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Qualitative development of students' digital skills by integrating a spreadsheet software in first year introduction to engineering and seminar course

The Introduction to Engineering (ITE) and Industrial Seminar and Profession (ISP) courses conducted at School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, are integrated courses which implement the Cooperative Problem-based Learning (CPBL) methods in the same semester. Based on...

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Main Authors: Sadikin, Aziatul Niza, Mustaffa, Azizul Azri, Hasbullah, Hasrinah, Zakaria, Zaki Yamani, Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Kamaruddin, Che Man, Siti Hajjar, Hassim, Mimi Haryani, Ab. Aziz, Muhammad Arif, Mohd. Yusof, Khairiyah
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Published: International Association of Online Engineering 2021
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spelling my.utm.953512022-04-29T22:33:08Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95351/ Qualitative development of students' digital skills by integrating a spreadsheet software in first year introduction to engineering and seminar course Sadikin, Aziatul Niza Mustaffa, Azizul Azri Hasbullah, Hasrinah Zakaria, Zaki Yamani Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Kamaruddin Che Man, Siti Hajjar Hassim, Mimi Haryani Ab. Aziz, Muhammad Arif Mohd. Yusof, Khairiyah TP Chemical technology The Introduction to Engineering (ITE) and Industrial Seminar and Profession (ISP) courses conducted at School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, are integrated courses which implement the Cooperative Problem-based Learning (CPBL) methods in the same semester. Based on these integrated courses, the main aim of this paper is to investigate the qualitative impact of spreadsheet hands-on seminar on the first year students' digital skill. At the beginning of the semester, students are given sustainability-based project to work on, which requires them to collect and to report the data in a series of presentations and written reports. In order to present those data, they need to use analysis tools such as a spreadsheet software. The students are introduced with some in-depth applications of the Microsoft Excel software through the seminar sessions in the ISP course. With the knowledge that the students gain, they are expected to implement it in the CPBL project. A qualitative approach has been adopted to implement the study. Student's reflections were used as the data source to identify common attributes that they have managed to gain from seminar sessions. This study has found that all students had primarily learned about digital skills. They perceived hand-on activity during the seminar as a good platform to acquire knowledge on basic calculation and developed learning skill on Excel. Moreover, students recognized the skills they are learning will be useful in other courses and future careers. International Association of Online Engineering 2021-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95351/1/AziatulNiza2021_QualitativeDevelopmentofStudentsDigital.pdf Sadikin, Aziatul Niza and Mustaffa, Azizul Azri and Hasbullah, Hasrinah and Zakaria, Zaki Yamani and Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Kamaruddin and Che Man, Siti Hajjar and Hassim, Mimi Haryani and Ab. Aziz, Muhammad Arif and Mohd. Yusof, Khairiyah (2021) Qualitative development of students' digital skills by integrating a spreadsheet software in first year introduction to engineering and seminar course. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, 16 (18). pp. 213-227. ISSN 1868-8799 http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i18.24325 DOI:10.3991/ijet.v16i18.24325
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topic TP Chemical technology
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Sadikin, Aziatul Niza
Mustaffa, Azizul Azri
Hasbullah, Hasrinah
Zakaria, Zaki Yamani
Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Kamaruddin
Che Man, Siti Hajjar
Hassim, Mimi Haryani
Ab. Aziz, Muhammad Arif
Mohd. Yusof, Khairiyah
Qualitative development of students' digital skills by integrating a spreadsheet software in first year introduction to engineering and seminar course
description The Introduction to Engineering (ITE) and Industrial Seminar and Profession (ISP) courses conducted at School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, are integrated courses which implement the Cooperative Problem-based Learning (CPBL) methods in the same semester. Based on these integrated courses, the main aim of this paper is to investigate the qualitative impact of spreadsheet hands-on seminar on the first year students' digital skill. At the beginning of the semester, students are given sustainability-based project to work on, which requires them to collect and to report the data in a series of presentations and written reports. In order to present those data, they need to use analysis tools such as a spreadsheet software. The students are introduced with some in-depth applications of the Microsoft Excel software through the seminar sessions in the ISP course. With the knowledge that the students gain, they are expected to implement it in the CPBL project. A qualitative approach has been adopted to implement the study. Student's reflections were used as the data source to identify common attributes that they have managed to gain from seminar sessions. This study has found that all students had primarily learned about digital skills. They perceived hand-on activity during the seminar as a good platform to acquire knowledge on basic calculation and developed learning skill on Excel. Moreover, students recognized the skills they are learning will be useful in other courses and future careers.
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author Sadikin, Aziatul Niza
Mustaffa, Azizul Azri
Hasbullah, Hasrinah
Zakaria, Zaki Yamani
Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Kamaruddin
Che Man, Siti Hajjar
Hassim, Mimi Haryani
Ab. Aziz, Muhammad Arif
Mohd. Yusof, Khairiyah
author_facet Sadikin, Aziatul Niza
Mustaffa, Azizul Azri
Hasbullah, Hasrinah
Zakaria, Zaki Yamani
Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Kamaruddin
Che Man, Siti Hajjar
Hassim, Mimi Haryani
Ab. Aziz, Muhammad Arif
Mohd. Yusof, Khairiyah
author_sort Sadikin, Aziatul Niza
title Qualitative development of students' digital skills by integrating a spreadsheet software in first year introduction to engineering and seminar course
title_short Qualitative development of students' digital skills by integrating a spreadsheet software in first year introduction to engineering and seminar course
title_full Qualitative development of students' digital skills by integrating a spreadsheet software in first year introduction to engineering and seminar course
title_fullStr Qualitative development of students' digital skills by integrating a spreadsheet software in first year introduction to engineering and seminar course
title_full_unstemmed Qualitative development of students' digital skills by integrating a spreadsheet software in first year introduction to engineering and seminar course
title_sort qualitative development of students' digital skills by integrating a spreadsheet software in first year introduction to engineering and seminar course
publisher International Association of Online Engineering
publishDate 2021
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95351/1/AziatulNiza2021_QualitativeDevelopmentofStudentsDigital.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i18.24325
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