As a developing country, Malaysia needs to produce adequate human resource in science and technology related fields. This is important especially towards making Malaysia a developed nation by 2020. Unfortunately, there is a downward trend in the number of students pursuing the science stream at the secondary education level. Lack of motivation has been identified as one of the cause of this phenomenon. This paper introduces an enhanced science textbook using Augmented Reality (e-STAR) application that facilitates students in science learning.  The e-STAR is intended to motivate the students to be more interested in science.  This paper also discusses on the evaluation of the e-STAR among a sample of form two secondary school students. Quantitative data was collected using questionnaires for evaluating the following dimensions: motivation, ease of use, engaging, enjoyment and fun. The results indicate that the users agreed on all the dimensions. The findings proved that the e-STAR application can be one of the potential solutions to the above mentioned phenomenon.

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Hajj is one of five pillars of Islam. Every capable and able-bodied Muslim is obliged to make the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetime. Even though comprehensive courses were provided before the pilgrimage particularly in Malaysia, additional learning material is still needed. This is due to the complexity of Hajj procedures comprehension including the practical parts. Multimedia (MM) and virtual environment (VE) technology adaptation seems appropriate to be used for Hajj learning. Nevertheless, to design and develop a Hajj learning procedure application needs thorough preparation to achieve the objectives of use, particularly when it deals with elderly peoples who are not really interested in the technological approach learning. Thus, this paper proposed a model of persuasive Hajj learning environment and the theories usage; covering constructivist, MM principles, persuasive design principle and CTML use. This prototype was developed based on the model, and a heuristic evaluation also has been discussed in the end of topic. The methodology used in this study is an adaptation of the research design used by Vaishnavi and Kuechler in 2008. This paper is hoped to bring ideas and help designers and developers in the future.

<p>The increasing number of road accidents and deaths among children in Malaysia is a concern. One of the main causes stems from lack of knowledge and skills in dealing with the complexity and condition of the road system. Recognizing the significance of road safety among students, road safety education has been introduced to primary schoolsby the Ministry of Education in 2008. Initially it was blended into the Malay language subject with the goal to equip the children withthe knowledge and skills about road safety.However, road safety teaching and learning still uses the conventional methods without the use of specialized tools. This paper introduces ROSE courseware, a specialized learning tool developed to meet the needs of the Malaysian primary school curriculum for road safety education. Its learning environment is a blend of virtual reality, augmented reality and interactive multimedia, which enables children to understand and acquire skills related to road safety through interactive, real-time and immersive learning tool. In order to receive the children’s feedbacks pertaining to their experience in interacting with the ROSE courseware, a usability evaluation was conducted. The results show that the children strongly agreed on the usefulness, information quality and interface quality of the ROSE courseware.<strong></strong></p>

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