PLENARY

No Title Speaker 1 Breakthrough Thinking for Educational Transformation: Problems, Engagement, Creativity and Tools Associate Professor Tan Oon Seng 2 Lifelong Learning: Challenges In The Knowledge Based Economies Using Credit And Qualification Frameworks For The Workforce Professor Sam Allwinkle 3 University 2.0 Associate Professor Daniel Tan Tiong Hok 4 What Can Recent Advances In Psychological Theory Tell Us About Teaching And Learning In Higher Education? Emeritus Professor Robert Laurence Burden

LIST OF PAPERS

METHODOLOGIES AND APPROACHES IN LEARNING, TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT

No Title 1 Promoting Learner Autonomy In Students By Using Media To Stimulate Their Learning 2 Student Assessment Feedback Preferences In Teacher Education 3 Developing Hard And Soft Skills Of IT Students In Higher Education Does Not Come Cheap: The Philippine Experience 4 Standards-Based Assessment In Teaching 5 Moving From Teaching Mathematics To Exploring Mathematics: A Spreadsheet Approach 6 Compatibility Of Peer Assessment And Teacher Assessment In Observational Situations: An Emerging Assessment Tool In Higher Education 7 Emotional Intelligence Measures: Their Role In Students' Personal Growth, Self-Awareness And Self-Presentation 8 Designing An Instrument For Students To Provide Better Feedback On Teaching Effectiveness 9 The Two Heads Of Janus? Professional And Semi-Professional Education And Dilemmas Of Engagement In The Context Of The New Capitalism 10 The Supervisor Factor And Undergraduates' Confidence In Completing Their Final Year Project 11 Challenges Of Blended Learning In The 21st Century 12 Effects Of Cooperative Learning Vs Traditional Instruction On Prospective Teachers Achievement And Learning Behavior 13 ESL: Students' Learning Difficulties And Strategies 14 Harnessing Learning Style Preferences Of Asian Students To Develop Engaged Learning: Observations From A Cross-Cultural Study 15 Plagiarism: Why We Do It? 16 Supporting Learning: Feedback To The Future 17 A Faculty-Wide Approach To Embedding Assessment For Learning To Enhance Student Learning Experience 18 Everyone Wants Them - We Enable Them: Communicative Engineers 19 Is Keyword Method An Effective Memory Technique In Learning Terminology In A Microbiology Course? : A Case Study On Science Undergraduate Students 20 A Qualitative Perspective On The Roles Of Instructors And Learners Using Group Discussion Strategies In The Critical Thinking Process 21 Use Of Student 'Consultancy To Industry' Projects To Achieve Authentic Assessment And Problem-Based Learning In An Undergraduate Business Degree 22 Critical Thinking And Organisation Theory: Embedding A Process To Encourage Graduate Capabilities 23 CDIO: An International Initiative To Reform Engineering Education 24 Feasibility Of Establishing An Undergraduate Health Communication Program At A Small Private University: Preliminary Investigations and Analysis 25 Pedagogical Implications Of The Attitudes And Motivation Of Malaysians Of Chinese Origin For Learning English As A Second Language(ESL) 26 Enhancing Higher Education Through 3D Stereo Learning Objects 27 Approaches To Learning And Teaching For Mature Business Students 28 Getting It Right From The Start: Enhancing The First Year Learning Experience 29 Learning Environments And Environmental Education Instrument 30 An Evaluation Of The Supervisory/Mentoring Role Of The Cooperating Teacher During Teaching Practice 31 Managing Foreign Language Learning And Teaching Principles Using Analytic Hierarchy Process 32 An Institutional Strategy For Research-Informed Learning And Teaching 33 The Effects Of Learning Style Preferences On Business, Engineering And Information Technology (IT) Students Achievement 34 Early Interactions With New Undergraduates

TECHNOLOGY IN LEARNING, TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT

No Title 1 EPBL: An E-Learning System Based On The Problem Based Learning (PBL) Approach 2 Enhancing Professional Experience Through WebCT 3 Learner Attitude Towards Edutainment: A Case Study With Online Games-Based Learning Objects 4 First Contact: Boldly Using Technology To Teach Dance Across The Atlantic Divide 5 Enhancing Experiential Learning Through E-Pedagogy 6 Acceptance Of E-Learning And Readiness For Self-Directed Learning Among Distance Learners 7 Game-Based Learning: A Virtually-Situated Experiential Learning Approach For The 21st Century 8 The Effectiveness Of A Computer-Assisted Instruction Software For Learning & Testing Music Elements For Non-Music Majors 9 Academic Libraries For The Google Generation 10 E-Portfolios: Mapping Students' Learning Journeys 11 Evaluation Of Multimedia-Based Delivery Methods In The Learning Continuum - Kirkpatrick's Level One 12 Analysis Of Course Delivery Involving Mayer's Design Principles In Learning Content 13 A Study Of Web 2.0 Technologies To Implement An E-Learning 2.0 System 14 Developing A Cross Sector ICT And Telecommunications Foundation Degree Via An Academic And Employer Consortia 15 An Investigation Into The Factors That Influence Students' Acceptance And Usage Of Web-Based Learning Environment (WBLE): Pedagogical Implications 16 Collaboration As The Means For Pedagogical Change In Using A Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

LIFELONG LEARNING

No Title 1 Higher Education: An Alternative Way 2 The Relationship Between Self-Directed Learning Readiness And Life-Long Learning Among University Students In Malaysia 3 The Roles Of Private Higher Educational Institutions (PHEI) In Promoting Formal Lifelong Education In Malaysia

POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE IN EDUCATION

No Title 1 '10 up: Reflections On A Maturing Malaysian Partnership After A Decade Of Growth' 2 The Collaborative Development Of A Foundation Degree In Railway Engineering 3 Trust And The Social Capital Necessary For Pedagogical Reform 4 Surveys And Evaluations: Are We Really Improving Quality? 5 Using Simulation As A Learning, Teaching And Assessment Strategy To Enhance Employability 6 Towards Integrating Workplace Language Needs And Curricular Provisions At Tertiary Institutions 7 Curriculum Gaps In Business Education: Cause For Concern? 8 Service Quality Of A Private Higher Education Institute: What Have International Students Got To Say? 9 Knowledge Transfer Partnerships - Enrichment Of The Learning Environment Through Collaborative Industrial Research 10 Inclusive Post-Secondary Education: Opening Doors To New Opportunities 11 Embedding Inclusivity In Business Curricula 12 Distance And Hybrid Education For Outcome Based Education: A Novel Model 13 Partnership, Pedagogy And Technology For Transformational Education 14 Enhancing Employability: A New Teaching And Learning Model To Manage The Increasing Complexity Of Technology In Tertiary Digital Media Design Education 15 Developing and Embedding an Institutional E-learning Strategy

WORKSHOP

No Title 1 Critical Thinking: Strategies To Teach 2 Using Discussion Forums To Help Develop Employability Skills 3 The Effectiveness Of First Year Embedded, Blended Learning Development Programmes Within A University Setting 4 Transformational Leadership: Making Asian Voices Heard On Issues That Remain Silent

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