SUBANG JAYA, July 22 (Bernama) -- Taylor’s has recently won 16 Gold medals for its e-Learning innovations at the 2022 edition International University Carnival on e-Learning (IUCEL2022) organised by the Ministry of Higher Education. The varsity placed the second highest at the virtual event after this year’s hosting institution, Universiti Putra Malaysia, which won 20 Gold medals.
 
Additionally, Taylor’s took home 25 Silver and 7 Bronze medals awarded to academics from both Taylor’s University and Taylor’s College.
 
Senior Lecturer and Programme Director for Master of Laws programmes at Taylor’s Law School (TLS), Puteri Sofia Amirnuddin, won a Gold medal for her ‘Personalising Virtual Learning for Law Students Through Interactive Video Branching in a Post Pandemic World’ product.
 
According to Puteri Sofia, the integration of interactive video branching goes beyond uploading recorded lectures. It features interactive and personalised elements to ensure that students attain the microlearning outcomes for each subtopic. After watching an assigned video and attaining the relevant learning outcomes for the subtopic, the subsequent one will be unlocked, failing which the previous video will automatically replay.
 
“At TLS, we embrace the concept of ‘active learning’ to inculcate higher-order thinking skills amongst our law students. This method prevents memory decay as the duration of each 'branch' video is between 5-10 minutes, providing students with the opportunities to absorb and reflect on the information shared to learn another aspect of the law,” she explained.
 
Another Gold medal was awarded to Director of The Me.Reka Makerspace (TMM), Mike Choong. Previously participating in IUCEL2021, he collaborated with fellow Taylor’s academics Puteri Sofia Amirnuddin and Razif Mohamed to present their ‘Gamifying virtual delivery of law modules using Lawleypop app’ product.
 
This year, Choong won a Gold medal for ‘Design Thinking Multidisciplinary Collaboration in a Virtual Reality Learning Environment’. Using a Virtual Reality Learning Environment (VLRE) platform, Creative Media students from The Design School at Taylor’s collaborated with students from West Bohemia University, Czech Republic.
 
Forming seven multidisciplinary groups from graphic design, interactive design, animation, visual effects and concept art design, app, web, and game development, human computer interaction and product design disciplines, the student groups designed mobile apps, a website, branding, and urban farming products.
 
“My objective was to provide a synchronous, collaborative teaching and learning engagement with asynchronous online documentation that manages and evaluates evidence of our student’s learning outcomes. Perceiving a growth mindset, 85% of students scored As, compared to 69.3% from the previous cohort without the Design Thinking and VRLE support. They commented that the multidisciplinary Design Thinking collaboration was beneficial, and it can be used to solve problems that could not have been solved alone,” he said.

At Taylor's, e-Learning is primarily supported by its e-Learning Academy (eLA) which assists and empowers academics and students alike in integrating technology into teaching and learning. The institution’s innovation has been recognised in various national and international awards, including QS-Wharton Reimagine Education Awards, Anugerah Khas YB Menteri Pendidikan Malaysia (AKRI), and Anugerah Akademik Negara (AAN).

Source: Taylor’s University Sdn Bhd

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