E-Moderators are \"the new generation of teachers and trainers who work with learners online\" (p. viii) using Computer-Mediated Conferencing (CMC) as a learning tool, regardless of the subject they are teaching. They are the focus of E-Moderating, a recent book which provides both a theoretical framework for developing online learning using CMC (part one), and a wealth of practical advice (part two). The book is supported by a Web site. The author, Gilly Salmon, a distance education specialist with the Open University Business School in the UK, provides a five-step model of effective online education, along with copious examples of how the model relates to real-life online learning contexts. Salmon proposes that, by basing learning on a constructivist model, it is e-moderators that can make the difference in online education as they convene, direct, summarize, and archive synchronous and asynchronous discussions.

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E-Moderating: The Key to Teaching and Learning Online

by J. Biggs and C. Tang, Maidenhead, England,
Open University Press, 2007, 360 pp., £29.99, ISBN-13: 978-0-335-22126-4

Teaching for quality learning at university

Art : Art in which the subject matter has been simplified or distorted to the point that it may or may not be easily descended. Acrylic: Resin that, when mixed with water and pigment, forms an inorganic and quick drying medium. Acrylic paint therefore is a fast drying synthetic paint made from acrylic resin. Action Painting: The technique of dripping and splashing paint onto canvases stretched on the floor Aesthetic: Pertaining to the appreciation of the beautiful as opposed to the functional or utilitarian, and, by extention, to the appreciation of any form of art. Aesthetic value: The impact of a work of art on our senses, intellect, and emotions. Analogous colours:Pairs of colour such as yellow and orange, that are adjudscent to each other on the colour wheel. Acqatint : A print making process that includes etching and that permits broad areas of black and gray tones. Air brush: Atomizer operated by compressed air used for spraying on paint. Art Deco: A popular art and design style of the 1920s and 30s, and characterized by its intergration of organic and geometric forms. Art: The special expression of ideas, feelings and values in visual forms. Art criticism: A special concentrated way of looking at a piece of art with a purpose to recieve maximum enjoyment and meaning from it. Abstract Expressionism: A twentieth-century painting style in which artists applied paint freely to huge canvases in an effort to show feelings and emotions rather than realistic subject matter.Expressionism: A twentieth-century painting style in which artists applied paint freely to huge canvases in an effort to show feelings and emotions rather than realistic subject matter.

The Ministry of Education

Conversational learning. An experiential approach to knowledge creation

This study was to determine the levels of ICT skills and ICT usage in the classroom among technical and vocational teachers in Malaysia.  The data of this study were collected using quantitative techniques, whereby the questionnaire was administered to 329 technical and vocational teachers who were teaching engineering subjects in Malaysian technical and vocational schools.  The questionnaire included items related to teachers’ ICT skills, ICT use and their demographic factors.  The study has shown that teachers’ ICT skills were at moderate levels, and that a vast majority of teachers who participated in this study were moderate users of ICT in classroom teaching.  There were significant differences of teachers’ ICT skills as a function of demographic factors: gender, age, years of teaching experience, and type of ICT training.  Also, there were significant correlations between ICT skills and ICT integration in classroom.  Teachers’ demographic factors (age, gender, teaching experience, except level of education) did not influence ICT integration in classroom.

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Teachers' ICT Skills and ICT Integration in the Classroom: The Case of Vocational and Technical Teachers in Malaysia

This paper presents the results from a study undertaken to improve the teaching and learning effectiveness in engineering education courses, specifically for Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) system in Bahrain. A teaching and learning assessment tool was developed for participants (existing TVE teachers in electrical and electronic engineering and a pilot group of TVE students). The purpose was to examine the existing approaches of teaching and learning practised in TVE educational environment as well as learning styles preferred by TVE students. The results confirmed that TVE teachers applied limited methods of teaching and learning. However, TVE students had widely varying learning preferences, as they are more motivated by using the experiential learning approach. The experiential learning model allowed students to make their own learning choices and relate what they were learning to the real-work applications (using diagrams, hyperlinked text, video, pictures, interactive examples, virtual reality simulations, and animations). Based on the drawn conclusions, a teaching and learning guideline for engineering education was originated specifically for the needs of the TVE system in Bahrain. The guideline is a potential tool for structuring and improving engineering learning courses in TVE. The guideline will also help in meeting modern industrial requirements by equipping students with better skills, abilities and attitude.

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Improving Teaching and Learning Effectiveness in Engineering Education

The globalisation along with the interdependence of various economies has resulted in creating 
extra dimension to the employability skills requirements. Various socio-economic indicators 
have increased the pressure on vocational education sector and changed it from supply driven to demand 
driven by the labour market requirements to minimise the existing employability skills gap. The paper 
presents a study that has been conducted to identify the existing skills gap between School Based 
Learning (SBL) and Work Based Learning (WBL) in Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) System 
in Bahrain by asking teachers, Human Resources departments from industry, and industrial supervisors 
to complete questionnaires. Their answers have been analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. Based 
on these drawn conclusions, an improved employability skills model has been developed which shows 
the importance of the required skills. This model will be the basis for suggested modifications in SBL 
and WBL structure in TVE in Bahrain. 
Keywords: School Based Learning (SBL), Work Based Learning (WBL), Technical and Vocational 
Educatio(TVE), Employability, Skills, Cognitive, Affective, Psychomotor

An improved employability skills model and its compliance through vocational educational system

This paper outlines the results from a research study conducted by the authors to identify the existing employability skills gap between TVE system in Bahrain and industrial requirements. Based on the study results, an on-line WBL module has been developed and will be introduced in SBL, delivered with innovative technology. The module aims to improve teaching and learning strategies, develop TVE students’ competencies, and meet the industrial requirements. The module has been designed to have elements from the day-to-day working environment of an industrial setup as well as various elements from the interface of industry and society. The on-line WBL module is expected to make a major contribution to the improvement of TVE in Bahrain because it will challenge all students and teachers to recognise, make informed responses, and work comfortably with the diverse requirements that they encounter in the WBL environment.

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Design and Development of an On-Line Work-Based Learning (WBL) Module to Enhance Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) System in Bahrain

This paper presents the results from a study undertaken to analyse the teaching and learning
effectiveness in engineering education courses, specifically for Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) system in Bahrain. Teaching and learning diagnostic assessment tools were developed for both TVE teachers in electrical and electronic engineering and a pilot group of TVE students. The purpose was to examine the existing approaches of teaching and learning practised in TVE educational environments. The analysis indicated that TVE teachers applied limited methods of teaching and learning. However, the TVE students had widely varying learning preferences, as they are more motivated by the experiential learning approach used by the teachers.

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A Diagnostic study on the teaching and learning styles in engineering education

The globalisation along with the interdependence of various economies has resulted in creating
extra dimension to the employability skills requirements. Various socio-economic indicators
have increased the pressure on vocational education sector and changed it from supply driven to demand
driven by the labour market requirements to minimise the existing employability skills gap. The paper
presents a study that has been conducted to identify the existing skills gap between School Based
Learning (SBL) and Work Based Learning (WBL) in Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) System
in Bahrain by asking teachers, Human Resources departments from industry, and industrial supervisors
to complete questionnaires. Their answers have been analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. Based
on these drawn conclusions, an improved employability skills model has been developed which shows
the importance of the required skills. This model will be the basis for suggested modifications in SBL
and WBL structure in TVE in Bahrain.
Keywords: School Based Learning (SBL), Work Based Learning (WBL), Technical and Vocational
Educatio(TVE), Employability, Skills, Cognitive, Affective, Psychomotor

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Mohamed Alseddiqi

Papers

Improving Teaching and Learning Effectiveness in Engineering Education

An improved employability skills model and its compliance through vocational educational system

Design and Development of an On-Line Work-Based Learning (WBL) Module to Enhance Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) System in Bahrain

A Diagnostic study on the teaching and learning styles in engineering education

An improved employability skills model and its compliance through vocational educational system in Bahrain