FRIDAY, 14 OCTOBER – The Student Representative Council (MPP) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Nomination Process went on smoothly today.

The nomination process was held at Anjung Siswa, Student Affairs Department (HEP) from 9.00 am to 11.00 am at the Kota Kinabalu main campus.

The nomination saw 16 candidates contesting for the General Seat at the PMPP UMS on 19 October.

Meanwhile, candidates for Postgraduate Studies and four faculties won unopposed in the Faculty Seats.

The faculties are Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Natural Resources and Faculty of Computng and Informatics.

The names of candidates contesting was officially announced by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs and Alumni, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ismail Ali.

He also advised candidates contesting to campaign in a mature manner.

Dr. Ismail also urged UMS students to cast their votes on voting day. – (fl)

FRIDAY, 14 OCTOBER – The gamification approach in implementing creativity and innovation in teaching would make teaching and learning (P&P) more interesting and interactive, thus improving the quality of teaching method.

Vic-Chancellor of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah said, the approach in P&P should be in line with the current technological trends, thus gamification in education would energise P&P activities between teachers and students.

“Gamification in education is play-based learning with creative and innovative approach in P&P among teachers, lecturers and academicians.

“The gamification approach using games is to stimulate and motivate practitioners to integrate teaching in the form of games and education,” he said in his speech at the opening of the Gamification for Higher Education Workshop, delivered by the Deputy Dean of Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Heritage (FKSW), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Susan Sim Chee Cheang at the Auditorium of Department of Information and Communications Technology, recently.

He hoped that the workshop organised by FKSW could be a platform to develop game-based portal or application that would give renewed enthusiasm on P&P for each course in UMS.

“We can develop and offer undergraduate courses, designing digital media and creating teaching facility online for ease in disseminating knowledge creatively and in an innovative manner,” he said.

The two-day workshop led by the Director of the Global Open Access Learning Centre, Immersive Technology and Quality Assurance, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Prof. Dr. Rozhan M. Idrus; and the Director of the Educational Research Laboratory, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tan Wee Hoe. – (fl)

FRIDAY, 14 OCTOBER – The Psychology and Social Health Research  Unit (UPPsiKS), Faculty of Psychology and Education, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) recently organised a course on  “Introduction and Application of Training Module”.

At the Seminar Room 5, FPP, the course among others provide exposure to an introduction to module design, reliability and validity of module,  and the processes on formation of module, with postgraduate students as the target group.

The participants were not only exposed to the concept and structure of module but were also guided on the construction of module based on the experience and research of the speakers.

Some participants took the opportunity to improve on their draft modules used in their study, during the course.

The one-day programme was attended by 40 participants comprising 35 postgraduate students, including research assistants and administrative staff of the university.

Source: Psychology and Social Health Research Unit

THURSDAY, 13 OCTOBER – Construction of the Azman Hashim UMS Gallery, another iconic landmark in Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) will commence early next year.

This was announced during a meeting between representative from Tan Sri Azman Hashim Foundation, Senior General Manager, AmCorp, Mohd Fadzil Abdul Hamid, to the Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Professor Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah, recently.

Mohd Fadzil also gave a briefing on the construction of the Azman Hashim UMS Gallery as officially announced during the ‘Syarahan Kinabalu’ with Tan Sri Azman Hashim, and a ground breaking ceremony held on 7 October last year.

Fully sponsored by the Azman Hashim Foundation, construction of the RM15 million art gallery project would take 18 months to complete.

Set to become an iconic landmark of the university, the gallery would be built facing Likas Bay and would have a panoramic view of Kota Kinabalu City.  The building would include a circular structure characterised by an open and closed exhibition hall with corridors.  There would also be seminar rooms and a conservatory area constructed on the upper floor.

Held at The HoteLab of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy (FPEP), the meeting was also attended by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Prof. Dr. Shahril Yusof; Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Heritage, Prof. Dr. Ismail Ibrahim, and Dean of FPEP, Associate Professor Dr. Raman Noordin. – FL

Source: Sarlona Gindug, FPEP