Azidah Abu Ziden

Azidah Abu Ziden
University of Science Malaysia | USM · School of Educational Studies

Doctor of Philosophy

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May 2008 - present
University of Science Malaysia
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Publications (68)
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This paper conducts a need analysis study to identify the requirements for developing a competency model for teachers implementing game-based learning (GBL) in Chinese secondary schools. Additionally, it investigates the practices and challenges of teachers while implementing this pedagogical approach. Through a quantitative survey involving 384 te...
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This study investigated students’ language deconstruction and identities on X social media technology. The Gen Z’s and Big Data are currently in vogue, which affords this research to enquire using a quantitative methodology. Besides, the online data analytics consisting of the number of likes, repost and comments were gathered from the X social med...
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The provision of appropriate emotional support is influential in establishing a positive and stimulating online learning environment that can elevate students’ emotional well-being, improve their learning experience and enjoyment, and increase their academic achievements. In the present study we examine 16 papers on emotional support in online teac...
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The main goal of this study was to look at the factors that influence instructors’ intentions to use open educational resources (OER). According to the theoretical framework, Saudi instructors’ intentions to utilize OER will be significantly influenced by internal factors like performance expectancy and effort expectancy as well as external element...
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In a groundbreaking journey through the digital education revolution, this paper delves into the transformative world of e-learning, capturing the nuanced perspectives of educators, students, and parents. The study spans a decade of research, identifying the scope, advantages, challenges, and knowledge gaps in e-learning. The scope particularly add...
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There is an increased interest in the use of digital storytelling (DST) in English language education to assist learners in improving their language skills by writing and narrating stories using multimedia tools. This necessitates the exploration of the research focus to understand the current practice and future scope of DST-based research. Extant...
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This paper discussed the study of the factors that determine the behavioural intention (BI) of teachers utilisation of cloud-based learning management systems (LMS) in Malaysian secondary schools. A survey methodology was introduced in this inquiry using 322 participants from 18 secondary schools in the country. Also, this research employed a struc...
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A podcast consists of online video and audio resources while piracy is an act common to podcast media hackers. In this 21st century, the podcast is becoming a popular instructional technology for teaching and learning activities in Nigerian schools due to increased concern for health safety. In addition, this research addressed issues relating to p...
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This research investigated issues regarding the significance of a predictor of awareness of podcast software in Nigeria higher education. The study introduced a cross sectional quantitative method of survey type, which involved a total of two hundred and seven (207) respondent. Also, this study adopted and adapted questionnaire research instrument...
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This research contributes to knowledge in mediating effect of lecturers’ behavioural intention towards the acceptance of podcasts technology in universities. A cross-sectional quantitative research design was involved in this study. Also, a total of eight hundred and twenty-nine (829) lecturers participated in this research from three different sou...
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The current study was carried out to get the field twelve experts' insights into the E-Tech Lesson Planner's usefulness. A survey was conducted by distributing questionnaires to the target respondents from local and foreign institutions. The overall mean score of the system's usefulness is 6.40, which is at a high level. A possible explanation of t...
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This study aims at examining novice ESL teachers' lesson planning practices and their lesson planning system preferences. In addition, it is intended to investigate the relationship between the two variables. Implementing quantitative research designs, the researchers addressed 448 questionnaires. After the data screening procedure, only 232 questi...
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There is limited empirical evidence arguing against accepting and using podcasts for educational purposes. This may in part, explain the recent surge in the acceptance of podcasts for pedagogy, alongside the COVID-19 pandemic. Both students and lecturers have been greatly affected by this pandemic which may explain the uptake in the use of podcasts...
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Introduction: In the context of pharmacy education worldwide and in Malaysia, the use of digital technologies to promote higher level thinking and discussions is seen as preparing the millennials as pharmacists in the 21st century. Together with leveraging on millennials' penchant for mobile technology, gamified online quizzes as an assessment tool...
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Introduction: In the context of pharmacy education worldwide and in Malaysia, the use of digital technologies to promote higher level thinking and discussions is seen as preparing the millennials as pharmacists in the 21st century. Together with leveraging on millennials' penchant for mobile technology, gamified online quizzes as an assessment tool...
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Unemployment is one of the problems faced by many countries. A gap between the skills required by employers and possessed by graduates is one of the factors affecting unemployment. In such situations, it is important to investigate whether life and career skills are embedded by higher education institutions, especially regarding technical and vocat...
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This document is a guideline for online assessment at higher learning institutions in Malaysia.
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Communication between teachers and parents is essential to foster parental involvement in school related activities. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of mobile instant messaging for parent-teacher communication in enhancing two-way communication between parents and teachers. In particular, the research examines the barrier...
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M-Pembelajaran merupakan satu langkah ke hadapan dalam perkembangan pembelajaran elektronik e-Learning. Perkembangan dalam teknologi mobile telah mengubah cara manusia belajar. Pembelajaran tidak terhad dalam bilik kuliah semata-mata tetapi boleh berlaku melangkaui sempadan bilik kuliah serta proses pembelajaran boleh berlaku bila-bila masa dan di...
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This research conceptualises ideas on electricity as a determinant of podcast adoption in Nigeria educational system. Although, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) is making efforts towards the improvement of electricity in Nigeria educational system. Notwithstanding, presently electricity outage is still frequent within Nigeria educational sys...
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Lesson planning is a complex daily routine which causes a significant affliction on English teachers since it requires detailed dissection on pedagogical aspects as well as teaching contents. The intricacy of English lesson plans also leads to the extension of time in preparing them. Moreover, the tedious process of outlining high-quality lesson pl...
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This study investigates student perception of the impact of gamified online quizzes on their learning in a Medical Chemistry course. Gamified online quizzes using Quizizz, were implemented outside classroom time, in place of traditional quizzes. As interventions, post-quiz discussions were conducted during class time. Descriptive data were used t...
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The ubiquity of Web 2.0 technologies means students require a base level of digital literacies in order to succeed in twenty-first century (C21st) learning environments. However, in the era of widening university participation, it is problematic to assume that students will enter higher education with the digital literacies required to support thei...
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While technology has been recognise as having tremendous potential to enhance learning across all disciplines, there are queries on how teachers in Malaysia are able to optimize and inculcate critical and creative thinking skills by using technology to support teaching and learning. Despite of huge investment in Information and Communication Techno...
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SMS can be utilized as a new opportunity that can be applied to improve current educational practices and processes in a variety of fields, including distance education. This study is an in-depth qualitative inquiry into distance education students’ perception and experience in mobile learning via SMS. A set of interview questions was used as the s...
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Technology has tremendous potential to enhance learning across all disciplines and inculcate critical and creative thinking skills. However, in spite of huge investment on Information and Communication Technology over the past decade in various education initiatives, the potential of technology usage in Malaysian schools have not reached the desire...
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The advent of technology has injected a paradigm shift in teaching and learning. The consequence of the association towards students perception of quality and e-Learning environment has been evaluated but with contradictory results. This question was addressed by surveying 530 students about their perceptions of the e-Learning environment quality i...
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Rapid technological change has increased the need for rural schools and teachers to enhance their technological skills for teaching and learning. The initial objective of this project was to transfer ICT skills to teachers and students at SK Jeneri in Jeniang, Kedah. However, during the implementation of the project, the team found that the local s...
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The present quantitative study aims to find out the underlying factors of attitudes towards information technology and the relationship with academic achievement among students, through a self-developed questionnaire. The attitudes of the respondents were assessed in terms of three dimensions; namely affection, behavior, and belief. The results rev...
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This research intends to investigate the students’ perceptions towards the implementation of flipped classroom at a university’s undergraduate level. A cross-sectional survey design was conducted. There were two faculties in the selected university that were chosen to conduct this research. A total of 253 students from these two faculties participa...
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The present quantitative study aims to find out the relationship between students’ attitude toward the use of Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (PPP) by lecturers in class and their academic achievement, by investigating 800 students (450 Art and 350 Science disciplines) through an adapted questionnaire at Koya University, Kurdistan regional govern...
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A questionnaire survey was conducted among forty-three teachers who taught various subjects in a rural national primary school in Kedah right after the commencement of the Knowledge Transfer Program (Rollout-3). The purpose of the survey was to conduct a needs analysis to obtain information on the existing Information Communication Technology (ICT)...
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Under the provisions of the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER), selected rural primary schools in the northern corridor of Malaysia had been provided with a computer laboratory which is called cITaKU (Club IT for Korridor Utara) Lab. However the used cITaKU labs were not optimised as teachers in the selected schools have limited knowledge and...
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A quantitative survey was administrated to forty-three (43) teachers who taught various subject in Sekolah Kebangsaan Jeneri in Kedah right after the commencement of the KTP project (Rolling 3). The purpose of the survey was to do a need analysis to obtain information on the Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills of teachers before the t...
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The paper has three aims: First, it provides a historical overview of mobile learning concept and evolution. Secondly, it discusses the mobile learning adoption and application in the education industry. The evidences reviewed confirm the significant use of mobile learning in the education industry. Mobile learning is gaining its popularity as it i...
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This study focuses on the effectiveness of using multimedia virtual simulation in Islamic Studies in Malaysia. Virtual simulation methods embedded in Microsoft PowerPoint was used in this study to determine the effectiveness of these modes to motivate students on the topic of pilgrimage in the Islamic Studies subject. Pilgrimage topic has been choo...
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The influence of digital technology in society has made ICT literacy a basic requirement needed by all to survive the challenge of living in the 21st. The education industry is now faced with the challenge of helping learners to acquire this literacy. Coping with this challenge requires breeding teachers’ with high level of proficiency in ICT lit...
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Purpose – This paper discusses the development of a system using SMS (short messaging system) to facilitate learning and also as a new method in the evaluation of teaching and learning. Design/methodology/approach – The design of a system that uses SMS for the quiz is proposed as an alternative for formative assessment of teaching and learning for...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate whether cooperative learning can maximize the effectiveness of webQuest used as a medium in teaching and learning in Islamic education. The present study also examined the perception of students towards WebQuest and cooperative learning method. Muslim students were selected from a rural school in Penang,...
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The aim of this study is to test the effectiveness of AutoCAD 3D software in learning of Engineering Drawing to enhance students understanding. Data were collected from a sample of students from a secondary school in Sungai Petani, Kedah. The quasi experimental design was used to find the effectiveness of the software in improving student's achieve...
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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk meneroka sejauh mana pengunaan e-Forum dapat meningkatkan perbincangan Ilmiah dalam kalangan pelajar dalam pembelajaran Kimia di Kolej Matrikulasi. Data daripada pemerhatian dan temubual dianalisis secara kualitatif untuk mengetahui dengan lebih mendalam sejauhmana berlaku perbincangan ilmiah. Dapatan kajian menunjukan e-...
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This study examined the intention to use Elearning among EFL learners. A total of 147 English language learners responded to the survey, these students have access to E-learning system. The chief purpose of this paper aims to understand the factors that affect the students' intention to use E-learning in Malaysian context. The findings of the study...
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This concept paper discusses the development of a system using SMS (short messaging system) to facilitate learning and also as a new method in the evaluation of teaching and learning. The design of a system that uses SMS for the quiz is proposed as an alternative for formative assessment of teaching and learning for courses at institutions of highe...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate whether cooperative learning can maximize the effectiveness of webQuest used as a medium in teaching and learning in Islamic education. The present study also examined the perception of students towards WebQuest and cooperative learning method. Muslim students were selected from a rural school in Penang,...
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This study investigates the learners' attitudes towards using academic, collaborative and social interaction in e-learning portal environment. Academic interaction consists of interaction between learners and online learning resources such as online reading, online explanation, online examination and also online question answering. Collaborative in...
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This study aims to explore the capability of using e-Forum to influence students’ motivation in academic discussions. It also aims to look on how e-Forum supports student achievement in learning Chemistry. A qualitative approach was used in this study. The data from observation, interviews and online discussions were triangulated to find out factor...
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This paper presents a qualitative case study on trainee teachers’ experiences in using Internet for seeking information. The study employed documents analysis, observation, interview and field notes involving Malaysian trainee teachers. Findings demonstrated the high level of computer usage among participants. Furthermore, they responded positively...
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This paper presents a qualitative case study on trainee teachers’ experiences in using Internet for seeking information. The study employed documents analysis, observation, interview and field notes involving Malaysian trainee teachers. Findings demonstrated the high level of computer usage among participants. Furthermore, they responded positively...
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This study was carried out in order to investigate whether mobile learning using Short Message Service (SMS) was a method of learning adopted by the students enrolled in the School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia. As adult learners who are in vocation, time and isolation are the bane of self-study. Since all the students own a mobi...
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The establishment of online discussion forums and their application to higher education have encouraged the use of online discussion within tertiary teaching. Recent studies related to online discussions have provided different ways of understanding the effect of online discussions on teaching and learning. This study investigates how personal lear...

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