Score A Programme™ - i-Teacher Sample

Score A Programme™ - i-Teacher

About Score A Programme™ - i-Teacher

A research product of the researchers of the School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia (with Associate Prof. Dr. Zuraidah Abd. Rahman
& Associate Prof. Omar Majid). Started in 2006.

Founded by a number of research grants from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), the Ministry of Higher Education and Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Our Panel

Prof. Hanafi Atan
B.Sc. Hons. (Warwick), M.Sc. (Sussex), Ph.D. (Sussex)

Professor of e-Learning
School of Distance Education
University Sains Malaysia

Award

International Technology
Exhibition (ITEX 2008) Award

i-Teacher Unique Features

A. Comprehensive contents.

B. In-house developed in accordance to sound instructional design principles includes pictures and graphics.

C. Translation from English to Bahasa Malaysia on selected terminologies.

D. Links to external resources (other websites and animations) from the contents.

E. A large number of solved problems.

F. The intelligent avatar is a pedagogical agent (tutor, coach or teacher) consisting of a virtual reality avatar. It is highly interactive and provides feedback on questions posed to the i-Teacher via a computer-stimulated voice and printed texts. It has a high degree of realism. It provides highly intelligent responses to all questions (social questions or course contents related) forwarded to the avatar.

G. Animation (developed in-house).

H. On demand power point tutorials.

I. Interactive assessment.

J. Other learning tools (interactive diagrams, brain teasers, flip books, educational games, etc)

Score A Programme™ - i-Teacher Unique Features

i-Teacher Unique Features


Animation:

A large array of specially developed animations is embedded for the effective representation of the concepts of the subject contents. Links are also provided within the contents to enable the students to gain access to additional animations and resources made available in the internet.


Self Assessment:

Self-assessment with automatic feedback is provided. This consists of large numbers of sample questions and solutions that are geared towards preparing the students for the SPM examination. All questions are accompanied by appropriate feedback on how to arrive at the correct solutions. The feedback will highlight the mistakes and errors commonly made by students and provide them with guides on how to arrive at the correct solutions.


Intelligent Avatar

The i-Teacher, an intelligent avatar with a high degree of human appearance, provides intelligent speech feedback on all text questions posed by the students. This feedback is designed based on common questions asked by students in the actual classroom setting. Thus, the i-Teacher allows students to experience an authentic learning environment. The students can select various characters according to their preferences.


On Demand Power Point Presentation

On-demand power point presentations of all subject contents are provided. These presentations illustrate the subject contents and provide students with knowledge and skills to meet the learning objectives. They mimic actual classroom teaching by the teacher. Unlike the normal classroom teaching, however, these presentations can be repeated as many times as desired to enhance learning and understanding of the concepts learnt.