Share Paper: EDUWEBTV - Digital Education for All

  1. Soon Fook Fong, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
  2. M. Idrus Rozhan, Universityi Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
  3. Saw Lan Ong, Universityi Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
  4. Muniandy Balakrishnan, Universityi Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
  5. Lai Mei Leong, Universityi Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
  6. Lee Yen Abdullah Melissa Ng, Universityi Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
  7. Zuden Azidah, Universityi Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
  8. Samsudin Mohd Ali, Universityi Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Monday, May 17 3:30-3:50 PM Butterworth 2

Abstract: Bridging the digital-divide between urban and rural areas in Malaysia is crucial to ensure education reaches every segment of society, irrespective of where they are. To expedite this effort, the Ministry of Education introduced EDUWEBTV (www.eduwebtv.com), a video based interactive educational web portal. As of July 2009, approximately 380,000 primary and secondary school teachers throughout Malaysia have been trained in the use of EDUWEBTV. This paper reports on a selection of issues and results from a larger nation-wide impact study of EDUWEBTV on students, teachers and administrators that need to be addressed for this programme to reach its full potential ...