Plenary Lecture

Learner Continuum Technology Enhanced
Learning Model via Technogogy

Professor Rozhan M. Idrus
School of Distance Education
Universiti Sains Malaysia
E-mail: rozhanmidrus@gmail.com

Abstract: Despite the lip service paid to individual differences, traditional education has failed to move away from the group mentality that has driven it for so many years. The very language of education, which separates students into grades, classes, honors, average, even learning 'styles,' forces the mind into perceiving groups, not individuals. Technology is defined as the convergence of technology, pedagogy and content in the transformative use of technology to foster learning. The relationship between technology, pedagogy and content in a converging role has been deliberated from a three-dimensional perspective such that we can teach a certain (learner-based) content in a certain way using a certain technology, giving rise to the creation of a unique learning object. The application of technology will now witness the presentation of content in a continuum rather than a segmented approach for a specific cohort., each level taking into account the learner characteristics, learning styles and preferences and the production of a variety of appropriate media components to support, complement or for the purpose of teaching and knowledge retention, giving rise towards individualised learning and personalisation. Then on, we can create a 'directory' of learning objects.

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Rozhan M. Idrus is a Professor of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) & Technogogy in the School of Distance Education at the Universiti Sains Malaysia in Malaysia. He hold a PhD in Physics and has been active in ODL for more than 20 years. He is the Chief Editor of both the International Journal of Excellence in eLearning (Dubai) and the Malaysian Journal of Educational Technology. He has presented 11 keynote addresses and published more than 150 scholarly works in refereed journals.