Abstract-This paper reports on an ongoing research project at International Islamic University College (IIUCS), Selangor, Malaysia where students from faculty of education are consulted to explicate their experiences utilizing Learning Management System (LMS). LMS is an online learning platform enables students to acquire knowledge with the help of technologies. One focus group interview was conducted with 25 participants from Bachelor of Teaching English as a Second Language degree program. Data extracted from the verbatim was analyzed via thematic analysis. Although the data collected is limited to a small sample, participants had provided insightful feedback, which is informing that LMS is a catalyst towards empowering learners to become independent learner. In an effort to produce quality and independent learners, LMS is seen as a means to assist educators in developing quality online internet based courses and websites as well as to fulfill students' needs in acquiring information anywhere and anytime. It then concludes the adoption of LMS and puts forward suggestions for further research.

The aim of this paper is to critically explore the theoretical framework behind the self-determined learning approach, heutagogy. This is an approach that responds to the challenge of enabling the development of people who can cope with a rapidly changing world. Heutagogical approaches to education place great emphasis upon holism, self, capability, community, needs of society, and a focus on learning as opposed to teaching. Learners are highly autonomous and self-determined, and emphasis is placed on the development of learner capacity and capability with the goal of producing learners who are well-prepared for the complexities of today’s circumstances. A qualitative approach that dwelled into focus group interviews is used to arrive at the proposition. Ten (10) students who had signed up for Social Business Course at AIU became the participants in the study. The research adopts a qualitative approach via focus group interview to gather the desired data. The data gathered were analysed using thematic analysis. The authors of this paper argue that, from a social science perspective, a determined learning approach is in the best place to provide a contemporary, exciting teaching and learning experience in a competitive higher education market. The biggest limitation is that it is difficult to generalise the phenomenon occurring in the case of this research, which may be exactly replicated in other organisational settings/situations/ circumstances. The conclusion is that these students’ experiences can help us to understand this work and how it can provide some useful insights in pedagogical concerns.