CENTRE FOR MULTIMEDIA EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (CMED)

CENTRE FOR MULTIMEDIA EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT

To design and develop innovative

applications for the university To develop and package R&D ideas

and concepts To conduct training in software

engineering To develop software products for

clients

Current Projects Multimedia Learning System (MMLS) Smart Card Document Management System (DMS) Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Digital Content Development E-Procurement System SMS

MMU E-scroll First university in the world to introduce the e-

scroll All graduates receive an e-scroll during the

university’s convocation ceremony The e-scroll is digitally signed and stored in a

CD-ROM

E-Learning Project:Multimedia Learning System

http://mmls.mmu.edu.my

Higher Education: Challenges for Malaysia

Growing number of students Increasing cost of education Demand for quality education Shortage of academic (ICT) staff Limited facilities/tools

Education Market in Malaysia

A big growth is expected in the education marketA big growth is expected in the education market

In Malaysia, with one universityin 1957 to over 38 public and private universities today

Malaysia targets to have 40% of those finishing Malaysia targets to have 40% of those finishing secondary school to enter tertiary educationsecondary school to enter tertiary educationby 2020 (currently the figure stands at about 18%)by 2020 (currently the figure stands at about 18%)

Increasing Cost of Education

Difficult for governments to fully fund all the universities

Universities are expensive tobuild and maintain

More universities are neededto cater for growing student population

Privatisation of education

Cost effective solutions(e.g. e-learning)

More virtual universitiesare being created

Global E-Learning Market

2002 2006 2011

US$10.3 b US$83.1 b US212 b

Source: http://www.brandon-hall.com, Nov. 2003

Corporate E-Learning

2001 2004

Percent of

e-learning10.5% 25%

Source: American Soceity for Training and Development (http://www.astd.org), Nov. 2003

E-learning Initiatives atMultimedia University

GLOBALISATIONGLOBALISATION

LEARNINGLEARNINGORGANISATIONORGANISATION

KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGEECONOMYECONOMY

IMPACT OF ICTIMPACT OF ICT

KNOWLEDGER KNOWLEDGER WORKERWORKER

COMPETITIONCOMPETITION

Networked Multimedia Education Networked Multimedia Education System (NMES)System (NMES)

Multimedia Learning System Multimedia Learning System (MMLS)(MMLS)

Knowledge Management (KM) Knowledge Management (KM) CentreCentre

Internet-based Degree Program Internet-based Degree Program (IBDP)(IBDP)

LEARNING LEARNING SOCIETYSOCIETY

LEARNING LEARNING COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES

LEARNINGLEARNINGFAMILIESFAMILIES

LEARNINGLEARNINGINDIVIDUALINDIVIDUAL

InteractiveInteractive

IntelligentIntelligent

MultimediaMultimedia

Virtual TeacherVirtual Teacher(Learner Centred)(Learner Centred)

Video/AnimationVideo/Animation

Audio/TextAudio/Text

GraphicsGraphicsComputerComputer

Multimedia Learning System (MMLS)Multimedia Learning System (MMLS)

Web-basedWeb-based

¤ Concept: Virtual Teacher within a virtual classroom environment

¤ Intelligent Learning Management System (iLMS)

¤ Home grown system

Learner

LearningObject

LearningObject

WebServer

LearningObject

MMLS

SCO’s

DeliveryAgent

IntelligentAgent

Module Module Module

Learner’s RecordLearner’s Record

MMLS: 3-tier ArchitectureMMLS: 3-tier Architecture

MMLS uses the following:

Operating system : Supports Linux, Sun Solaris, Unix and Windows

Web server : ApacheDatabase : MySQL

Supports other databases/ODBCServer side script : PHPClient side script : JavaScript

MMLS Technology

* Platform independent * Database independent * Fully web enabled* Intelligent student monitoring* Course management by instructor* Auto-administration (e.g. registration, grouping, etc)* Bulletin board* Newsgroups, by course, for asynchronous interactions* On-line quiz templates and auto-grading & distribution of grades* Customisable

Key Features of MMLS

MMU– Face-to-face or classroom-based training– 15,000 students used the MMLS– All lecture notes, ref., tutorials, etc for all subjects are available

online– Multimedia content (more than 100 subjects)– 200,000 hits per month

• http://mmlscyber.mmu.edu.my• http://mmlsmelaka.mmu.edu.my

– Others: IBDP, MBA, DE, and FOSEE.

Other Collaborators:Malaysia: APN, CIAST, and 17 SchoolsFrance: La Rochelle UniversityJapan: Waseda Uni., Kyoto Uni. & NTT (SCORM)S. Africa: NEMISAIndia: Matrushri Academy

Users/Collaborators

Three International Awards

DatabaseDatabaseApplicationsApplications

Internet

e.g Controlling devices

Student resultsPolling

SMS Server

Web SMS

SMS Applications

MMU-E-Procurement SystemMMU-E-Procurement System

Cost Centre

• Check budget• Prepare Request for Quotation (RFQs)• Check request status• Verify request, Cancel request• Quotation evaluation• Approval of Purchase Order (PO)

Finance (Admin)

• Activate new vendors • Check and verify new requests• Forward the RFQs to Vendors• View Audit Trail

Vendors

• Apply for Registration (For new Vendors)• View RFQs, • Prepare and submit quotations • View quotations’ status

Database

A web-based procurement systemThree main modules:• Cost Centres• Vendors• Finance (Admin)

Benefits Reduced operational costs

Transparency in procurement system

Best price

Efficient

Usage

As of July 20, 2004

Cost Centres 52

RFQ submitted 1,424

Vendors participated 400

Quotations Received 9,245

Purchased Orders Issued 869