At first I was not convict that using only texting as a communication way can somehow made us focus and engage in the activity. I was feeling doubtful. However, to my surprise, I've learn that teachers have to make the activity fun and exciting in order to attract students' interest. Using Whatapps as a platform to teach and learn is one of the  most helpful tool. Students can express their thoughts and opinions by writing. This is helpful especially to shy students. I was grateful learning through Whatapps because I can always look back at the activity as  a revision. 

  To be honest, one of the most challenging parts of learning not only for FCE3401 but the whole semester is the lack of motivation. I tend to procrastinate and doing things last minute. The environment at home can be distracting and stressful. The distraction from loud vehicles in the neighbourhoods often made me lose focus.

Here is an article to help overcome the problem: 

1. Describe and elaborate your experience learning FCE3401 online during this COVID19 pandemic.

  As we all know, the world is suffering from a pandemic. Thus, this sadly means we need to do everything in our power to help stop the spread of COVID19. This includes closing schools and universities. It is unfortunate that we are unable to complete our assessment face to face. However, we are living in the 21st century where technology like the internet and gadgets can be easily access. For FCE3401, we have used many platform to proceed our class. For examples, Loom, Zoom, Google   Drive, Putrablast and Whatapps. There are advantages and disadvantages for each media platform. For example, Loom allows for self-paced learning. Students can take courses from their own devices anytime and anywhere. So, those who don’t have time for some reason can learn and do revision online when they have the time. However, some students suffer from isolation Since students don’t have to be physically present in a classroom, it might be more difficult or nearly impossible for them to get in touch with other learners. I do miss social interaction and discussion about the lessons between my classmates. 

  Rubrics that are provided for us are relevant to my assignments. It did help me to have a better guideline and better end results. The rubrics also help me to improve my creative and critical thinking. They give me the opportunity to do self-assessment to reflect on the learning process.

   Rubrics are the most useful tools when it comes to completing an assignments. Rubrics give us a clear detail of instruction and rule to guide me. Rubrics will tell us what to expect for the assignments, plus they give concrete details about how to obtain a particular score. It does inspire me to work hard and perform better for my assignments. Moreover, criterion can be weighted to reflect the relative importance of each dimension.

Here is a short clips on why rubrics are important for teaching and learning process. 

  Rubrics is define as a set of instructions or rules. Rubrics are used from the initiation to the completion of a student assignments or projects. Rubrics are design to let students know what to expect from the assignments or projects. What are the key points, standards, criteria and descriptions. 

This is the rubrics for FCE3401 Educational Technology. 

   I gained a lot of knowledge through this course. I've learned a lot of theories and approaches. I will admit that I was extremely nervous when it comes to anything technology related course. I consider myself still very new to the world of technology and gadget. However, we are living in the 21st century and the world is evolving everyday. I am grateful that the technology and source we have today can provide us information with just one click away.

    Gamification in classroom instruction is defined as an approach whereby aninstructor uses mechanics in non-context(Deterding, Khaled,Nacke, & Dixon, 2011), namely in teaching, to create a learning atmosphere (Amir & Ralph, 2014). The thought of using games to teach students has always been a mind blowing approach to me. For many years, I've always thought that playing games was a waste of time and it will have a lot of negative effects. Since that my opinion on gamification has changed. Educational  gamification brings a lot of benefits to a student. Students can experience learning in a fun way and still be engaging to the lesson. Moreover, students can have instant feedback provided by the game. This is to facilitates better learner engagement and thereby better recall and retention.  

Gamification that I personally tried to help improve and gain my knowledge in languages.  

• Johnny Grammar 

• Duolingo 

• Classcraft 

  I really enjoy learning this topic because it teaches me the importance of display media in teaching and learning process. As a future educator, we need to learn how to organise my work display. From colour schemes to different charts. It has expand my creativity for my presentations. I recognise the importance roles of display media. It helps teachers to explain complex ideas and concepts to a more simple and visually attractive. 

Topic 2: Instructional Design 

   Back in March of 2020, Dr Maz Nida conducted an activity for us to understand the idea of instructional design. Instructional design is a process to enable learning that involves designing activities that correspond with the lesson. 
The activity was called Buzz Groups. We were in a group of 5 and were told to make a lesson based on "Kain Batik". Our group choose to teach the history of batik. 

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