Dr. Othman
Talib is a senior lecturer at the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang. He
received his Master’s degrees from UPM (Pedagogy in Science Education) and his
Doctor of Education from the University of Adelaide, Australia (Pedagogy in
Chemistry Education). He started his career as a Chemistry teacher. He has a
keen interest in animation when he became a lecturer at the Department of
Science and Technical Education, UPM. He now owns 4 copyrights to teaching
pedagogy using animation. He started his research in 2005 and produced Canl
(Computer-Animated Instruction); a courseware for the teaching of
electrochemistry that has earned him Gold Medal at the Design, Research and
Innovation Exhibition (UPM) in 2009. He designed the Interactive Multimedia
Chemistry Module that was awarded Gold Medal at the Research and Innovation
Exhibition (UPSI). In his pursuit to deliver an effective teaching via
animation, he soon produced SEA – Simple Explicit Animation another courseware
for the teaching of Organic Chemistry in 2012. His work was awarded the Gold
Medal at the Malaysia Technology Expo 2012, Kuala Lumpur. His other research
also include the design of ‘claymation’ for the teaching of Science at primary
level in 2013. His most recent innovation is a mobile application named OCRA –
Organic Chemistry Reaction Apps produced in August 2014 which is scheduled to
be launched worldwide. Dr Othman Talib’s principle is to explore the potentials
of technology innovatively and creatively in order to be the pedagogical agent
that can assist in the teaching and learning, apart from creating a
personalised teaching environment. He hopes to share his experiences and
demonstrates his mobile application with the rest of the attendees at the
convention.
Raihanah M Mydin - MALAYSIA
Dr Raihanah Mohd Mydin is an Associate Professor
of literary studies at the National University of Malaysia (UKM) where she has
nearly 20 years of teaching experience. Her passion as an educator stems from
her desire to generate greater learner empowerment through her supervision,
teaching and research work. The pedagogical innovation that she has embraced including converting to blended learning in
all her current courses reflect her profound belief in capitalising on each individual learner’s
strength and potential for success given the internet age that we live in. She
also feels strongly about developing a big-picture mind-set towards harnessing
students’ voice and scholarship as evident in the Young Scholars’ Graduate
Seminar that she has organised since 2009 for her graduate courses, in addition
to her publications with her graduate and postgraduate students. She is equally
passionate about knowledge sharing as apparent in her presentations at national
and international teaching and learning conferences as well as her publications
in reputable international journals. She
recently earned the excellence award for teaching at the faculty level, namely the Faculty of Social Sciences Outstanding
Teacher Award 2013, and later at
university
level, UKM’s Outstanding Teacher Award 2013 (for Social Sciences). Her crowning
glory as an educator came recently when she became a recipient of the 2013
Anugerah Akademik Negara (for teaching).
Daniel Tan Tiong Hock - MALAYSIA
Dr Daniel Tan is
currently the Group Chief Learning Officer at the Taylor's Education Group,
Malaysia. He obtained his BSc from University of Aston, Birmingham, England. He
subsequently achieved a PhD from the University of Manchester, Institute of
Science and Technology and a post-graduate Diploma in Teaching in Higher
Education from the National Institute of Education, Singapore. His technical
interests cover educational technology and infrastructure design, learning science,
Internet and ICT security, cloud technologies, human factors design and
usability. Dr Tan has over 26 years of experience in teaching, eLearning
architecture, design and policy making. He also has a strong understanding and
substantial hands-on experience at the integration and synergy of education
technology and content for effective outcomes. Prior to joining Taylor’s, Dr.
Tan has held senior academic leadership roles in Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore. Previously, as
Director of CELT (Centre for Excellence in Learning & Teaching) at the
Nanyang Technological University, he led a team to develop and implement an
eLearning campus eco-system. This environment, comprising a holistic approach
towards learning and teaching supported by system design, learning platform,
and server architecture has resulted to a change in learning culture on the
campus (over 2000 course sites, with typically 22 million page views per
academic week, and 600 million page views per year), together with edUtorium – the
faculty development program with over 4000 training seats per year, and
participative pedagogical design). Project UniWood, their campus-wide lecture
recording initiative is considered one of the most advanced in the world, with
a yield of over 1.6 million viewings per year, with a corresponding aggregated
viewing time of over 80 years. Through this innovative eLearning initiative,
the University has won recognition by being a winner of the Intelligent20 Award
2003, CIO Asia100 Award 2004, EMC Best Practice Award 2004, National Health
Group Distinguished Contributor Award 2005, ZDNet Asia Smart50 Award 2006, SiTF
eLearning Organization of the Year 2006, the prestigious ascilite Award 2008
and the Leadership Award for ‘Best in Project Work Management’ in the IMS
Global Learning Impact Awards 2009. It also won the POPAI Award 2011 for
Digital Signage Systems. Dr Tan was recognized for the 2012 Global e-Learning
Award for Excellence in eLearning at the 2012 LearnTech Conference in
recognition of his leadership and contribution to the field of Education. NTU
was also most recently recognized for the Blackboard Catalyst Award for
Communications Strategy 2013 in their exemplary adoption and utilization of the
rapid and mass messaging platform to effectively engage and connect with the
campus community and public. The work and outcomes in the adoption of
technology for learning and teaching at NTU has been regarded as exemplary. He
has frequently been invited to speak as a keynote speaker at various
international events. Dr Tan was conferred The Public Administration Medal
(Silver) at the Singapore National Day Awards 2007 for his outstanding
contributions to advancing the quality of educational development,
instructional and media support services, student learning and professional
teaching in the University as well as the educational community in the nation.
Dr Tan completed his BSc (Joint Honours Computer Science & Physics) at the
University of Aston, Birmingham, UK, Post-graduate Diploma in Teaching in Higher
Education at the National Institute of Education, Singapore and PhD in
Instrumentation & Analytical Sciences at the University of Manchester, UK.
Rozhan M Idrus - MALAYSIA
Rozhan M. Idrus is a Professor of Open and Distance Learning &
Technogogy at the Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) in Malaysia. Rozhan is
the first Professor of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) appointed in a public
institution of higher learning in Malaysia. He holds a PhD in Solid State
Physics and has been trained in various aspects of ODL in Australia, Canada and
the UK. Trained as an instructional designer, he has published more than 170
scholarly works in the form of books, chapter in books as well as refereed
journal contributions. He has presented 31 Keynote and Plenary addresses in Malaysia,
Tanzania, Japan, Thailand, the Sultanate of Oman, Turkey, United Arab Emirates,
Mauritius, Greece, Spain, Bangladesh and Bahrain. He is the Founding Chief
Editor of the Malaysian Journal of Educational Technology, the Chief Editor of
the International Journal of Excellence in e-Learning (based in Dubai) and is a
member of the Editorial Board of ten international journals. He has given a
definition to the term ‘technogogy’ and is passionately promoting it.
Datin Dr Norrizan Razali - MALAYSIA
Dr. Norrizan
Razali, Education Director, at Microsoft Malaysia, is best described as a
strategist in education innovation. She received all her qualifications from
the USA with a Ph.D in Education, from the University of Pennsylvania. After a
short stint at the Faculty of Education, National University of Malaysia, she
joined the government think tank, the Institute of Strategic and International
Studies (ISIS) Malaysia where she was involved in planning and policy
formulation for education. Her work at MDeC, has contributed to the
revitalization and sustainability of the smart schools as well spawning other
related programmes on ICT in education, such as driving the 21st Century Skills
development and innovative content development approaches.To date, Dr.
Norrizan Razali has contributed to the development and transformation of
education, at the national level and globally for nearly 20 years. She has served as a visiting scholar and education
expert in institutions based in Korea, Germany, France, England and Scotland.
Her international accolades include leading her previous organization, MDeC, in
winning the United Nations South-South Cooperation Award for the Smart School
Projects in Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar, and Vietnam and the China Wenhui-UNESCO
Award for her Rural Benchmarked Smart School Programme in Malaysia.At Microsoft
Malaysia, she plays a lead role in strategizing the deployment of technology in
education to improve learning outcomes across public and
private education institutions from primary to higher education.
