corporate social responsibility as well to deliver my service to the people and the country via various research program and projects.

Learning is a lifelong journey  and there is always room for improvement hence  I  am looking forward to  learn new techniques during P&P so as to enhance my teaching and research  skills. Therefore, I believe P&P is one of the timely and appropriate platform to ignite so as to achieve those aspirations.

" Learn well what should be learnt , and then Live your learning" - Kural

Thank you

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Karim 12mo
Hello Dr Parthiban! It's a pleasant surprise to see you here in this group. I liked the quote by Kural. Can you elaborate it and share your insight as how best to approach teaching to achieve impactful learning?

Anonymous 12mo
Hi Prof, Yes thank you for the comment and the question. First of all I am glad to be here so as to enhance my learning journey...we don't grow old but when stop growing we become old; so keep growing( via learning)all the time. Second, when a teacher teaches a student , who/what is important; the teaching? the teacher or student ? It is the student the teacher should give paramount importance. Why? Only when the teacher understands, caring and have so much of concern/love for the students, the teaching would be effective and hence impactful learning as the student would become more attentive and receptive on what is being taught. Ensuing from that, learning becomes fun and way of life and as the Kural rightly states; one would live by that learning.And this is important to groom future/prospective, productive, competent and human capital individual as well as leadership.
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Ariza Sharikin Abu Bakar
12mo
 I am Ariza from School of Housing Building and Planning under the Building Technology program. My area of specialization is Fire Safety and Building Services. Since joining HBP, I have taught a number of courses which cover building science, building services and methods of construction. Apart from courses I also involve in the non - design studio. 

My aspiration as an academic in USM is to share my knowledge and skills to the younger generation, university and society and strengthen my niche research area.

I would like to enhance my teaching skills in order to give the optimum input to the students as well as create an enjoyable learning experience and I believe the P & P course is one of the ideal platform in achieving this aim.
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Assalamualaikum and good day to all

Ariza Sharikin Abu Bakar
12mo
Assalamualaikum and good day to all

I am Ariza from School of Housing Building and Planning under the Building Technology program. My area of specialization is Fire Safety and Building Services. Since joining HBP, I have taught a number of courses which cover building science, building services and methods of construction. Apart from courses I also involve in the non - design studio. 

My aspiration as an academic in USM is to share my knowledge and skills to the younger generation, university and society and strengthen my niche research area.

I would like to enhance my teaching skills in order to give the optimum input to the students as well as create an enjoyable learning experience and I believe the P & P course is one of the ideal platform in achieving this aim.

This is one of my favourite quote:
"The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you’ve come".
— Mick Kremling

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Waste to Wealth

Mohamad Anuar Kamaruddin
12mo
Waste to Wealth
How to convert waste into useful products that could benefit everybody on the planet? This is my aspiration. !   My research interest is focused on waste management, waste transformation and waste utilization. In order to live in a sustainable circle, we must first understand what is definition of sustainability. My career path here just started and I am looking forward to share disseminate ande xchange ideas with everyone of youe here. Thanks!
M A Kamaruddin
Env Tech Division
School of Industrial Technology
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ati athiyah 12mo
Hi Dr. Anuar, interesting area of research. Have you look into how Japan manage their waste? -Athiyah

Anonymous 12mo
Dear Dr Athiyah, I know how japanese manage their waste. Their system is what we are looking at now. Actually it goes back to people's attitude. We can be like japanese if we have first class mentalitiy in line with our world class facilities as what Gomen has provided like MRT. I could see alot of uncivilized rakyat vandalized our newly running MRT. Thats why we need to change. Hefty invstment on infrastructures does not mean anything if we are still thinking, preaching like 3 rd class mentality.

Nadhrah A Kadir 12mo
Hi Dr Anuar, why composting is not popular in our community?-nadhrah

Azni Aziz Abd Aziz 12mo
Salam Dr Anuar. Are your research area involves in biodegradibility of polymer? (Azni :D)

Anonymous 12mo
Dear Dr Nadhirah, I am now working hard to revamp composting process. In my point of view, compostinf is seen as unpromosing method for decomposition as compared to advanced waste treatment such as incinerator and sanitary landfill due to lack of understanding in thr principle of decomposition. Most of the time, leachate emission and foul smell are the major contributing factors made this methis uatteactive. Anyway, feel free to visit my Ecopro Lab to have a clear understanding of passive decomposition of organic waste.

Anonymous 12mo
Dear Dr Azni, in the current mode, I am focusing on the waste decomposition. I can see your field of expertise in biopolymer that is very useful to be explored further. When talk about green product, incorporation of biopolymer based binder is what industries are looking for! We can talk further on waste-to-wealth:biogreen-products!
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Azni Aziz Abd Aziz
12mo
Azniwati Abd Aziz
Salam and Hi all.

I am Azniwati Abd Aziz from School of Industrial Technology, Division of Bioresource, Paper and Coatings Technology. I am responsible to spread the love of Coatings Technology to our undergraduate students through Raw Materials and Coatings Chemistry (give them an insight on the materials used to create surface coatings such as paint and the reactions involved in turning monomer to polymer-yeah the theoretical part where they get the feeling to pretend to be Albert Einstein), Coatings Laboratory 1 (the hands-on time where the modified spirit of Thomas Edison “I-have-not-failed-I-have-just-found-10,000-ways-that-won’t-work-but-I-have–to-submit-the-lab-report-by-the-end-of-the-semester-“ is really needed especially when the monomer is sooo resistant to turn to polymer), Advanced Coatings Technology (radiation curing to sustain our beloved planet) and to invoke our undergraduates passions’ for research, I teach Experimental Design with Computer Applications. For my research, I would like to express myself as ‘surfactant lady’, where mixing the ‘unmixing’ is a priority. Without surfactant, the milk will be separated into two parts; the fat and the water. However, my passions are focus in the mixing of polymers with water for surface coating and harden it with UV or solar radiation.  My aspiration is to be a balance academic, like a surfactant that can hold two parts together in many phases. I hope I can get more insight from this P&P session to achieve my aspiration.

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Mohamad Anuar Kamaruddin 12mo
Hi colleague @Anuar here. Looking forward to collaborate with you mem

Anonymous 12mo
Hi Anuar. Yess..lets do that 💪💪💪
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Mohamad Anuar Kamaruddin
12mo


I am from Environmental Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology. My research intreset is on Waste Management, Waste utilization and Waste Diversion. I keen to share my knowledge with everybody here or we can exchange ideas on how our future couf be developed togerhteh
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Assalamualaikum, dan selamat pagi semua!

Jestin Nordin
12mo
Assalamualaikum, dan selamat pagi semua!
Nama saya Jestin Nordin. Saya mengajar subjek seni bina di Pusat Pengajian Perumahan, Bangunan, dan Perancangan (aka HBP). Sekarang, sudah dua tahun saya mengajar di HBP secara rasminya setelah tamat PhD pada 2015.
Sebelum bersama HBP, saya adalah seorang arkitek yang bekerja di beberapa firma arkitek swasta sekitar Pulau Pinang bermula tahun 2003. Saya juga memiliki syarikat rekabentuk dalaman dan juga pembinaan semenjak tahun 2006 - Jestin+Holz+Steine Enterprise.
Saya berasakan bahawa sentiasa melibatkan sendiri diri ke dalam industri pembinaan semasa akan dapat membantu saya untuk membantu pelajar-pelajar saya berasa lebih dekat dengan situasi sebenar keperluan di alam pekerjaan, justeru saya teruskan penglibatan saya dengan industri walaupun sangat sibuk dengan pengajaran.
Saya beraspirasi bahawa integriti dan disiplin diri adalah punca kepada industri pembinaan yang lebih baik dan cemerlang, insyAllah.
Jadi, menerusi Kursus PnP ini, saya berharap agar akan mendapat bimbingan dan dorongan dari Prof Karim dan pasukan, untuk membantu saya menggunakan pengalaman saya di industri untuk dikongsi bersama-sama pelajar-pelajar saya untuk pengalaman pengajian yang lebih baik.
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Hi Everyone!

Nur Syibrah
12mo
Hi Everyone!
My name is Nur Syibrah Muhamad Naim, my publication name is Syibrah Naim and my nickname is Syibrah. I am from School of Computer Sciences. Currently, my research interest are notably type-2 fuzzy sets, fuzzy logic, fuzzy decision making, computing with words and optimisation. Currently I teach basic programming courses and also focus subjects in AI such as evolutionary algorithm and decision support system. 

I started my career in teaching since I was a PhD student. At that time I was not happy and always think that I am not suitable to be a teacher. Unfortunately it changed when I was a lecturer at UMT. 

I gained the passion even more when I came to USM. The team teaching style totally change my perception in teaching career. I have been guided by the senior and it was a hard journey but I learned a lot and  now I see clearly whats teaching all about. I love students’ interactions, feedback, and excitement during my lecturer. In my class, I always hope my students have confidence with my teaching so that we will have two-way communications. I want them to approach me as a friend who will ask them back how they could possibly find the solutions (discussions). 

Looking forward to getting more tips from Prof Karim and other speakers!

I am inspired and want to inspire :D
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Greetings from Bee Eu

Anonymous
12mo
Greetings from Bee Eu
Hello, this is my second post to share abit more about myself (I'm not very good at padlet,sorry!)

I joined USM in Year 2016 with the strong encouragement from my former lecturers and current collegues.

My teaching strengths draws not from my research nor PHD, but largely on my 15 years of Industry practice in the Architecture and Construction industry. As a practicing Architect, I am passionate about Innovation in Design, being passionate and dedicated about what you do. In my professional work, I began to notice how the recent young graduates no longer possess the grit, passion and determination that was core criteria of being an Architect.

That's when I decided to become an Educator, with the aims of bringing industry expectations back into the varsity classrooms or what we call studios in HBP. My students often get doses of "wake-up" call during my lectures to remind them of the demanding working world that awaits them.

I'm truly appreciate the P+P course learning to make all of us better teachers. I look forward to the remaining boot camp training days to drill ourselves on structure,pedagogy, skills and art of teaching.

My favorite quotation on being a Teacher...
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. 
The great teacher inspires.

Wishing everyone inspiring days ahead!
 
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Karim 12mo
Finally! :)

Karim 12mo
Bee Eu, how do you bring and incorporate your industry experience in your classroom? How do you inspire them so that they don't fall asleep during your class? Do you transmit knowledge or you allow students to CONSTRUCT knowledge?

Anonymous 12mo
Apologies Prof, for being almost last to submit intro in Padlet....Usually I keep my students intrigued with real-life exposure to how poorly prepared drawings lead to bad design being built. in that sense,guess, I transmit knowledge.
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Assalamua'laikum. Hello everyone. I'm Rafidah Abdul Rahim, PA to our forever young Prof Abd Karim Alias, Director of CDAE. Welcome to 'Kursus P&P 2017, see you soon!

Rafidah El Zahr
6mo
Assalamua'laikum. Hello  everyone.  I'm Rafidah Abdul Rahim, PA to our forever young Prof Abd Karim Alias, Director of CDAE.  Welcome to 'Kursus P&P 2017, see you soon!
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 Nurul Farhana Amir Hamzah
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