Aalborg Universitet Blended Learning in Higher Education Impedovo, Maria Antonietta; Khalid, MD Saifuddin; Kinley, Kinley; Yok, Margaret Chan Kit

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Aalborg Universitet

Blended Learning in Higher Education

Impedovo, Maria Antonietta; Khalid, MD Saifuddin; Kinley, Kinley; Yok, Margaret Chan Kit

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2022

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B L E N D E D L E A R N I N G I N H I G H E R

E D U CAT I O N

BLTEAE PROJECT TO SUPPORT TEACHER EDUCATORS’

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BLENDED LEARNING

C l a s s i f i c a t i o n s : E d u c a t i o n ; S o c i a l S c i e n c e s a n d H u m a n i t i e s

MARIA ANTONIETTA IMPEDOVO MD SAIFUDDIN KHALID

KINLEY KINLEY

MARGARET CHAN KIT YOK

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Blended Learning in Higher Education

Maria Antonietta Impedovo Md Saifuddin Khalid

Kinley Kinley

Margaret Chan Kit Yok

AALBORG UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Blended Learning in Higher Education

Edited by Maria Antonietta Impedovo, Md Saifuddin Khalid, Kinley Kinley, and Margaret Chan Kit Yok

First Open Access Edition

Cover Layout: Maria Antonietta Impedovo and Md Saifuddin Khalid Text layout: Md Saifuddin Khalid

ISBN OA: 978-87-7210-760-8 ISBN Print: 978-87-7210-761-5

Published by Aalborg University Press | forlag.aau.dk

This book is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union as part of the project “Blended Learning for Teacher Educators in Asia and Europe”

conducted during 2016-2019.

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Blended Learning in Higher Education

Edited by Maria Antonietta Impedovo, Md Saifuddin Khalid, Kinley Kinley, and Margaret Chan Kit Yok

First Open Access Edition

Cover Layout: Maria Antonietta Impedovo and Md Saifuddin Khalid Text layout: Md Saifuddin Khalid

ISBN OA: 978-87-7210-760-8 ISBN Print: 978-87-7210-761-5

Published by Aalborg University Press | forlag.aau.dk

This book is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union as part of the project “Blended Learning for Teacher Educators in Asia and Europe”

conducted during 2016-2019.

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Biography

AHMED, Meraz has been serving as an Assistant Professor (Business Studies) in the School of Education, Bangladesh Open University since June 2019. He is a teacher educator of open and distance mode, conducting Bachelor of Education and Master of Education programs for the schoolteachers of Bangladesh. He received a Bachelor of Education from Bangladesh Open University and currently he is studying Master of Arts in Education at the University of Nottingham Malaysia. Before that, he received his Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration from the University of Rajshahi. He has already published six research articles and also has participated in several international conferences as a paper presenter. His research interest includes teacher education and technology-enabled learning. He successfully completed a research fellowship supported by Universitas Terbuka (Open University of Indonesia) and Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) Inter-University Staff Exchange Fellowship Program. In addition, he has completed five research projects successfully. Email: mnmerazmkt@gmail.com

AL SIRE, Sheriff was born in Bangladesh, in 1987. He received the Bachelor of Science in Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering from the Independent University, Bangladesh in 2010, and the Master of Social Science in Media and Communication from Independent University, Bangladesh, Dhaka, in 2013. In 2011, he joined School of Engineering and Computer Science, Independent University, Bangladesh as a Research &

Development Officer. He left his job in 2013 and joined at the Bangla Tribune as an In-Charge, Research &

Youth. His current research interests include social movement, Shahbagh movement of Bangladesh, Public Sphere, social media, Media framing, Political violence, Feminism theory in film, film criticism. Mr. Sheriff is a Co-Researcher of the Centre of Social Science Research (CSSR) under Independent University, Bangladesh. He was an author of a short story book named “Koyekti Opekkhar Golpo” published on 2012 by Adarsha Publication.

He was selected the best book reviewer-2013, the competition organized by Rokomari.com. Email:

sheriff.sire@gmail.com

AREFIN, Shamsul is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Physics and Technology at the University of Dhaka. He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He holds a double master’s degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Groningen, Netherlands and Trinity College Dublin, Ireland with Category A Erasmus Mundus Scholarship. Engr. Arefin has diverse professional experiences from both academia and industry. His primary research interests are bio-electrophysiology analysis, design and development of bioengineering systems and STEM education. Email: arefin.bmpt@du.ac.bd

CHAN Kit Yok, Margaret is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology in Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. She holds a Bachelor in Agricultural Science (First Class Honours) and PhD (Agriculture Microbiology) from Lincoln University, New Zealand. She has served as the Head of Natural Product and Development Centre from 2005-2017. Margaret has developed E-content courses for her faculty. She researches e-learning using social media partnering with IT experts. She leads in many higher education research and consultancy projects. She received multiple awards at the national and international innovation and invention competitions and exhibitions; Excellence Service Awards three times by the University for the year 2004, 2009 and 2013 and the top Researcher in UiTM for 2019 and 2020. She was the national coordinator of ERASMUS+

project Blended Learning across Teacher Educators in Asia and Europe involving eleven partners (2017-2019).

Email: drmchan@uitm.edu.my

CHOWDHURY, Sabbir Ahmed is an Assistant Professor at Institute of Education and Research (IER) in University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has been enrolled as a PhD researcher in University of the West of Scotland, UK. He received B.Sc. and M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

He also holds MBA majoring in Finance and Master of Education from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. His areas of expertise are Technology & Innovation in Education, STEM Education, Mobile Learning, Teacher Education, Andragogy, Statistical Analysis, and Software Analysis & Design. Email: sabbir.ahmed- chowdhury@uws.ac.uk

DORJI, Chenga (Master in Computer Science) is a teacher educator at Samtse College of Education, Royal University of Bhutan. He has participated in the conferences, workshops and seminars at college, national and international level related to the ICT in Education. He is also actively engaged in research works and programme development in the college. He believes that the act of teaching must result in a good human being who loves and takes care of family, friends, community, society and mother earth at large. He is passionate about educational reforms in the world to address the global emerging issues. Email: cdorji.sce@rub.edu.bt

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v ELM, Pastel Blondina Artist, calligrapher, designer, typographer, educator, type designer, and researcher from the Caribbean Island of Barbados. Blondina has been in practice as an independent designer since 1999. From 2007 until 2010, she was a visiting tutor and lecturer in typography at the Fine Arts Department, Barbados Community College. Here, she taught at 2nd year Associate Degree and 1st year Bachelor of Fine Art (Graphic Design) levels. Blondina was also a visiting tutor and lecturer in typography at Aix-en-Provence from 2012–2016.

In addition, for two years (2018–2020), she occupied the post of Temporary Teaching and Research Associate at the INSPÉ Aix-Marseille Université, faculty of Science & the Research unit 4671 ADEF, Aix-Marseille Université. She holds a Master of Arts in Typeface design from the University of Reading and attained the degree of Expert class Type design with distinction from the Plantin Institute of Typography. She was awarded a Master of Humanities & Social Sciences in Education, Teaching and Training Professions - Secondary Education (Science & Technology: Applied Arts), Aix-Marseille Université and is currently an Education Sciences PhD candidate at the Aix-Marseille Université. Email: blondina.elms-pastel@etu.univ-amu.fr

ENGKAMAT, Adeline is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Computer Sciences and Mathematics at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). She received a Master’s in science (Computer) from UiTM in 2005. Her area of research is multimedia in education, blended learning, teaching, and learning technology. She also has been involved in innovation in teaching and mobile applications and has won few gold and silver awards in innovation and design competitions since 2010. She is also involved in the STEM Initiatives Committee at the university level. She has been actively involved in developing and conducting STEM-related activities in ICT for school students. She completed her project on Blended Learning Courses for Teachers Educators between Asia and Europe under the ERASMUS+ project (2016-2019). Her latest project is “Greater Samarahan: e- Commercialization of Agricultural and Cottage Industries Products by the Rural Communities”, funded under the Sarawak digital Research Grant. Email: adeline@uitm.edu.my

GEORGSEN, Marriane works as a senior research associate at University College Northern Denmark. Her research centres on use of technology in teaching and learning; learning design; and blended and online learning.

She is particularly interested in professional development regarding teachers’ and lecturers’ use of technology and transformation of teaching practices. Email: mage@via.dk

GYAMTSHO, Deki C. (PhD) is an Associate Professor currently working in Paro College of Education, Royal University of Bhutan. Her research interests are teaching and learning in higher education, student engagement, assessment, and Educating for GNH. Email: dcgyamtso.pce@rub.edu.bt

HAROON, Harshita Aini is Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Strategy and Quality Management, and Professor at the Faculty of Applied and Human Sciences at Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia. As Assistant Vice- Chancellor, her responsibilities include the management of the university’s strategic plan, institutional quality assurance, programme accreditation and risk management. As Professor, apart from teaching responsibilities, she currently supervises Master and PhD students in Language Studies. Email: harshita@unimap.edu.my

HOSSAIN, Khondoker Mokaddam, PhD is a Professor and Founder Director of the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, Dhaka University, and was formerly the Pro-Vice Chancellor at Bangladesh Open University for 8 years. Prof. Hossain has rich and diversified academic experience in the field of sociology, disaster management and distance education. He did his PhD in Development Studies (Social Forestry) from the Massey University, New Zealand in 1996, MA in Demography in 1982, and MA in Sociology in 1979 from the Dhaka University, Bangladesh. Prof. Hossain published 10+ books and 50+ research articles in the field of sociology, disaster management and distance education. He is very successful in running the research projects with international agencies and did 20+ projects in his teaching career. He is a regular TV presenter and talk show discussant on disaster management, which made him a well-known person in the country. He visited 35+ countries for academic purpose. Email: mokaddemdu@yahoo.com.

JUMANI, N. B., PhD, Professor has been working as Professor of Education/ Director, Distance Education, IIUI.

He has worked as Chairman, Department of Education, Director, Institute of Professional Development and Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan. He has also privilege of working as Acting President of IIUI. Dr Jumani has acquired his academic credentials for B.Ed, M.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D., and Post Doc in Education. His areas of study and specialization have been Teacher Education, Curriculum Development, and Distance Education. Prof. Jumani has been in the field of education for over 26 years and dealt with different levels of educational systems from Secondary to University level as well as in policy making organization- Curriculum Wing of Federal Ministry of Education Pakistan. Moreover, he carries an expertise of working in international projects i.e Teacher Training Project assisted by Asian Development Bank and Pre-

vi Service Teacher Education Program assisted by USAID and EU. He has also served as Acting President of International Islamic University Islamabad. Email: nb.jumani@iiu.edu.pk

KHATOON, Sufiana is a senior educationist, a dedicated researcher and a committed professional in the discipline of education. She has more than 35-year jobs experience and served on various academic and administrative posts in education departments at the Federal and Provincial level in Pakistan. She served at National University of Modern Languages (NUML) Islamabad, Pakistan as Assistant Professor, Professor, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences and Acting Director Publication. Her more than 52 research papers have been published in well-known national and international journals. Her 02 books have been published by an international organization. She is also the author of 02 chapters of a national text book. She launched an international level journal of research in social sciences and remained its chief editor for more than 7 years. She performed very well in the 3- year European Commission Project BLTeae (2016-2019) and worked as country representative and focal person for this project in Pakistan. Email: sufianak1@gmail.com

KHALID, Md Saifuddin is an Associate Professor and leader of the Centre for Digital Learning Technology at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science of the Technical University of Denmark. He researches and teaches interaction design, UX, service design, e-learning, entrepreneurship, and participatory approaches in digital systems design and innovation. Khalid achieved Magna Cum Laude in B.Sc. in computer science with minor in business informatics, Chancellor's Gold Medal in 2006 for MSc in CSC, PhD in Human- Centered Communication and Informatics, and awarded faculty's best teacher in 2016 at Aalborg University.

Email: skhalid@dtu.dk

KINLEY, Kinley (PhD) is a teacher educator and is currently the Dean Research and Industrial Linkage (DRIL) of Samtse College of Education, Royal University of Bhutan. He has taught microbiology, plant kingdom, curriculum theory, pedagogy (teaching skills & teaching strategies), educational research, advanced studies, life skills, and human values to the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Besides teaching and research, he engages deeply in developing research grant project proposals. Currently, he is involved in one national and one international project. He has developed and coordinated application for numerous international research grants. As DRIL, one of his efforts has been to promote the research and writing amongst the faculty and students.

He provides professional development on educational research and action research to school teachers. His research interests range from natural science research- educational research to educational technology research. Email:

kinley.sce@rub.edu.bt

IMPEDOVO, Maria Antonietta, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in Educational Psychology, Aix-Marseille University, France. She teaches at the School of Education at Aix-Marseille University, France. She held her Ph.D. in Educational technology in Italy, followed by a postdoc in Swiss. Her main research interests are teacher professional development and educational psychology. Since 2010, she has been actively participating in multiple national and international formative and research projects (like the capacity building “Blended learning for teacher educators between Asia and Europe”). She has written scientific papers in Italian, Spanish, French, and English.

ORCID 0000-0003-2172-7105. Email: maria-antonietta.IMPEDOVO@univ-amu.fr

LHAMO, Sangay works as an Assistant Research Officer at Samtse College of Education, Royal University of Bhutan. She holds a bachelor's degree in Media Studies and English from Sherubtse college, Royal University of Bhutan. She is also the Editorial Manager of the college research journal (Educational Innovation and Practice) and College Newsletter. Email: sangaylhamo.sce@rub.edu.bt

MALIK Samina has been appointed as Dean Faculty of social sciences. As per issued notification, she has been appointed as the Dean of the faculty of social sciences. At IIUI, she has been working on various academic and administrative positions. Currently, she is working as Professor, Department of Education. She possesses diversified experience in administration, research and teaching. She has also held the portfolio of the responsibilities as Additional Director, Directorate of Distance Education, IIUI. Her areas of interest include Higher Education, Gender Issues in Education, Education Leadership and Educational Psychology. Prof. Malik graduated with Bachelor of Education from Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan and then completed master's degree in Education from University of Arid Agriculture Rawalpindi, Pakistan. After completing Master's Degree, she pursued PhD (Education) at the same university (University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi). After completing PhD (Education) she completed Post doctorate from Coventry University, UK. Prof. Dr. Samina Malik has published several research articles related to field of Education in national and internationally recognized journals. She is Editor of International Journal on Innovation in Teaching and Learning (IJITL) of the Department of Education and students’ magazine; Educators Pakistan. She has received the Best University Teacher Award from Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan for the year 2014. She is working on various HEC funded v

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MALIK Samina has been appointed as Dean Faculty of social sciences. As per issued notification, she has been appointed as the Dean of the faculty of social sciences. At IIUI, she has been working on various academic and administrative positions. Currently, she is working as Professor, Department of Education. She possesses diversified experience in administration, research and teaching. She has also held the portfolio of the responsibilities as Additional Director, Directorate of Distance Education, IIUI. Her areas of interest include Higher Education, Gender Issues in Education, Education Leadership and Educational Psychology. Prof. Malik graduated with Bachelor of Education from Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan and then completed master's degree in Education from University of Arid Agriculture Rawalpindi, Pakistan. After completing Master's Degree, she pursued PhD (Education) at the same university (University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi). After completing PhD (Education) she completed Post doctorate from Coventry University, UK. Prof. Dr. Samina Malik has published several research articles related to field of Education in national and internationally recognized journals. She is Editor of International Journal on Innovation in Teaching and Learning (IJITL) of the Department of Education and students’ magazine; Educators Pakistan. She has received the Best University Teacher Award from Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan for the year 2014. She is working on various HEC funded v ELM, Pastel Blondina Artist, calligrapher, designer, typographer, educator, type designer, and researcher from the Caribbean Island of Barbados. Blondina has been in practice as an independent designer since 1999. From 2007 until 2010, she was a visiting tutor and lecturer in typography at the Fine Arts Department, Barbados Community College. Here, she taught at 2nd year Associate Degree and 1st year Bachelor of Fine Art (Graphic Design) levels. Blondina was also a visiting tutor and lecturer in typography at Aix-en-Provence from 2012–2016.