Group Blogs as Toolkits to Support Learning Environments in Statistics Subject: A Qualitative Case Study

Hashim, Mohamad Hisyam Mohd.

doi:10.5539/ies.v5n3p199

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“…The findings also show that students' interest in the course (whether taking a course was based on self-selection or was forced selection) is reflected in the learning process of the student. This statement is in line with the findings by Hashim (2012) and Wilder (2014) which states that the interest which arises in a student will affect the learning process. In addition, engagements in teaching and learning is one of the things necessary to ensure that a student either interest or not.…”

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Factors that Influence Students’ Learning: An observation on Vocational College students

Ismail¹,

Hashim²,

Samad³

et al. 2019

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This study examined the factors that influence students' learning for machine industry courses in Malaysian Southern Region Vocational Colleges. The factors that have been studied were the students' interest, parental involvement and teachers teaching. This study used the survey design method involving 90 randomly selected 4 th year students from three Vocational Colleges as respondents. Primary data were obtained using questionnaires (Cronbach Alpa = .85) and secondary data were based on students' academic performance test result. The data were analysed with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to get the frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The results showed that there was a medium level of influence between students' achievement and students' interest, parental involvement and teachers teaching. For student interest factor, students who have good achievement in some subjects were those who have an interest in the subject. In addition, the involvement of parents helping in students' assignment at home will help them to improve their achievement in school. Next, in the process of teaching, the teacher must inflict the interest of student learning, guiding them in an effective learning way, provide teaching materials and improve their mastery skills. Some suggestions to overcome the challenges identified in this study were also presented at the end of the study.

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Factors that Influence Students’ Learning: An observation on Vocational College students

Ismail¹,

Hashim²,

Samad³

et al. 2019

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“…Results suggested that blogs encourage the student's learning, highlighting the commentary functionality that fosters the self-reflection and the participation. Mohd Hashim (2012) examined the students' perception about the usefulness of blogs in a class of Masters in Technical and Vocational Education. Participants were encouraged to post their reflections on lessons and provide feedback to their classmates' comments.…”

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The use of blogs in the education field: A qualitative systematic review

del Blanco,

García-Magariño

2018

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Blogs have become one of the most successful tools of the Web 2.0 because of their ease of use and the availability of open platforms. They have quickly spread in the education field thanks to the many attractive qualities that have been attributed to them, such as collaboration, communication, enhancing of professional writing, and the improvement of information-gathering skills. However, many of the studies that have addressed this issue were not based on an empirical research, and therefore they are unreliable. On the other hand, the studies that do have conducted an empirical research have usually relied on participant self-reported data (surveys, interviews, and contents of blogs), which can significantly bias the positive results usually reported on the use of blogs. Another source of bias and inaccuracy in the reported results is that most of the studies lacked control group, i.e they do not follow an experimental design. The purpose of this review is to examine the current state of the studies related to the evaluation of the blog effects in the education field. The methods to select the studies and perform the corresponding analysis have followed a qualitative systematic approach. The selection has been restricted to empirical and peer-reviewed studies published between January 2011 and June 2013. The findings have been integrated and compared using the Grounded Theory, giving rise to a set of categories that have structured the results of the review.

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“…In accordance with the statement in Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills (2011), that encourage vocational training should concentrate on the role of technology in teaching and learning processes to match the challenges of globalization. The field of engineering education is an area that has become priority (Hashim, 2012). This study is also in response to the Ministry of Education (2011) recommendation to strengthen the delivery system of vocational education through the use of ICT, so that it is more relevant to the latest developments.…”

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Developing an E-Portfolio Model for Malaysian Skills Certification

Rahim

Yunus

Masran

et al. 2019

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The rapid development of ICT nowadays demands that the vocational education system in Malaysia needs to change for improvement in the quality of technology-based learning systems. The Malaysia Skills Certification (MSC) E-portfolio model was developed in this study to improve the existing portfolio used for MSC purposes. This study was conducted to verify the MSC E-portfolio measurement model. Respondents involved in this study were 350 MSC instructors from Institute of Public Skills Training in Malaysia, where 200 respondents were selected from institution under the Ministry of Human Resources and 150 respondents were under the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Malaysia. The total size of the respondent is based on the sample size formula of Krejcie and Morgan and the sample was determined using a stratified random sampling method. A questionnaire was used to obtain the research data. Rasch measurement model approach using Winsteps software was used to carry out questionnaire checks in terms of reliability and the validity of the instrument. Verification of content validity and reliability is done by 7 experts through a modified Delphi method. All 38 indicators that measure the MSC E-portfolio elements have high reliability and validity based on internal consistency analysis, indicator reliability, convergent validity and discriminant validity. This shows that a combination of all these four elements can produce an E-portfolio system that is more systematic and multipurpose , as the concept of e-portfolios are still least applied in the education system. Overall, it can be concluded that the E-portfolio MSC constructs influenced by four major factors which are, operating systems, assessment of competence, Recognition of Prior Achievement (RPA) and virtual learning space. This study also directly gives a new dimension to the MSC system from the aspect of student competency assessment, interactive learning, safety safer storage of learning materials and provide a more systematic knowledge management space.

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Group Blogs as Toolkits to Support Learning Environments in Statistics Subject: A Qualitative Case Study

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Factors that Influence Students’ Learning: An observation on Vocational College students

Factors that Influence Students’ Learning: An observation on Vocational College students

The use of blogs in the education field: A qualitative systematic review

Developing an E-Portfolio Model for Malaysian Skills Certification

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