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Informing Science + IT Education Conference 2003 Proceedings

| Informing Science + IT Education Conference |
| Pori, Finland June 24-27, 2003 |
| 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 |
ISSN
1535-07-03
Unless otherwise indicated, this paper has undergone blind external review by three or more reviewers.
Types of Papers: A Best Paper, Regular Paper, Short Paper, Informal Paper,
Unrefereed Panel Paper
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