e-Learning for College Physics: Bridging Knowledge Gap in Science.

E-learning technology has evolved to become a robust tool for complementing traditional face-to-face knowledge delivery in Teaching and Learning (T&L). Confident in the capability of this technological advancement, the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education has mandated that by year 2015 all univers...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Humanities & Arts Computing: A Journal of Digital Humanities Vol. 8; pp. 167 - 179
Autores principales: Koh, Hock Lye, Teh, Su Yean
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Publicado: Edinburgh University Press Mar2014 Supplement
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Sumario:E-learning technology has evolved to become a robust tool for complementing traditional face-to-face knowledge delivery in Teaching and Learning (T&L). Confident in the capability of this technological advancement, the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education has mandated that by year 2015 all universities must have the capacity to deliver 30% of T&L via e-learning. Significant resources are allocated to empower research and implementation towards the attainment of this aspiration. The choice of general physics at the pre-U level as the domain of e-learning appears promising. This paper presents the implementation of a suite of e-learning modules within the framework of blended learning for pre-U general physics. General physics at the pre-U level provides an important knowledge interface and linkage between high-school and university science curriculum. Success at this entrance level would pave the way to better knowledge attainment and dissemination at higher levels in subsequent years.