Siti Fatimah Abd Rahman’s scientific contributions

Flipped learning has become a strategic approach for educators to implement a technological-based learning environment. In line with the Malaysia Education Blueprint, more and more educational institutions adopt flipped learning into their establishment in a vision to achieve students' maximum potential. With a focus on technology, flipped learning is often linked with strategic management, excellent performance as well as the positive impact on instructors and students' skill. The implementation of flipped learning is a way to introduce different teaching and learning ideas that can develop an active classroom. The concept is to have a balance between education and advanced technology. This paper aims to review the three research elements, which are the level of participants involved in this study, the instruments, and disciplines done by 19 researchers on the flipped learning approach. Findings show that most of the studies have significant results in the implementation of the flipped learning approach. Conclusively, flipped learning is a well-rounded approach where it can be applied in any level of education regardless of the discipline. However, longitudinal studies can be performed in order to see the long-term effects of the flipped learning approach.

Students nowadays are exposed to technology and they are always interested in learning new things. By incorporating technology as a means of learning, the students would be able to develop interest in learning language and improving their ICT skills. Crossing the line of time and distance and applying the saying that learning could be done anywhere and every time, applying the theory of distance learning, this paper reviews the effectiveness using MOOCs to improve students’ writing skills. Prior research regarding the use of MOOCs and technology, especially in language education and writing skills, is reviewed. Emphasizing on MOOCs as the platform of improving students’ writing skills, this paper explains how MOOCs helps in improving the process of teaching and learning and the importance of self-directed learning.

The 21 st century of education demands for student-centred learning rather than conventional teacher-centred learning. There are several new models and approaches to be adapted to meet the demand. One of the popular models in Malaysia is flipped learning. Flipped learning focuses on meaningful learning, and it also promotes a student-centred learning style. This paper explores flipped learning studies done by researchers regardless of the disciple and level of education.