Insights into keeping students engaged online
BY SOUBA RETHINASAMY & JONATHAN DASON Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, Malaysian higher learning institutions (HLIs) have migrated to teaching classes online. With the number of cases still high, online learning is set to persist even post-pandemic thus altering the education landscape in Malaysia. Similar to other forms of online learning, […]
Adapting well to online teaching and learning
KUCHING: The Covid-19 pandemic did not affect the teaching and learning process for students of Smart Readers Kids in the state. Aim Smart Academic Sdn Bhd’s operations and business development manager (Sabah & Sarawak), Norma John said this was because the company had been incorporating online learning for their students. Aim Smart Academic Sdn Bhd […]
University college braces for MCO extention
KUCHING: Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) has informed that its main campus in Kuala Lumpur and other branch campuses in Penang, Perak, Johor, Pahang and Sabah will remain temporarily closed until Feb 4. The campus said this following the extended movement control order (MCO) imposed on various states. It said while online teaching […]
Perfect time to invest in online teaching
KUCHING: The delay in face-to-face learning session in schools is a perfectly opportune time to invest in online teaching and improve on it. St Thomas Secondary School management board chairman Edgar Ong said everyone, especially the authorities and education fraternity, should take immediate action to ensure smooth transition to online teaching. “It is paramount that […]
Varsity to continue with online teaching methods
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) will continue to utilise its teaching and learning platform (PdP) where students can opt for blended learning (a mixture of face-to-face and online learning). Speaking to the reporters after an event held at Unimas here on Thursday (July 9), its vice-chancellor, Professor Datuk Dr Mohamad Kadim Suaidi said this […]
Teachers lauded for efforts in online teaching
MIRI: Federation of Miri Division Chinese Associations president Datuk David Goh lauded the efforts of teachers in carrying out online learning sessions with their students during the partial lockdown following the Covid-19 outbreak. “Our teachers are using the online method to teach our children during the period to ensure that their learning process does not […]
‘Make online teaching the way forward’
KUALA LUMPUR: On Teachers’ Day today, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin advised teachers to make online teaching the way forward in education. The prime minister called on teachers to sharpen their skills pertaining to online teaching and home-based learning, saying this will be the new norm in the teaching profession brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. He […]
Teachers always ready
KUCHING: Teachers will always be ready to guide their students to achieve success — be it face-to-face or even via online learning, said Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) president Macky Joseph. He described teachers as people who are always hungry for knowledge and will not get tired of equipping themselves with a wide range of knowledge, […]
Lessons go on for Julau village students
BY SAKINI MOHD SAID Since the enforcement of the Movement Control Order (MCO) on March 18, online platforms like Google Classroom, Zoom and Google Meet have become popular teaching and learning tools. While teachers and students in Peninsular Malaysia, as well as urban and sub-urban areas in Sabah and Sarawak, may enjoy access to Internet […]
MCO exposes students to online learning
KUCHING: Online teaching and learning, a method recommended for use throughout the movement control order (MCO) is easy to implement in some places. For students and teachers living in towns and cities with fast Internet access, this is a viable process, but not for teachers and students in rural and remote areas with limited or […]
