Programme - Curtin University

ENHANCING LEARNING:
TEACHING & LEARNING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2011
CURTIN UNIVERSITY SARAWAK & PARKCITY EVERLY HOTEL,MIRI, SARAWAK.
24 TH - 26 TH NOVEMBER 2011
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
THURSDAY (24 TH NOVEMBER 2011)
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Pre-Conference Welcoming & Registration
[ParkCity Everly Hotel: Ruai Lounge]
FRIDAY (25 TH NOVEMBER 2011)
8:00 – 8:30 am
8:30 – 9:30 am
Registration
[Curtin University Sarawak – Harry Perkins LT Foyer]
Official Opening
[Curtin University Sarawak :Harry Perkins LT]
YB Datuk (Dr) Lee Kim Shin, Asst. Minister Communications & Sports, Sarawak, Keynote
Speakers, Conference Convenor, Participants, etc.
9.30-10.00am
Tea Break- LT Foyer
10:00 – 11:00
am
11:15 am – 1:30
pm
13:30 – 15:00
pm
Keynote Speaker 1: Professor Margaret Mazzolini
[Curtin University Sarawak :Harry Perkins LT]
Lunch /Break
Workshop 1: Getting the Context Right to Enhance Learning and Teaching
Professor Lynne Hunt
[Curtin University Sarawak: LTBS 1]
15.00-15.15 pm Tea Break
15:20 – 16:45
pm
19:30 – 22:00
pm
Workshop 2: Learning Without Borders
Dr Peter Ling, Dr Beena Giridharan, and Professor Shelley Yeo
[Curtin University Sarawak: LTBS 1]
Conference Dinner
[Parkcity Everly Hotel: Usun Apau Hall]

SATURDAY (26 TH NOVEMBER 2011)
8:00 – 8:30 am
Registration
[ParkCity Everly: Outside Ballroom]
8:30 – 9:30 am
Keynote Speaker 2: Professor Lynne Hunt
[Parkcity Everly: Usun Apau Hall]
Parallel Session 1
VENUE: USUN APAU HALL VENUE: PENINJAU ROOM VENUE: LAMBIR ROOM VENUE: LUAK ROOM
SESSION CHAIR: BIBI SESSION CHAIR: SESSION CHAIR: ALICE SESSION CHAIR:
AMINAH
DR.PERUMAL KUMAR
URUD
Prof.VAILLE DAWSON
Name :
Farid Sufian Shuaib
Name:
Lew Tek Yew
Name:
Goi Chai Lee
Name :
Stanley Fernandez
Title :
A Case Study On
Improving Essay
Writing Task.
Title :
Relationship
Between The
Lecturer's
Approaches To
Teaching And
Students'
Approaches To
Learning.
Title :
Business Simulation
Games for Teaching
and Learning.
Title :
English for tertiary
and use survey in
assessment.
09:30 – 10:30
am
Name:
Indra Devi S & Teh
Zanariah Hj. Mohd
Raus
Name:
Hedayat Omidvar
Name:
Fidella Tiew & Chai
Lee Goi
Name:
Fidelia Hii Hie Lieng
Title :
A Course On English
For Professional
Communication For
Engineering
Undergraduates In A
Technical University
Malaysia: A Need
Survey.
Name:
Norazrina Ag Ahmad,
Nur Hidyati Zolhani &
Bernadette Peter
Lidadun
Title :
Prospect of Iran
Natural Gas Export
Projects.
Name:
Chua Han Bing & Tay
Chen Lim
Title :
Grading classroom
participation through
peer assessment:
perception and
experience of
marketing students.
Name:
Gomathi
Shamuganathan
Title :
Towards a model
enhancing learner
future preparedness
in employment via
teamwork in
Geosciences
Communications 101
Name:
Tang Fu Ee, Lau Hieng
Ho & Carrie Ho Lee Ing
Title :
The Role of Strategy
Training on The
Speaking Ability of ESL
Students.
Title :
Impact of laboratory
engagement on
learning
effectiveness among
Title :
The Impact of
Outdoor Learning
Experience on
Integrated
Title :
Civil and Construction
Engineering Students'
Learning Practices in
Curtin Sarawak.

Name:
Beena Giridharan &
Alison Robson
two cohorts of
undergraduate
students undertaking
the first year
chemistry units.
Name:
Muhammad Ekhlasur
Rahman , Tan Chong
Keng & Sujan
Debnath
Curriculum: A Case
Study of Business
School Students.
Name:
Adlin Masood,
Mahyudin Omar,
Mohd Shanudin &
Siohong Tih
Name:
Zaini Zainol & Sherliza
Puat Nelson
10:30 – 10:45
am
Title :
Identifying Gaps in
Academic Writing of
ESL Students.
Title :
A Review of Problem
Based Learning (PBL)
Approach in Tertiary
Engineering
Education.
Title :
Are Malaysian
Business Schools
Programs Innovative
in Meeting Industry's
Needs
Tea Break ( ParkCity Everly : Loong Jin Restaurant)
Parallel Session 2
Title :
Perceived Attitude
Towards Database
Software for Designing
an Accounting
Information System:
Analyzing the Self
Efficacy Factors
Among Accounting
Students.
VENUE: USUN APAU HALL VENUE: PENINJAU ROOM VENUE: LAMBIR ROOM VENUE: LUAK ROOM
SESSION CHAIR: DR. TAN
CHONG KENG
Name:
Wei Chooi Yi, Hoo Yee
Hui & See Jasmine
SESSION CHAIR: FIDELIA
HII
Name:
Nicola Dunham
SESSION CHAIR: DR.AGUS
SAPTORO
Name:
A. Rudyanto Soesilo
SESSION CHAIR:
DR.GOMATHI
SHAMUGANATHAN
Name:
Zanariah Jano &
Razilah Abdul Rahman
10:45 – 11:45
am
Title :
Relationship Between
Learning Styles and
Content Based
Academic
Achievement Among
Tertiary Level
Students’
Name:
Lorraine Ling
Title :
A date with academic
literacies: Using brief
conversation to
facilitate student
engagement with
academic literacies.
Name:
Herol Gaibin, Mei-
Peng Ng, Priscilly
Josephine G.F. Edison
& Shau Wen Wong
Title :
Constructivism in
Architectural
Education.
Name:
Terry Justin Dit, Peter
Jamba Ental &
Jameson Malang
Title :
Assessing mobile
language learning
readiness: A case of
Universiti Teknikal
Malaysia Melaka.
Name:
Norshima Binti Zainal
Shah
Title :
Graduate
Attributes/Teacher
Attributes
Name:
Irene Poh-Ai Cheong
Title :
Antecedents of
Students' Perceptions
of College Readiness.
Name:
Suriyati Harun,
Suguna K Dazz,
Nurashikin Saaludin &
Wan Suriyani Che
Wan Ahmad
Title :
Reflective Teaching
Experiences.
Name:
Sara Kashefian-
Naeeini &
Hoda Sadat Mousavi
Title :
Critical Thinking for
Character Building.
Name:
Micheal Berry

Title :
Developing Higher
Abilities in University
Students.
Name:
Lily Law, Hong Kian
Sam, Pung Wun
Chiew & Gunawathy
Sapurmaniam
Title :
Lecturers' Perception
on Student Evaluation
At University Kuala
Lumpur.
Name:
Muthukumaran
Kanasan & Anitha
Sundrum
Title :
Teaching In The Post-
Method Era.
Name:
Mania Nosratinia
Title :
Authentic Workplace
Pedagogies and Their
Application in Tertiary
Learning
Environments.
Name:
Vaille Dawson & Ian
Van Loosen
Title :
Lecturers' Beliefs
Concerning Teaching
in Higher Education.
Title :
Perceptions of
College Students on
Services cape: A
Preliminary Study.
Parallel Session 3
Title :
The Effect of
personality Type,
Learning Styles and
Strategies on Iranian
MA EFL Learners.
Title :
Use of online video to
improve engagement
and academic
achievement of
students in first year
mathematics units.
VENUE: USUN APAU HALL VENUE: PENINJAU ROOM VENUE: LAMBIR ROOM VENUE: LUAK ROOM
SESSION CHAIR: CRYSTAL
LAU CHUN YUN
Name:
Perumal Kumar, Agus
Saptoro and Ujjal
Kumar Gosh
SESSION CHAIR:
DR. SUSAN BOLT
Name:
Fung Lan Yong
SESSION CHAIR: DR.LEW
TEK YEW
Name:
Tsen Tzee Mui, Beena
Giridharan, Siti
Kasmah Mohd.
Kassim & Angelina
Loa Siew Teing
SESSION CHAIR: DR. TANG
FU EE
Name:
Shubashini &
Rajalingam
Sokkalingam
11:45 – 12:45
pm
Title :
On the
Complementary Role
of Simulations in
Chemical Engineering
Curriculum.
Name:
Abraham Debede
Woldeyohannes,
Dereje Engida
Woldemichael & Lim
Chye Ing
Title :
A study on the
attitudes toward
jigsaw reading Of
Innovation and
Change students at an
Australian-based
university.
Name :
Lew Tek-Yew, Chai
Lee Goi, Kiing Ing
Wong and Lee Che
Siong
Title :
Effective Teaching
Approaches in
Diploma of Business
Course.
Name:
Rick Glofcheski
Title :
The Teaching And
Learning Of
Trigonometry In
Tertiary Educations.
Name:
Rajalingam
Sokkalingam & Zeya
Oo
Title :
Fishbone Diagram
Approach for
Improving the Passing
rate For Basic
Engineering Subjects.
Title :
Teaching and
Learning for English
as a Second Language
tertiary students.
Title :
Asking the Right
Questions: The
Pedagogical
Advantages of Using
Media Reports as
Assessment Problems
- the Example of the
Law Curriculum
Title :
Finding The
Correlation between
Formative And
Summative
Assessments by
Spearman's
Correlation
Coefficient: A Case
Study.

Name:
Agus Saptoro, Freddie
Panau, Hari B.
Vuthaluru, Tushar
Kanti Sen , Gordon
Ingram & Chi Phan.
Name:
Wan Nurul Hawa Binti
Othman.
Name:
Firas Basim Ismail
Alnaimi.
Name:
Lenin Gopal,Mohd
Amaluddin Yusoff &
Veeramani
Shanmugam
Title :
Joint Assessments of
Project Based
Learning in Chemical
Engineering Units.
Name:
Lenin Gopal,
Veeramani
Shanmugam, Zeya Oo
& Prasanna Mohan
Viswanathan.
Title :
Learning The Law:
Challenges to
Business Students: A
Case in Curtin
Sarawak.
Name :
Shelley Yeo, Veronica
Goerke & Beena
Giridharan.
Title :
Artificial Intelligent
system for Higher
Education.
Name:
Carol Elliot & Jackson
Long
Title :
Using MATLAB and
TIMS to Improve
Learning Effectiveness
and Quality in an
Undergraduate
Course on Mobile
Radio
Communications.
Name:
Veeramani
Shanmugam, Lenin
Gopal & Zeya Oo
12:45 – 13:45
pm
14:00 – 15:00
pm
15:00 – 15:30
pm
15:30 – 16:00
pm
Title :
Wi-Fi Enable Robots
for Engineering
Education.
Title :
Learning without
Borders supporting
the development of
leaders in
transnational
education.
Title :
Work Integrated
Learning @
GIPPSTAFE.
Lunch ( ParkCity Everly: Melinau )
Keynote Speaker 3: Professor Zainal Ariffin Ahmad
[ParkCity Everly: Usun Apau Hall]
Tea Break (ParkCity Everly: Loong Jin)
Parallel Session 4
Title :
Enhance Student's
Learning With An Aid
Of Simulation
Software To
Understand
Computer Networking
Undergraduate
Courses.
VENUE: USUN APAU HALL VENUE: PENINJAU ROOM VENUE: LAMBIR ROOM VENUE: LUAK ROOM
SESSION CHAIR: DR. FUNG
LAN
Name:
Shelley Yeo & Malar
Jayaprakash
SESSION CHAIR: MICHEAL
BERRY
Name:
Karim Hajhashemi &
Wong Bee Eng
SESSION CHAIR:
RAJALINGAM
SOKKALINGAM
Name:
Kamaroizan b.
Mohamad, Beena
Giridharan, Lai
Zhenyue and Nor
Hashimah bt.
Mohamad Zain
SESSION CHAIR:LEE CHE
SIONG
Name:
Wendy Law Li Ling,
Beena Giridharan,
Crystal Lau Chun Yun,
Stefan Quifors & Lee
Che Siong.
Title :
Feedback on
assessments:
Perceptions of
science and
Title :
Multiple Intelligences
as a predictor of
students'
performance in
Title :
Implementing
Industry Site Visits in
Physics & Chemistry
Units-Foundation
Title :
Implementing
Business Related
Projects in
Foundation

engineering staff. reading competency. Engineering Course. Commerce-Business
Study Units.
16:00 -16.30 pm
Official Close / Keynote Closing Address
Souvenir Presentation