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Creating interactive iBook for academic writing among undergraduate students in a Malaysian University

The purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges to learning about and conducting research in academic writing projects in the field of education and then to determine the types of content and design most suitable for a local interactive iBook on research in education. This research appli...

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Main Authors: Asmawi, Adelina, Md Nor, Mariani, Daniel, Esther Gnanamalar Sarojini, Farid, Farah Diana
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Published: 2015
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LB Theory and practice of education
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spelling my.um.eprints.141342020-01-14T06:17:51Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/14134/ Creating interactive iBook for academic writing among undergraduate students in a Malaysian University Asmawi, Adelina Md Nor, Mariani Daniel, Esther Gnanamalar Sarojini Farid, Farah Diana LB Theory and practice of education The purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges to learning about and conducting research in academic writing projects in the field of education and then to determine the types of content and design most suitable for a local interactive iBook on research in education. This research applied quantitative approach within two phases of ADDEI model: Needs Analysis and Design Development (Bichelmeyer, 2005). The researcher selected 20 undergraduate students in the field of education whom were doing their academic writing within the University of Malaya. The respondents completed two questionnaires; Needs Analysis and iBook questionnaires to identify the challenges to learning and conducting research, and also the types of content and design most preferred in a local interactive iBook. The results of the study indicated that reviewing literature review was the most significant challenge for students in conducting research in education. Another problem was to identify a research problem in their research area. Findings also indicated that students significantly preferred the iBook in facilitating their learning in conducting research. Results suggested that the content of the iBook needed to be in a graphic manner with a clean layout, visible font size and attractive colours. The most preferred design of the iBook is keynotes with animation to convey content that are generally difficult to understand only through text. The aid of scrolling sidebar was found very effective when used in combination with video clips and interactive images in comprehension exercises for the learning process. 2015-07 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/msword en http://eprints.um.edu.my/14134/1/20_July_Finalized_Creating_Interactive_iBook_for_Academic_Writing_among_Undergraduate_Students_in_a_Malaysian_University.docx Asmawi, Adelina and Md Nor, Mariani and Daniel, Esther Gnanamalar Sarojini and Farid, Farah Diana (2015) Creating interactive iBook for academic writing among undergraduate students in a Malaysian University. In: Asia Pacific Conference on Advanced Research, 23-24 July 2015, Adelaide, Australia. (Submitted)
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Asmawi, Adelina
Md Nor, Mariani
Daniel, Esther Gnanamalar Sarojini
Farid, Farah Diana
Creating interactive iBook for academic writing among undergraduate students in a Malaysian University
description The purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges to learning about and conducting research in academic writing projects in the field of education and then to determine the types of content and design most suitable for a local interactive iBook on research in education. This research applied quantitative approach within two phases of ADDEI model: Needs Analysis and Design Development (Bichelmeyer, 2005). The researcher selected 20 undergraduate students in the field of education whom were doing their academic writing within the University of Malaya. The respondents completed two questionnaires; Needs Analysis and iBook questionnaires to identify the challenges to learning and conducting research, and also the types of content and design most preferred in a local interactive iBook. The results of the study indicated that reviewing literature review was the most significant challenge for students in conducting research in education. Another problem was to identify a research problem in their research area. Findings also indicated that students significantly preferred the iBook in facilitating their learning in conducting research. Results suggested that the content of the iBook needed to be in a graphic manner with a clean layout, visible font size and attractive colours. The most preferred design of the iBook is keynotes with animation to convey content that are generally difficult to understand only through text. The aid of scrolling sidebar was found very effective when used in combination with video clips and interactive images in comprehension exercises for the learning process.
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author Asmawi, Adelina
Md Nor, Mariani
Daniel, Esther Gnanamalar Sarojini
Farid, Farah Diana
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Md Nor, Mariani
Daniel, Esther Gnanamalar Sarojini
Farid, Farah Diana
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title Creating interactive iBook for academic writing among undergraduate students in a Malaysian University
title_short Creating interactive iBook for academic writing among undergraduate students in a Malaysian University
title_full Creating interactive iBook for academic writing among undergraduate students in a Malaysian University
title_fullStr Creating interactive iBook for academic writing among undergraduate students in a Malaysian University
title_full_unstemmed Creating interactive iBook for academic writing among undergraduate students in a Malaysian University
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