Seminar - Transformative e-Learning in Higher Education

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The International Medical University (IMU) is organizing an e-learning seminar on July 5 (2011), entitled "Transformative e-Learning in Higher Education". It will be held in the Senate Room, 2nd Floor, IMU Campus, Bukit Jalil.

OVERVIEW
This seminar brings together five experts in education and e-learning to share their ideas, experiences and best practices on how we can use e-learning to transform the way we learn and teach in higher education. They will explore a variety of areas essential to construct transformative learning experiences covering instructional design, online facilitation and assessment, personal learning environments, and e-learning quality and governance.

Date: 5 July, 2011 (Tuesday)
Time: 8.30 am – 5.15 pm
Venue: IMU Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

SPEAKERS

• Prof Dato’ Dr Ansary Ahmed
  President / CEO, Asia e University
• Assoc Prof David M. Kennedy
  Director, Teaching and Learning Centre, Lingnan University
• Prof Rozhan M. Idrus
  Professor of Open & Distance Learning & Technogogy, USM
• Prof Dato’ Dr Jai Mohan
  Director, Learning Resources, International Medical University
• Zaid Ali Alsagoff
  E-Learning Manager, International Medical University

KEY TOPICS

• Instructional Design
• Personal Learning Environments
• Curriculum Design & Management
• E-Learning Quality & Governance

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this seminar, you will be able to:

• Apply effective instructional design principles to your learning environments.
• Adopt effective online facilitation and assessment strategies to engage and assess your learners.
• Build your personal learning environments using social media and web 2.0 tools.
• Identify and discuss essential e-learning quality and governance issues.

TARGET AUDIENCE

• Academics
• E-Learning Professionals
• IT Professionals
• Instructional Designers

Registration Fee: RM650
Early Bird Registration: RM500
(Before 8 June)

If you are interested to attend, please download this form. It includes all the registration and contact details required to attend.

Transformative e-Learning in Higher Education

Looking forward to your participation!

In Awe of Mum's Shimmering Realities!

WOW! Mum (Nadia Alsagoff), I have to admit I am totally struck by your 'Shimmering Realities' collection! As a result, I want to dedicate this post to my Mum who has inspired me to appreciate art through her passionate lifelong journey as an artist.

Although, I am not the kind of person that would spend hours in an art gallery, I do appreciate and understand the kind of work and challenges so many artists have to go through in life. Being an artist sounds great and fun, but making a living as an artist is certainly not an easy task.



SHIMMERING REALITIES
My Mum retired late last year from her day-to-day work, and has now more time to dedicate to her lifelong passion. Over the last decade or so, most of my Mum's work has been expressed in the form of abstract art, but recently she has rediscovered her passion to paint animals and nature.

Actually, this has surprised me, because her eyesight is not exactly great (and has certainly not improved over the years). Also, I am not sure how effective her current glasses are either. I can still remember an incident a few years back, when she walked head on into a street light. Another time, when I was a kid, she walked straight past me on the street without recognizing me.

Though, she could have been day dreaming on both occasions. I remember once, I cut my lip walking past a statue. It was night time, and I didn't notice that the statue or man was pointing his arm and finger towards my direction. I suppose we both are a bit clumsy (understatement)! Or perhaps it is an inherited ability to 'day dream' in potentially dangerous situations.

So, what I am really trying to say is that I am amazed and in awe that she can still paint such amazing paintings of realism. Alright, I will stop writing now, and share with you five gems from this 'Shimmering Realities' collection:




I especially love the Cheetah one. The Cheetah's eyes (of curiosity) and facial expression leaves us to our imagination to figure out its' real intention (Yummy!).

Interestingly, Mum has used Facebook to share her latest art, though it is only viewable to her friends (if I am not mistaken). Click here to check (if you are interested to discover more of her work)!

Hopefully, you enjoyed Mum's paintings, I certainly did. Thank you!

Mum, you are AMAZING in so many ways :)