# data[].attributes.body
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 in USM for almost 25 years. The journey has been colourful, exciting and challenging.

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/.

# data[].attributes.body
I am Ahmad Salwan, the Admin. Officer at CDAE. I'm 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.

# data[].attributes.body
Hello everyone. My name is Teh Je Sen and I'm from the School of Computer Sciences. My area of interest is in cryptography, which is one of the various branches of information security. For those unfamiliar with cryptography, it is one of the main concepts behind blockchains and cryptocurrencies (a more mainstream application).

I joined the world of academia because I find joy in teaching and mentoring. During my journey, I also discovered a passion for research and writing. I'm glad that I was given the opportunity to serve at USM because it allows me to do both. I suppose my aspirations as an academic is to successfully lead the younger generation towards the right path and to help them achieve their goals while at the same time, contribute towards the advancement of science.

I hope that this P&P course will expose me to more tools for teaching that I can include into my lectures. Today's tech-savvy generation requires a different approach to teaching and learning, and I hope that I can discover new means during this course.

# data[].attributes.headline
Welcome to Kursus P&P! My name is Rafidah Abdul Rahim, PA to Prof Abd Karim Alias.  Hope to see you soon!

# data[].attributes.subject
Welcome to Kursus P&P! My name is Rafidah Abdul Rahim, PA to Prof Abd Karim Alias.  Hope to see you soon!

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum and Hi everyone, I am Amira Suriaty Yaakop from School of Biological Sciences. My research specialization is on microbiology and biotechnology, to be specific I’m studying the physiological and application of the germs that most people afraid of so that we can fully utilize its ability by focusing on its genomes and secondary metabolites.

The world of academia is always being an interesting field for me, as I think that as an educator and researcher, we have the advantage to keep on learning and constantly growing and evolving throughout the times. New knowledge is gain and shared each single day and that make our job a fascinating one. As one of the alumni of the university, I’m feeling honored to be back to USM family again. I hope I can give my best toward the university. My aspiration is to be inspired by others as a saying from Sir William Arthur Ward “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

By Joining this P&P, I hope that I can keep up with the new tools, skills and modules that can be use to attract this new generations students and also to improve myself to become a better academician.

# data[].attributes.body
Salam and hello everyone. My name is Farah Haziqah Meor Termizi from School of Biological Sciences. I have a special interest in veterinary parasitology dealing with disease prevention, treatment, epidemiology, and also control of parasites in domesticated animals as well as wildlife.

My aspiration as an academic is to prepare students for the future. I love this quote very much: “Our job is not to prepare students for something. Our job is to help students prepare themselves for anything” by A.J. Juliani. I really hope that from this P&P course I could learn more on teaching 21st century skills and become a well-motivated academic staff. InsyaALLAH.

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera. Selamat datang ke Kursus P&P 2019!

Saya Hazwani dari CDAE. Semoga kursus selama 10 hari ini dapat memberi banyak ilmu dan pengalaman yang berguna untuk diaplikasi dalam pengajaran.

Happy Learning Everyone!!
#CDAEsuperAwesome!

# data[].attributes.body
Good Day everyone. I am from the School of Computer Sciences, USM. My area of specialisation is Natural Language Processing (NLP), specifically in Speech Processing. In a nutshell, my research is about assisting the interaction between human and computer so it can be as natural as possible.
Aspiration
We are living in a fast pace life. In general, we need everything quick. This superfast pace culture create a new trend: people pay less attention to details. As Stephen Covey said: “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” This, in return I think resulting a less thinking trend.
I hope we can harness the (healthy) hunger for knowledge. Not over-curious habit but sensible mental framework that thus, makes learning process more interesting and will inspire more knowledge sharing.
Expectation from P&P Course
I have heard so many motivating and inspiring shares from my friends who have attended the P&P course by Prof Karim and team. However, when I asked the detail of the content, what they shared cannot really get through me and they ended up saying: "you will have to attend the course. Get the experience yourself. It is not only about the tools or the method. It is not only about teaching and learning. It is more than that." So I think, I do expect those mentioned features and more. I know that changes and improvement come within our own self so hopefully I can be the sponge to absorb all the knowledge from the course.

Like a quote by Sarah Caldwell:

“Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can. There will always come a time when you will be grateful that you did.”

See you all during P&P!

# data[].attributes.body
Hi everyone, welcome to the P&P course 2019-Jan.
I am Kavigtha Mohan Kumar, from Graduate School of Business,USM. My area of specialization is sustainable logistics and supply chain management. I on work research related to application of sustainability among firm owners (manufacturers, suppliers,vendors,customers). The need to move towards this area for business survival.
Aspiration
I am passionate on teaching and my delivery of teaching will ensure my students understand the subject matter undertaken. I put in every effort to help my students achieve their purpose being in USM as postgraduate.
Learning from P & P
Interested to know about the success story of other educators in USM (speakers itself). That will be inspiring for me. I believe the course will educate us on good and interesting teaching techniques of classroom. As a lecturer, how can we apply technology as a tool in our teaching.

# data[].attributes.headline
Assalamualaikum and Hi :)  (Muhammad Ammirrul Atiqi Mohd Zainuri)

# data[].attributes.subject
Assalamualaikum and Hi :)  (Muhammad Ammirrul Atiqi Mohd Zainuri)

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum and Hi everyone. My name is Muhammad Ammirrul Atiqi Mohd Zainuri. You can call me Ammirrul or Atiqi. I’m from School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. I'm an Electrical Power Engineer. My research interests are in Power Electronics, Power Quality, Renewable Energy System and Artificial Intelligent.

The main reasons for me to teach is that i enjoy to be apart of teaching and mentoring. As an academician, I can aspire and lead the young generations towards the right path and to help them achieve their goals in life. I also can share my experiences and my knowledge as an electrical engineer and able to train and produces a lot of good engineers for our country.

My hope for this P&P course is that it will help me to be a better academician. I also hope that it will expose me with more new tools, skills and modules that can be use to attract the new generations of students.

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum & greetings everyone! I'm Siti Sarah Fazalul Rahiman, from School of Pharmaceutical Sciences. You may call me Sarah. My research interests span immunomodulation of natural product-derived compounds, focusing on the intracellular modulation by macrophages on pain and inflammatory signalling pathways.

Frankly speaking, one of the reasons I chose to join academia rather than working in the hospital is due to the encouragement that I received from my lecturers during my undergrad studies. They shared their aspirations as academicians which indirectly inspired me to be like them one fine day. So when I joined USM recently, I aspire to set good examples for the students and guide them to understand that the purpose of life is to believe, to hope, to persevere and to keep striving until they reach their goals - in line with my all-time favourite quote, "When the going gets tough, the tough gets going".

I believe that the P&P course is an excellent platform for us, the newbies, to exchange our teaching experiences so far. At the end of course, it is hopeful that I can get up-dated with the current teaching tools and improvise my T&L approaches to suit the needs of the ever-challenging Gen-Z in the era of IR 4.0. See you guys soon!

# data[].attributes.body
Introduction

Assalamualaikum and Hello everyone. My name is Mohd Ismail Isa, and I’m from Urban and Regional Planning Cluster under School of Housing, Building and Planning (HBP). My main research interests are urban design, place attachment and transportation.

Aspiration

As an academician, we have the great privilege and responsibility to impact our students’ lives positively. Motivating them and giving them reasons to push forward to succeed in life.

But as a Muslim, we have always reminded the first word in Quran, “Iqra” – read, in the name of your Lord who has created (all that exists) – Al-Alaq 96: 1-5. This verse has always been my grip and my passion for teaching.

Expectation

My hope for this P&P courses to gain experience and new knowledge to enhance my skills in teaching. As an academician, I hope I can integrate new ideas or tools that can be applied in my classes. As Nikos Kazantzakis said, “True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create theirown.”

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum and Hello everyone. My name is Rosazlina Rusly and I prefer you to call me Leen. I’m from School of Biological Sciences. My research interests encompass the application of molecular techniques to understanding the various aspects of plant biodiversity, such as complementing the use morphology to gain new insights in taxonomy, species identification, population studies, understanding evolutionary relationships and facilitating conservation decisions.

One of the main reasons for wanting to teach is devotion to lifelong learning.  As an academic, I do not only get to share the existing knowledge, but I get to dig deeply into topics and learn something new along the way. By sharing the knowledge and experiences, I hope can make a difference and help guide the next generation into their future careers.

In today's era, an academician must multitask, and it can be very challenging to juggle between lectures and research. I hope that this P&P course will expose me to more tools for teaching and be able to withstand the challenges also get the important qualities an academician.

# data[].attributes.body
Assalam and hello everyone!

I’m Nurullizam Jamiat from the Centre for Instructional Technology and Multimedia/Pusat Teknologi Pengajaran dan Multimedia (PTPM). You can call me Zam :) I’ve joined USM for almost a year now.

I taught a video production course last semester - one of my biggest challenges so far and several workshops organized by PTPM such as analyzing and synthesizing the literature review in instructional technology, using Canva to create simple design, and applying tools for students’ engagement (e.g. Kahoot, Padlet, Mentimeter).

My research interest is instructional design and technology. I’m currently working on a research grant to content analyze the literature on designing problem based learning (PBL). The goal is to develop a model or a set of guideline for the implementation of PBL by school teachers.

My aspiration as an academic in USM is to excel both on being a teacher and researcher by giving back to the community. As a teacher, I want to inspire my students to do their best. Aside from learning the content, I hope my students can apply the skills that they acquire from my class in other courses and life too (e.g. thinking skills, problem solving, self-reflection).

From the P&P course, I look forward to learn, unlearn, and relearn to improve myself as an academic. I also hope to make friends for future collaboration (teaching & research) in different fields and expertise.

See you next week! - Zam

# data[].attributes.body
Hello everyone! I am Chew XinYing from the School of Computer Sciences (CS). You can call me “Chew”. My main area of expertise is in Statistics and also Advanced Analytics. Since I have started with USM a year++ ago, I have taught ‘Big Data Storage and Management’, ‘Research, Consultancy and Professional Skills’ and also ‘Consultancy Project and Practicum’. I am previously working in a research team for a multinational company dealing with Advanced Analytics research. I have high passion in teaching, writing and mentoring. I think that’s the reason why I am here today.

As an academic in USM, my biggest aspiration is to be able to advance our young minds to realize their full potential and also to shape, guide and nurture them into the right path.

From the P&P course, I hope to learn useful up-to-date teaching and learning tools which can then, make my classroom a more interesting and effective environment for learning to happen. I also wish to discovers new knowledge & skills during this course where it can finally be translated into benefit for both, myself and also my students.

See you guys soon!

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum and Hi everyone. I am Suzi from School of Computer Science. My research interests are computer networks, wireless networks, and V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything).

Aspiration
My simple aspiration as an academician is to create a productive and positive learning environment. I always believe, a positive learning environment fosters success.

Expectation
I hope this P&P course reignites, reenergizes and refocuses my passion for teaching and learning.

# data[].attributes.body
Salam and Hi everyone.
My name is Farah Wahida Suhaimi, from Centre for Drug Research. My research interest is neurobehaviour and cognition, particularly in the field of addiction. Currently, I am focusing on the cognitive effects of ketum consumption in animal model. I teach Current Topics in Human Physiology which covers the role of brain, cognition and brain disorders.

Personally, as an academic, I hope that I will grow, evolve and thus able to contribute to the society with the gained knowledge and expertise. I also hope that along the journey as an academic, I can greatly nurture the young generations to be an obstinate learner who is always longing for knowledge, and assist them in preparing themselves for their future endeavours.

With regard to P&P, I am really keen and looking forward to meeting and learning from the speakers. I believe that this course will greatly improve myself with all the teaching and learning tools and skills.

See you soon!

# data[].attributes.body
Assalammualaikum and hello everyone.

My name is Rosmelisa Yusof. I am from School of Management. Currently, I teach Business Law, International Trade Law and Management. My research interest are organizational behavior, entrepreneurship and management.

Aspiration

As an academic, I love and enjoy teaching. Recently, was touched by the speech from Minister of Education in his recent 'Amanat 2019', that is one of the direction in education is "Mengembalikan cinta ke dalam Pendidikan". He stressed on nurturing love, happiness and mutual respect. I think this three values are important when we want to engage ourselves with the student. Thus, I hope I can inspire and assist my student (with love) to be a better person not only excel in academic but also in their lives.

I hope this P&P course will expose me with various teaching techniques and skills. I wish I could enhance my teaching skill and technique so I could prepare myself to become a better lecturer and researcher.

Thank you.

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum wbt & salam sejahtera.

My name is Norizan Binti Kadir from History Section, School of Distance Education.

I am currently teaching History of Traditional Southeast Asia and my specialization is in Malaysian & Southeast Asian History.

My aspiration as an academician in USM is to internalize the wisdom and meaning of education as well as the true knowledge from the Islamic worldview, thus inculcating and instilling it amongst the students. A part of the process of meaning-making in life is to understand the history itself. Soren Kierkegaard once said, “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards”. The true knowledge as Prof Naquib al-Attas propounded, will produce a man with a good “adab”. He explained that “adab as concisely defined is the spectacle of justice as it is reflected by wisdom”. Thus, I will try my best to deliver the knowledge as well as to equip my students with the necessary tools on how to be objective in history. With a clear and comprehensive understanding of history, then only every student will be able to become a good citizen and appreciate their country as well as to preserve the harmonious environment.

In regards of this P&P course, it is definitely my hope and expectation that I would gain a maximum understanding on the 21st-century philosophy, ideas and tools of teaching, learning and education that would enhance my knowledge on education for the benefit of myself and my students.

I am looking forward to learning from the wise speakers as well as from all participants. May this course will be blessed by God, in shaa Allah.

“I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.” – Isaac Newton

Thank you.

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum wbt and hai everyone...

I am Nik Hadiyan Nik Azman from School of Management. My area specialization is on Islamic Finance or Finance.  I did research in Islamic Funds from Non-Bank Institutions, Islamic Economics and Micro-Entrepreneurs.

Aspiration

Teaching is part of my life as academician, and of course research is my soul in this arena. Teaching without research was like human without soul. What I mean by that is we need to be a good researcher in order to be a good teacher.
Another thing is, It was like mentioned by Praemodya Ananta Toer "memanusiakan manusia", generation Y students, they do not believe solely on textbook, they believe more on the real world. That is the biggest challenge to teach human to be human by inserting human values.

so, from this P&P course, I hope it will take me to explore new teaching methods, techniques and skills. In fact I also hope to learnt innovative tools of teaching.

See you soon guys...

# data[].attributes.headline
Assalamualaikum and good day everyone, I am Nurul Sabihah Zakaria from Physics Section, School of Distance Education (SDE). You can call me “biha”. My research specialization is in biophysics focusing in imaging technique using Atomic Force Microscopy in detection the mechanical strength of the conjugates biomolecules.                          

# data[].attributes.subject
Assalamualaikum and good day everyone, I am Nurul Sabihah Zakaria from Physics Section, School of Distance Education (SDE). You can call me “biha”. My research specialization is in biophysics focusing in imaging technique using Atomic Force Microscopy in detection the mechanical strength of the conjugates biomolecules.                          

# data[].attributes.body
The main reason for me to teach is that I enjoy gain and share knowledge. For SDE, our student not only from the younger generation but also from the senior citizen. As a lecturer at SDE, I would like to apply a lifelong learning culture to the students so that the acquired knowledge can be used throughout their life.

I hope that this P&P course will expose me to new teaching methods and technique that can improve my teaching skill and make the learning process more interesting.

Thank you.

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum and good day everyone! I am Mohd Nadhir Ab Wahab from School of Computer Sciences and you may call me Nadhir.

I'm teaching Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Computer Intelligence and my research are robotics, optimization, and navigation.

My aspiration as an academic in USM is the opportunity to share the knowledge and be in continuous learning environment.

I hope I can be better at sharing knowledge and improve my skill related to p&p session after this p&p course.

See you guys next week! =)

# data[].attributes.body
Hi friends...I am Suresh Narayanen from the Centre For Global Archaeological Research. My research interest lies primarily in the field of ethnoarchaeology. This field deals with both archaeology and ethnography in order to produce better interpretations and understanding on past human life.

My aspiration as an educator is to deliver my knowledge and experiences to my students in a more interesting way. To be honest, most archaeologists fail to impress their students in the classroom because their lectures are sometimes boring or perhaps they do not have the skills to inspire students by delivering their research outcomes in a fascinating way. Thus, as an educator and researcher (archaeologist) I would like to make my classes as interesting as possible so that my students can relate to my stories and experiences easily. A quote by Robert Frost that impressed me a lot in teaching is ‘I am not a teacher, but an awakener’.

By joining the P&P course, I hope that I can gain new insights on how to teach my students by using different approaches (perhaps some kind of teaching tools) to sustain and increase their interest in archaeology. I also hope that this course will assist me to improve myself in terms of new technology, skills and tools usage.

Thank you & see all you soon...

# data[].attributes.headline
"Starve your distractions, feed your focus"

# data[].attributes.subject
"Starve your distractions, feed your focus"

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamu'alaikum dan salam hormat,

I am  pleased to extend the warmest of welcomes to all of you to the ‘Kursus Sijil Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran’. This 2-week programme has been meticulously and lovingly crafted to give you the best experience. We hope that you will embrace it fully  and make the best of what’s being offered.

I am Norliza from CDAE and we are looking forward to assist you the best way that we can. Have fun and keep smiling.

Thank you.

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum dan hi!

Saya Halimatul dari CDAE. Selamat datang ke Kursus P&P siri 1/2019. Semoga kursus ini mendapat manfaat bersama. Jika ada sebarang pertanyaan, boleh la berjumpa kami.

📍CDAE 🌐

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum & Good Day everyone.
My Name is Nur Jahan Ahmad, you all can call me Jay. I am from PPIP since October 2017. I was a teacher and a lecturer, and my journey in education has been so colorful. My area of expertise is chemistry and science education, as well as STEM Education.
I believe that as teachers, we do not just facilitate the content of knowledge to students, but also skills and values. Students also need to be exposed to public relations, negotiation, and soft skills as these are what lacking with intrapersonal /self indulgence with mobile phones.
We hope to produce not just graduates with 4.0, but also citizen with high level of skills and competencies in all areas.
Hope that we can share our knowledge during the P&P course and I can improve my skills in teaching and learning after the course.
See you all soon...!

# data[].attributes.body
Hello everyone! My name is Intan Nooraini Haji Zainol from the School of Social Sciences. I am teaching Law for Social Workers, Methods in Community Work as well as Community Development and Organisation. My main research interest are in the area of delinquency, re-integration into the community as well as institutionalisation and aftercare, particularly among juveniles.

Basically, my aspiration as an academician is to be a good lecturer and researcher so that I can give back to society by sharing knowledge and experience that I gain, learn and I discover.

I hope this P&P course can help me improve my teaching skills and expose me to various teaching approaches/methods/techniques so that I can create an engaging learning environment for my students.

Thanks & see you guys soon!

# data[].attributes.body
Salam Sejahtera and good day everyone,

I am Wong Yong Foo from The School of Chemical Sciences. Please feel free to call me as Wong. My area of specialization is in chromatography and mass spectrometry, specifically in multidimensional chromatography, covering fundamental method development and a broad applications base (mainly in metabolomics). Apart from multidimensional chromatography, I also innovate and develop different analytical approaches for the trace analysis of environmental pollutants, pesticides residues, food additives, contaminants, mutagens, and carcinogens. My academic teaching focused on various aspects of Analytical Chemistry, covering chromatographic separation methods, spectroscopy, capillary electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, and others.

Currently, my main aspiration as an academic in USM is to educate the young generations, in preparing them for the upcoming Fourth Industrial Revolution. Of course, as an educator, our key role is to facilitate the transfer of knowledge BUT in a more effective sense. I hope this P&P course can shed some lights on the available strategies, channels or tools that can further improve the processes for transfer of learning (i.e., teaching)!

I want to end my intro with a quote from Nelson Mandela:

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

See you all soon!

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum and Hello everyone,

My name is Azniza Abd Aziz and I’m from School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

My area of specialization is Signal Integrity.  I’ve been in industry for >10 years (J stop counting my age), R&D team specialize in Signal Integrity. I make a big step in my life switching the carrier from Engineer to Lecturer.

Teaching, research and mentoring is always my passion, I love anything related to academic. Doesn’t matter if you have industry experience or whatsoever, the most important is to find the loop hole and generate a great collaboration between academic and industry for future generation benefit. Teaching is important but mentoring/motivate the students are part of our responsible too. (that’s what I believe, maybe some of you might disagree). Hoping in future, we can create the generation that strong in mental and physical and can stand any challenge or pressure in their life.

Relatively new in teaching and I hope by attending this course, I can keep up to dated with the current teaching style and how to tackle the challenging with Gen-Z . I am looking forward for this course and I believe a lot of information I can learn, grab and adapt in my current profession.

In my life, I always use tree as motivational aspiration? Why? The bigger the tree, the bigger the root. Obviously, we can’t see the underground root and we just enjoy the beauty of the tree. The stronger the root, the stronger the tree. I wish my knowledge is strong same like a tree root and hopefully I can be their (students) shades if they need one.

See you guys soon.

# data[].attributes.body
Salam from the Holy Land of Mecca. I am Azidah from School of Educational Studies, USM, currently the Deputy Director of CDAE. i’m sorry for not being able to be with all of you on the first week of the PnP course as I’m away for umrah. However, I believe that not a second of the programme will bore you, each of the sessions will be beneficial for you to survive in the academic world. Even if this is your 1st year or 5th years in the academic world.. or if you have been teaching for more than 10 years.. the PnP course is designed to assist you to find your way to be an excellent academic in USM.

For me, i’ve been in USM for 10 years, and I’m still learning. As an academic, learning is a process to learn about yourself and how you view learning is. As an instructional designer I believe learning by experiencing and connecting between teacher and atudents as well as using various technology, apps and devices are crucial to support the 21st century learners.

I’ll see you all in the second week of PnP and hope you’ll enjoy the two weeks with us.

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum and hi everyone,

My name is Nor Adlin. I am from Cluster of Integrative Medicine, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute. I joined USM in May, 2017.

My area of specialization (teaching) is Pharmacology. My research interest is on herbal medicine; studying the antidiabetic effect of herbs using in vivo and in vitro models.

My aspiration as an academician is to be a lifelong learner who keeps pursuing knowledge and a good teacher who can share the knowledge in the best possible way.

Thus, I hope by joining this P&P course I can learn various teaching and learning methods, improve my teaching skills and be inspired by the great speakers.

See you guys soon!

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum and good day everyone,
My name is Murni from Centre for Islamic Development Management Studies since end of May 2017. My area of specialization in research is relationship marketing in Islamic financial services. Currently, I am teaching Islamic Development of Assets Management, research methodology, and human development.
My aspiration to become a lecturer who is knowledgeable, approachable, and presentable to educate and change my students' life in the future.
I really hope that this coming P&P course can improve my teaching skills and enhance my knowledge in engaging with students.

See you guys soon.

# data[].attributes.body
Salam and Good Day everyone!
I am Rohaya Abdullah from the School of Educational Studies . I joined USM in January 2018. I specialize in TESL and TESOL. My research area is learner autonomy and I am currently infusing it with sustainability. I love to impart pedagogical skills to my students for I get to design my instructions creatively. Apart from pedagogy, I adore guiding my post graduate students in their research. Although it could be very challenging, I am positive about it as it opens up a plethora of opportunity for learning. I dislike being in a comfort zone, hence gaining new experiences is certainly gratifying.
I hope to be a real academician vis-a-vis, instructional designer, researcher, facilitator, mentor, friend... during my tenure in USM. Despite having a couple of years of teaching experiences, I hope to learn new teaching skills during this course that could keep me up on my toes. Thank you!

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum and Hello everyone!
My name is Hairul Hisham Hamzah and you may call me Hisham. I am from the School of Chemical Sciences. I started my career at USM as a senior lecturer since Jan 2018 in the Analytical Chemistry section, teaching electrochemistry subjects.

My research interests are now leaning towards the modification of electrode surfaces and the fabrication of conductive composite 3D printed electrodes for various applications including biosensors, supercapacitors, fuel cells, batteries, and semiconductors.

To be frank, the main reason I join USM as an academician is because I want to be a great teacher and researcher contributing back to society. Thus, I strongly believe that USM will provide me with a good platform to achieve that. My philosophy in teaching that I believe that teaching involves much more than the transmission of content and skills. Therefore, my ultimate goals in teaching are to create independent and self-motivated learners who are capable of self-directing their work, can critically assess the information and their own work and have critical thinking skills.

I am particularly excited to attend the P&P course that will be held next week. Hopefully, from this course, I will be able to explore new techniques, methods and skills in my teaching approaches.

I wish all the best to the participants and I look forward to meeting you all soon!

# data[].attributes.body
Salam and hello everyone.

My name is Yasir bin Azam. I teach linguistics at the School of Humanities, and my research interests revolve around the area of morphology (especially on lexical semantics).

Being blessed with this role in life has helped me experienced and realized a lot of things about human relations (and myself as a whole). I now know that the real responsibility of an educator is not merely to teach, but more importantly is to be a “role model”. At times, this can be an overwhelming responsibility. Through this P&P course, I’m hoping not only to learn new and useful teaching/learning methods, but also to gain insights on how to be a better “role model” to my current and future students.

See you guys soon.

# data[].attributes.body
Salam to everyone

I completed my PhD in October 2017 and reported duty at Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, SAINS@BERTAM by Disember 2017. I did the doctoral studies in pharmaceutical sciences focussing on the bioanalysis and pharmacokinetics of antimalarial.

Currently I do teaching for postgraduate students from mix-mode programme (Msc of Health Toxicology and Msc of Medical Research).

My lecturer once said, to be an academician you need to master these three aspects; teaching, research and consultation. I smiled and added one more component, administrative works (^^,). I believe a successful academician will need to excel in those aspects to
earn respect and appreciation from student and society. Of course, I am still far away to reach that level.

Through this P&P course, I do hope to widen my perspective
in seeing my life as an academician. Networking, mentorship and new knowledge; these are the things I seek to improve my academic life.

I wish best of the best to all participants.
Many thanks to the CDAE team for organising this course.

See ya !!

/Yusmaidie

# data[].attributes.body
Salam and hello everyone. My name is Mohd Halim Mohd Noor and you may just call me Halim. I am from the School of Computer Sciences. My research interests are machine learning and mobile and sensor computing. The motivation of my research is the use of assistive technologies in real-world setting to assist people with disability and special needs.

One of the reasons I chose to join the world of academia is my passion for research and academic writing. As an academician, I have the opportunity to explore and learn new knowledge, ideas and approaches and grow professionally and personally. I hope that I can contribute to the betterment of society and country – even though the change might be small.

I am hoping that this P&P course will help me to become a better academician and teacher. I am looking forward to learn new skills and tools that I can employ in the class for the benefits of the students. See you guys soon.

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum and hi everyone. I’m Hazrina Yusof Hamdani from Institut Perubatan dan Pergigian Termaju (IPPT), Bertam, Kepala Batas, Penang. My area of specialisation is RNA structural bioinformatics focusing in RNA-RNA interactions analysis and RNA-protein interactions analysis. Currently I have less experience in teaching compared to others I believed. I teach Introduction to bioinformatics, a topic in Professional and Research Skills module in IPPT.

My aspiration as an academic in USM is that I able to generate students’ soft skills using teaching techniques and tools that I hope I can learn in P&P course to prepare my students after university life. Other than that, is to make my class a fun learning process not only for my students but also for myself. It is because I believe I also learn a lot of things from my students in the class as mentioned by the Minister of Education, YB Dr. Maszlee bin Malik in his ‘Amanat Menteri Pendidikan 2019’. Thank you.

# data[].attributes.body
Assalam | Greetings,

I am Mohd Ilyas Sobirin Mohd Sazali from SEEE. I joined USM in April 2017. I worked in the semiconductor industry for almost 6 years before deciding to embark on a new adventure as an academician.

Currently at SEEE, I co-teach Digital Electronic II and Introduction to IC Design, on top of lab-based courses Mechatronic Lab and Basic Circuit Lab, as well as a new MSc course Image Processing in VLSI conducted under CEDEC.

My research interests include Embedded Systems and Hardware-
Software Co-Design involving  FPGAs, GPUs, Raspberry Pis,
etc. targeting for commercial applications such as security
& surveillance, smart homes, IoT, and autonomous navigations, just
to name a few.

One of my aspirations as an academician is to excel in as many criteria as possible, particularly in
teaching, research, publications, and industrial & international collaborations. I also wish to see my students to be more successful than I am and not to repeat the
mistakes that I have possibly made.

From this P&P course, I hope to learn various relevant tools and skills to improve my course delivery and assessment, especially now that other heavy commitments and expectations are beginning to appear.

I look forward to seeing new and familiar faces in this course soon.

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum and hello every one
I am Yasmin from School PPIP
My area of specialisation is Psychology Counselling.
I have about 7 years of experience as a lecturer in past two universities.
Nice to meet everyone here.

# data[].attributes.body
Hi everyone! My name is Juzaili Azizi and people call me Joe. I joined Centre for Drug Research in February 2018. I teach Dosage Form subject at School of Pharmaceutical Science and my research focus is on drug delivery to the brain which is interesting due to the presence of blood-brain barrier. As an academic, I aspire to be able to effectively deliver the knowledge that I got during my training to the students and to become a world class researcher. I hope to learn on the principles of teaching and learning in this P&P course so that I can improved myself as an academician.

# data[].attributes.body
Hi everybody! First of all, my name is Nurhafizah Binti Md Disa and clicks can call me fizah. I have been officially registered at School of Physics since 15th Jan 2018 which is last year. I was assigned to teach Modern Physics and research interest is in Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials and Advanced Materials (Graphene). I`m so sorry Prof because of late submission. I have lost my laptop the day after this email was sent to us. Therefore, I need time and space to discover all my database back. Back to the task, I was happy to be and to known as an academician, I`m a former teacher for your information.  What I hope from this passion is mainly to ensure all the young generations achieve any dreams that they wish via knowledge. From here, I know that, the knowledge should be expanded by time to time. I always put in my mind, that I have to be the knowledge generator instead of knowledge provider. Therefore, through this P&P course, my aim is to get as many as I can about the skills in teaching and learning in order to give opportunity for students to generate their own idea for IQ development. And for your information Prof, I have involved in one programme under JPN P.Pinang 2017 so-called Limited Resource Teacher Training (LRTT) for Pembelajaran Abad -21. So from such programmed, I enjoy learned about P&P style in Australia. Same goes for this programmed, where I hope I can learn more and more about the techniques in our classroom in order to improve my teaching skills.

I also excited to know each other in P&P course soon. Thank you.

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum and greeting everyone. I am Intan Sorfina Zainal Abidin from School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. My area of specialisation is in Electronics Communication, particularly in Antennas and Channel Propagation.

I once came across a quote by Malala Yousafzai, that read “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” Inspired by this quote, equip with just one book and one pen, I am able to help a child to think, to learn and to gain knowledge. I also dream to inspire my fellow young engineers to follow the path of engineering and to show them how beautiful it is.

From this P&P course, I hope to learn how to improve my teaching methods and to attract my students in order to get them to engage more in lectures.

# data[].attributes.body
Assalamualaikum & greetings! I’m Musfirah Zulkurnain from Food Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology. My area of specializations are lipid technology and non-thermal processing technologies. I have joined USM since September 2017 and teach Food Safety, Primary Product Technology, Animal Based Product Processing Technologies & Food Borne Pathogens.

Research and mentoring are alway my passion because in solving real world problems, the sky’s the limit. Being a technologist, I love the multidisciplinary nature of it where the tweaking involves the fundamentals of chemistry, biology and engineering. Passion in teaching comes later when i started teaching in USM. It is a great and humbling experience to inspire new generations to keep learning and making great things in their life's.

It is finally my turn to join P&P seminar which I have long awaited since joining USM. It is my honor to learn directly from my mentor, Prof Karim who always inspired me to be my best.

My aspirations as a young academic are to profess in my area of expertise and to be able to inspire and benefit society at large via knowledge transfer.

# data[].attributes.body
Salam semua, saya Zanna atau lebih dikenali sebagai ‘Hakak Tiri’ di CDAE 😂. Saya akan bersama2 tuan/puan sepanjang 9+1 hari tempoh berkursus. Semoga kursus ini akan dapat membantu tuan/puan dalam pengajaran yang akan datang.

Jangan malu atau segan untuk meminta bantuan saya 😉 Saya sedia berkhidmat ✌️🏻

# data[].attributes.body
Asalamualaikum and hi every one
my name is Izuandi Yin and you can call me wandy.. I'm from School of Housing Building and planning..my specialisation is in Urban Development and Management and focusing on Development Control and Planning Permission..

My aspiration as academician is to be a good lecturer which able to teach student and turn them from zero to hero..I will be very happy when student perfome well and get their feet on the working demand..my expectation on this P&P training is gather as much knowledge as i can to implement it in my lecture..

thank you

# data[].attributes.body
Hi everyone. I am Jeya Amantha from Pusat Teknologi Pengajaran & Multimedia. My area of research focuses on technology application in T&L, HCI, Emotional design, engineering education and affective computing. Prior to joining USM , I started my teaching profession in 2003, teaching polytechnic courses ranging from IT  to electronic courses.

My aspiration as academician  is to be the best teacher that I am capable of being and to excel in research. As for what I
hope to learn from this course, I am leaving this option open.

# data[].attributes.body
Greetings,
My name is Hafiz, and I have a joint-appointment at School of the Arts and the National Advanced IPv6 Centre. I am a strong advocate of transdisciplinary studies, and my research interest crosses multiple boundaries. My areas of specialization are Audio Analysis and Synthesis, Acoustics, and Algorithmic Art.

The biggest stakeholder in the education system is the future generation, and I aspire to serve them as best I can. I hope to learn about the current practices in teaching (in USM), and share/ exchange experiences and challenges from the course participants.

I know that I know nothing

- The Socratic paradox

# data[].attributes.body
Greetings,
I am Noor Khalidah Abdul Hamid, and based at Bio School. Food security and fish has been my interest for so long just because I like to eat fish. For that I studied fish and how to culture them for people to continue having good and sustainable fish source.

The word teaching is rather heavy for me because I am not trained to teach. Thus, knowledge sharing is something that I rather choose. Knowledge is power. However, knowledge on its own is meaningless, it need to be applied even at the very least and practiced consistently to experience the power.

p/s: My apology for late post.

# data[].attributes.body
I am Yasmin a lecturer and a counselor at PPIP. Alhamdulillah I am in two professional job which I am passionate of. I have had several years of experience in lecturing and counseling in past universities and experience in clinical setting on counseling
I taught medical students before, now I am teaching future counselors.
this my second time to upload this padlet as the first one had technical problem
Nice to meet everyone.

# data[].attributes.body
Hello :-)

I’m Kamal Sabran from School of The Arts.

My area of specialization is in New Media Art. I work on research related to sound design and its therapeutic effect for people with Alzheimer’s disease. I have several years working with the industries mainly in film scoring, performance art, and exhibition curator.

Aspiration

I am very passionate on art making, creativity and innovation. For me learning and teaching is crucially important and it’s a lifelong process. As a young and new in the area of academic, I will bring these wisdom to the class rooms and share with students about how important it is to be prepared themselves with knowledge and at the same time be ready for the real world. The best only exists if we provoke and experiment with new ideas, dare to fail and learn from failures, and repeat it again and again by improving each time until we meet the solutions. For me art-science-technology is a perfect combination and this could be the recipe for the better future.

As French psychologist, Claude Bernard said,

“Art is I; science is we”

More about my art, video and music here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/kamalsabran77

https://spacegambusexperiment.bandcamp.com

# data[].attributes.body
Salam and hello everyone.

My name is Yasir bin Azam. I teach linguistics at the School of Humanities, and my research interests revolve around the area of morphology (especially on lexical semantics).

Being blessed with this role in life has helped me experienced and realized a lot of things about human relations (and myself as a whole). I now know that the real responsibility of an educator is not merely to teach, but more importantly is to be a “role model”. At times, this can be an overwhelming responsibility. Through this P&P course, I’m hoping not only to learn new and useful teaching/learning methods, but also to gain insights on how to be a better “role model” to my current and future students.

See you guys soon.