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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the educational scenario. To counter this disaster, many countries, including Malaysia, have enforced a series of cordon sanitaire since 2020. Consequently, universities have temporarily closed, and a... more
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the educational scenario. To counter this disaster, many countries, including Malaysia, have enforced a series of cordon sanitaire since 2020. Consequently, universities have temporarily closed, and a majority of universities' staff had to work from home, including researchers. Further, due to cordon sanitaire, conventional face-to-face interviews were prohibited. Nevertheless, online interviews with web conferencing as a tool for interviews is a promising solution for the pandemic situation. Therefore, this article intends to review web conferencing platforms as a tool of online data collection for qualitative research. Researchers need to understand the potentials and the threats of web conferencing before choosing and switching to conduct interviews virtually. The inclusion criteria are (1) researchers worldwide have used it as an online interview platform, (2) Malaysians have used it widely in their daily lives. The results, Cisco Webex, Skype, and Zoom, were selected, and reviewed. The review comprised audio-video services, audio-video recordings, number of participants in one session, real-time transcription, and translation services of the selected platforms. In addition, this article also discusses the security, privacy, and ethical issues arising from web conferencing usage. In conclusion, web conferencing platforms have provided an opportunity for researchers to continue collecting data while maintaining social distancing to prevent the spread of the disease.
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A woman’s eligibility to be appointed as a judge in Shariah courts in Muslim societies has been a debated issue for decades. Although some Muslim majority countries, including Arab countries, have allowed women judges (Qudath) in Shariah... more
A woman’s eligibility to be appointed as a judge in Shariah courts in Muslim societies has been a debated issue for decades. Although some Muslim majority countries, including Arab countries, have allowed women judges (Qudath) in Shariah courts, the Muslim Religious Leadership in Sri Lanka, namely All Ceylon Jamiyathul Ulama (ACJU) is opposed to such appointment to administrate Muslim matrimonial law on the basis of classical Muslim scholars’ discussion on the qualification of a judge (Qadi in Arabic), particularly referring to their debate on gender; however, women activists in Sri Lanka argue for women Quazi on the basis of women’s privacy and fair hearing. This article, therefore, explores the Islamic standpoint regarding women Quazi in Sri Lanka. Hence, this research studies the classical scholars’ discussions on the qualification of a judge (Qadi) critically and uses textual and document analysis to bring out the dynamic interpretations of the verses of the Quran and Hadiths th...
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Over the last two decades, the rapid growth of ICT has become one of the most important topics discussed by the scholars in education. This is due to the capability of ICT in providing a dynamic and proactive teaching and learning... more
Over the last two decades, the rapid growth of ICT has become one of the most important topics discussed by the scholars in education. This is due to the capability of ICT in providing a dynamic and proactive teaching and learning environment. In line with the current digital era, teachers are required to integrate ICT in their daily teaching and replace their traditional methods with modern tools and facilities. The main focus of this paper is on effectiveness of ICT integration in education. More specifically, this paper aims at identifying the level of computer skills and knowledge of primary school teachers in the teaching and learning process. Moreover, the objective of this paper is to identify the level of ICT integration in teaching and learning process in classroom by primary school teachers. A total of 61 teachers from 10 public primary schools in Klang Valley, Malaysia have been selected randomly to complete this quantitative study’s survey questionnaire. The findings ill...
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The current study aims to analyse the direct and significant effect of academic leadership skills on students’ skill-based learning outcomes in selected higher education institution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). It also aims to... more
The current study aims to analyse the direct and significant effect of academic leadership skills on students’ skill-based learning outcomes in selected higher education institution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). It also aims to analyse the mediating effect of organisational culture on academic leadership skills and students’ skill-based learning outcomes. The study was conducted with a quantitative research methodology by distributing questionnaires contained 97 items to faculty members in Jazan University, Saudi higher education institution. A total of 350 responses were further analysed using the SPSS (V23) and PLSSEM. Results indicated that academic leadership skills have no direct and significant effect on students’ skill-based learning outcomes in selected higher education institution in the KSA. Results also indicated that organisational culture has a significant mediation effect on academic leadership skills and student’s skill-based learning outcomes in selected high...
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Succession planning is a process of potential talent identification, classification, and growth of talents, andensuresacontinuously abundantsupply of potential candidates with leadership qualities in universities.... more
Succession planning is a process of potential talent identification, classification, and growth of talents, andensuresacontinuously abundantsupply of potential candidates with leadership qualities in universities. Nevertheless, succession planning is not a common practice in universities around the world, likewise in Malaysia. The statistics have shown that universities worldwide are facing the issues of mass retirement ofkey leaders who came from the baby boomer generation. These universities will lose the institution memory when they leave their offices, hence, universities may face leadership crisis. Therefore, this paper intends to review the succession planning practices in Malaysia’s public universities and also discussesthe challenges faced by them when they try to implement succession planning. A systematic literature review was conducted pertainingto the succession planning practices and issue in Malaysia’s public universities.The inclusion criteria are: (i) publications between 2010 and 2019, (ii) Malaysia’spublic universities succession planning only, and (iii)publications writtenin English. Four themes have emerged for these practices. They are potential leader identification, leadership development, promotion, and centre-in-charge. At the same time, the issues faced are financial limitation in a university, brain drain syndrome, university recruitment requirements that do not require leadership, two houses of legislature in a university, short tenure of managerial leadership positions, and misconceptions among staff of leaders who were chosen by default. It is hoped that this review can help the relevant stakeholders in Malaysia’s public universities to plan for a better structured and systematic succession planning
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Big data has the variety of characteristics, such as real-time performance, timeliness short, and data mining analysis of large value generated. Application of big data in education can be reviewed in various aspects such as 1) providing... more
Big data has the variety of characteristics, such as real-time performance, timeliness short, and data mining analysis of large value generated. Application of big data in education can be reviewed in various aspects such as 1) providing students with appropriate teaching, 2) providing teaching support to teachers, and 3) providing information management for the administrations. This chapter can serve as a guide for the management of higher education institutions to recognize possible challenges in big data analytics and better prepare for them in future decision making.
In the 21st century, technology utilization is required in most of the workplaces because it helps to accelerate the pace of globalization and increase the organization's competitiveness. Utilizing ICT in education can be considered... more
In the 21st century, technology utilization is required in most of the workplaces because it helps to accelerate the pace of globalization and increase the organization's competitiveness. Utilizing ICT in education can be considered as an effective enabler to create access, store, transmit, and manipulate different information in audio and visual form, due to its capabilities in providing proactive teaching and learning environment. ICT utilization in education can be used for various purposes such as active teaching and learning, students' engagement, and administrative tasks. Administrative support plays a significant role in the effective and efficient utilization of technology in educational institutions. This piece of work presents a comprehensive review of the relevant literature regarding ICT utilization and Administrative supports in education settings. In addition, this chapter elaborates on the relevant theories to technology use and administrative supports and the...
This study aims to explore strategic management perspectives in universities to deal with inherent issues and challenges regarding technological change and innovation. This qualitative study utilized an inductive approach using open-ended... more
This study aims to explore strategic management perspectives in universities to deal with inherent issues and challenges regarding technological change and innovation. This qualitative study utilized an inductive approach using open-ended interviews with deans, deputy deans, and heads of department from a single case university in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Moreover, observation protocol and review of relevant documents from the case university were collated to triangulate findings. From the in-depth thematic analysis, it was found that effective strategic management was a critical task for the authorities to identify inherent issues and challenges during the process of technological change covering the following aspects: cultural, technical competency, educational proficiency, instructional, and financial. Thus, analyzing obstacles enables the authorities to determine possible solutions to address issues and challenges affecting the process of change.
Education 4.0 is the answer to the global needs for the advanced integration of humans and technology. Leading school’s technology utilization can be the way forward to support education 4.0 realization. This study aims to investigate the... more
Education 4.0 is the answer to the global needs for the advanced integration of humans and technology. Leading school’s technology utilization can be the way forward to support education 4.0 realization. This study aims to investigate the effects and roles of principals’ technology leadership towards teachers’ ICT utilization and students’ academic performance in secondary schools in Selangor, Malaysia. This empirical study uses a set of questionnaires to gather information from respondents who are in the teaching profession. A total of 310 questionnaires were completed and analyzed. The findings have shown significant positive impacts between the effects of the technology leadership roles of principals on teachers’ effective ICT utilization and students’ academic performance. The integration of ICT and technological tools in schools has a great challenge towards the new era of the Education 4.0 system. This suggests that principals who embrace technology will effectively lead their...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to determine if transformational leadership behaviours of lecturers is effective in enhancing students' creativity in research universities in Malaysia. Findings of this study indicated that... more
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to determine if transformational leadership behaviours of lecturers is effective in enhancing students' creativity in research universities in Malaysia. Findings of this study indicated that there is a positive and significant relationship between students' creativity and each of the components of transformational leadership style of lecturers. Also, findings indicated that components of transformational leadership style played a role in explaining students' creativity. All five variables are important equally but have different effects on creativity. It is suggested that lecturers should learn and understand the significance of transformational leadership behaviours in enhancing students' creative thinking.
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PurposeThe main purpose is to analyse the effect of academic leadership competencies (LCs) on student learning outcomes (SLOs) in terms of cognitive, skill and affective aspects.Design/methodology/approachThe study utilised quantitative... more
PurposeThe main purpose is to analyse the effect of academic leadership competencies (LCs) on student learning outcomes (SLOs) in terms of cognitive, skill and affective aspects.Design/methodology/approachThe study utilised quantitative research that focussed on correlation design by randomly distributing questionnaires containing 53 items to a total of 496 faculty members in Saudi Arabia public higher education institutions (HEIs). The data was analysed using SPSS (V.24) and SEM-AMOS.FindingsResults show a direct and significant effect of academic LC on students' cognitive, skill and affective learning outcomes in public HEIs.Research limitations/implicationsThe main limitation was that the participants of public HEIs were from Saudi Arabia. However, the findings have provided valuable understandings and a comprehensive conclusion about the impact of academic LC on SLOs in terms of cognitive, skill and affective aspects. The study recommended that different LC should be further...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of change leadership on staff organizational citizenship behavior in a university setting. Moreover, the study aims to explore forces that influencing on staff organizational... more
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of change leadership on staff organizational citizenship behavior in a university setting. Moreover, the study aims to explore forces that influencing on staff organizational citizenship behavior in higher education institutions. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a qualitative research design. An interview protocol along with field notes were used as major approaches for collecting in-depth data. Coding and categorizing approach were used to analyze interview transcriptions to help for emerging the study’s themes. Findings The findings reveal that change leadership builds confidence of staff, motivate them and helps to ensure trust. Moreover, results show that staff organizational citizenship behavior is influenced by personal, organizational, social-cultural and economic forces. To increase the organizational citizenship behavior of staff in higher education institutions, there is a need for leaders to use approp...
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the use of the Online Project-based module (m-PAT) to cultivate positive values among students. Evaluation was made to the positive values used in this study based on the six constructs of... more
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the use of the Online Project-based module (m-PAT) to cultivate positive values among students. Evaluation was made to the positive values used in this study based on the six constructs of Contextual Development Model for Positive Youth Development namely competence, confidence, connection, caring, character and contribution (6C’s). The learning approach used by m-PAT is project-based learning which is applied as a School Based Assessment activity for Physics subject. A mixed method case study design was employed, where the findings of quantitative data were confirmed using the findings of qualitative data. A total of 42 Form 4 students were chosen based on purposive sampling from a secondary school in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The data were collected through questionnaire, student reflection, students’ online learning activity and discussion, interviews with the students, as well as teacher’s checklist after each participant generated a physic...
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Vision plays an important role in leadership and strategic planning for all organizations including education. In this regards planning vision is the management's key task and responsibility. In managing the change process, working on... more
Vision plays an important role in leadership and strategic planning for all organizations including education. In this regards planning vision is the management's key task and responsibility. In managing the change process, working on vision not only means examining and re-examining the strategic planning for the organization but also making explicit to management the purpose for the change. Consequently, the importance of the vision and planning would be more critical when an organization is going through the new technology-based changes. This paper focuses on "vision "as one of the main component of change management. Therefore, in order to see the different aspect of visionary planning in situation of educational change, four main strategies of management including planning, organizing, guiding, and monitoring have been examined. From the data analysis it was found that in the context of technology-based change or systemic change that affects all the levels and aspe...
Vision has been described as a major element in leadership and strategic planning for all organizations including education. Moreover, planning vision has been assumed as the leader’s key task and responsibility. In managing the change... more
Vision has been described as a major element in leadership and strategic planning for all organizations including education. Moreover, planning vision has been assumed as the leader’s key task and responsibility. In managing the change process, working on vision not only means examining and re-examining the strategic planning for the organization but also making explicit to management the purpose for the change. Therefore, the importance of the vision and planning would be more essential when an organization is undergoing systemic changes. This paper is the result of a PhD research study. The purpose of this paper is to examine vision as one of the main components of systemic change management strategies for implementing e-learning innovation in an Open-Distance Learning (ODL) organization with management functions including planning, organizing, guiding, and monitoring. From the data analysis it was found that in the context of technology-based change or systemic change that affect...
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The purpose of this study was to determine the factors which could foster and enhance students' creativity in three research universities in Malaysia. The data collected from 520 postgraduate students. Correlation analysis was... more
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors which could foster and enhance students' creativity in three research universities in Malaysia. The data collected from 520 postgraduate students. Correlation analysis was employed to analyze data. Findings of this study indicated that three factors such as intrinsic motivation, psychological empowerment, and support for innovation contribute significantly to the development of students' creativity. It is suggested that universities should create a supportive ...
Creativity is an important element in the development of educational organizations. Although many variables influence students' creativity in universities, there is reason to suspect that leadership behaviours' of lecturers... more
Creativity is an important element in the development of educational organizations. Although many variables influence students' creativity in universities, there is reason to suspect that leadership behaviours' of lecturers represent a particularly powerful influence. In this study, we examined leadership behaviours contributing to enhancing students' creativity. Findings of this study indicated that leadership behaviours of lectures such as idealized influence, intellectual stimulation, inspirational motivation, technical ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the educational scenario. To counter this disaster, many countries, including Malaysia, have enforced a series of cordon sanitaire since 2020. Consequently, universities have temporarily closed, and a... more
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the educational scenario. To counter this disaster, many countries, including Malaysia, have enforced a series of cordon sanitaire since 2020. Consequently, universities have temporarily closed, and a majority of universities' staff had to work from home, including researchers. Further, due to cordon sanitaire, conventional face-to-face interviews were prohibited. Nevertheless, online interviews with web conferencing as a tool for interviews is a promising solution for the pandemic situation. Therefore, this article intends to review web conferencing platforms as a tool of online data collection for qualitative research. Researchers need to understand the potentials and the threats of web conferencing before choosing and switching to conduct interviews virtually. The inclusion criteria are (1) researchers worldwide have used it as an online interview platform, (2) Malaysians have used it widely in their daily lives. The results, Cisco Webex, Skype, and Zoom, were selected, and reviewed. The review comprised audio-video services, audio-video recordings, number of participants in one session, real-time transcription, and translation services of the selected platforms. In addition, this article also discusses the security, privacy, and ethical issues arising from web conferencing usage. In conclusion, web conferencing platforms have provided an opportunity for researchers to continue collecting data while maintaining social distancing to prevent the spread of the disease.
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A woman's eligibility to be appointed as a judge in Shariah courts in Muslim societies has been a debated issue for decades. Although some Muslim majority countries, including Arab countries, have allowed women judges (Qudath) in Shariah... more
A woman's eligibility to be appointed as a judge in Shariah courts in Muslim societies has been a debated issue for decades. Although some Muslim majority countries, including Arab countries, have allowed women judges (Qudath) in Shariah courts, the Muslim Religious Leadership in Sri Lanka, namely All Ceylon Jamiyathul Ulama (ACJU) is opposed to such appointment to administrate Muslim matrimonial law on the basis of classical Muslim scholars' discussion on the qualification of a judge (Qadi in Arabic), particularly referring to their debate on gender; however, women activists in Sri Lanka argue for women Quazi on the basis of women's privacy and fair hearing. This article, therefore, explores the Islamic standpoint regarding women Quazi in Sri Lanka. Hence, this research studies the classical scholars' discussions on the qualification of a judge (Qadi) critically and uses textual and document analysis to bring out the dynamic interpretations of the verses of the Quran and Hadiths that they used for their arguments. The contextual analysis was carried out to understand the various applications of these verses of the Quran and Hadiths in history, particularly in connection with the present situation for women in Sri Lanka. This research found no explicit verses of the Quran and Hadiths to allow or deny women Quazi. The positive and negative approach to women judges (Qudath) has been founded throughout history on the basis of Islamic scholars' understanding of a few verses of the Quran and Hadith that are related to women leadership. This study recommends women Quazi for Sri Lankan Quazi courts by highlighting differences of context and insignificance of classical Muslim scholars' debate on gender as a qualification of a judge (Qadi).
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This paper will discuss the use of an Online Project-based Module (m-PAT) to promote meaningful learning among students using the project-based learning approach. m-PAT was applied in a project-based learning for a topic in Physics. A... more
This paper will discuss the use of an Online Project-based Module (m-PAT) to promote meaningful learning among students using the project-based learning approach. m-PAT was applied in a project-based learning for a topic in Physics. A mixed method case study design was employed, where the findings of quantitative data were confirmed using the findings of qualitative data. A total of 42 form four students from a secondary school in Klang Valley, Malaysia were chosen based on purposive sampling. The data were collected through questionnaire, student reflection, online discussion, and open-ended questions after each participant generated a physics-learning blog by using the m-PAT as a platform. Quantitative data were analyzed descriptively in form of mean scores and standard deviations to observe the distribution of students' feedback towards the attributes for meaningful learning during the m-PAT implementation. Thematic analysis was used for the qualitative data to produce a tabulated matrix related to the attributes of meaningful learning. The findings prove that m-PAT has a high potential as an online platform to promote a meaningful learning for students. Further research with a larger number of participants is needed to support the present findings.