USING INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES FOR LIFELONG LEARNING:

CASE STUDY OF DSG WEBINARS

Ani Munirah Mohamad (UUM)

Mohd Zuli Jaafar (UiTM)

Nor Irvoni Mohd Ishar (UiTM)

Anita Adnan (DSG Rich Resources)

Nurhazman Abdul Aziz (UM),

Muhammad Zaki Ramli (IIUM)

Shahrul Fhaizal Shabu (IIUM)

Justin Johari Azman (UiTM)

International Conference on Business and Social Science (ICOBSS) 2017

UiTM Melaka | 21 February – 1 March 2017

INTRODUCTION Life

long

lear

nin

g - Pursuit of knowledge, skills and competencies, via formal, non-formal and informal methods

- Self-directed learning

E-lear

nin

g - Learning using electronic means @ technologies

- e.g. University LMS, Online databases, MOOC, Webinars M

obile

lear

nin

g - Learning using mobile devices, can be carried around

- e.g. mobile phone, iPad, tablets, netbooks

THE CASE: DOCTORATE SUPPORT GROUP (DSG) AND

DSG WEBINARS

DSG was founded in 2007

Online support for postgraduate

students

53,000 members Programs: Portal,

TV, Webinars, Library, etc.

DSG Webinars: Launched in late

2014

Nine webinar lessons

(as of today)

WEBINAR LESSONS TAUGHT ON DSG WEBINARS (2014-2016)

INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES FOR LIFELONG LEARNING

1. LANDING PAGE FOR WEBINAR REGISTRATION

Wordpress.org content management system

• Domain name + hosting + User-friendly

Webinar Ignition plugin (webinar management system)

• Create pages for registration, confirmation, webinar, and

replay

2. MANAGEMENT OF LIST OF REGISTRANTS

• Uses the autoresponder called “Emelmatik”

(Link: www.emelmatik.com)

• The purpose of an autoresponder is two-folds:

1. Issuance of automatic email right after the registrant

clicks on the „Submit‟ button

2. Listing of the email in the database of registrants to

facilitate reminder emails regarding the webinars

• The system allows for management of large

list of registrants + keeping in contact with

them regarding the webinars

EXAMPLE EMAILS SENT USING THE

EMELMATIK AUTORESPONDER

3. LIVE STREAMING OF THE WEBINAR

1. Reminder email was sent to the registrants

• Using the Emelmatik autoresponder

2. A session on Google Hangout on Air was started (now it

is rebranded as YouTube Live)

• Sharing of computer screen + webcam

• Recording is automatic and added as YouTube event

3. The streaming embed code was copied to the webinar

page

4. Registrants then participated in the webinar LIVE

• Using their laptop, desktop, smartphone, iPad, tabs,

other devices with Internet connection

4. DISCUSSION AND Q&A

• Option 1: To ask questions on the webinar page

• Option 2: To ask questions on the

Facebook event page in DSG

5. WEBINAR REPLAY @ RESOURCE PAGE

www.dsgportal.org/site/webinar

Uses the Wordpress

management system + embed

code from YouTube channel

CONCLUSION

DSG Webinars is fairly new (3yo)

Great add-on to the learning methods for

postgraduate students

Could become a tool for lifelong learning

This paper shares the different technologies for carrying out DSG

Webinars

Reference for similar initiatives + future

research on the area of lifelong learning

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