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Informing Science + IT Education Conference

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Preparing Educators Towards Educational Technology: Empirical Study of Students' and

Educators' Perception in Learning Programming Languages

Hanafizan Hussain, Jamilin Jais, and Zarina Abdul Rahman

Multimedia University, Malaysia

Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia

Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia

This paper wills emphasis the students’ and educators’ perception in learning programming languages between e-

learning and ‘chalk & talk’ teaching method (traditional classroom) used for teaching stu-dents. The purpose of

this study is to determine if students prefer learn programming languages through the use of variety electronic

devices or media with multimedia features, by self-study method through text books or by attending traditional

classroom lectures. It also will look in what types of multimedia elements do students and computing educators

think should be included in e-learning environment for teaching and learning programming languages. This study

needs to be carried on the issues and imple-mentation on educator’s perspective towards the rapid changing in

educational technology. This is needed in order to prepare Malaysian educators towards educational technology.

Keywords: ‘chalk & talk’, e-learning, educational technology, self-study, computer-based training

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