%A  Thirumeni Subramaniam 
%A  Sharifah Rosfashida Syed Abd Latif 
%A  Kanesan Muthusamy
%A T. K Mukherjee
%A  Mohd Kidin Shahran
%T Open University Malaysia : way forward in Science and Technology education 
%X One of Malaysia?s national agenda is to  move towards a scientific and progressive 
society. Government strategies for Malaysia described in this paper highlights the 
importance of life long learning in achieving its national agenda. Open University 
Malaysia as a pioneer in open and distance education has a role in promoting life long 
learning in Malaysia. This paper highlights the key features of the university i.e. blended 
learning mode and e-learning platform which offers various benefits that could provide 
supports for creating an innovative society. In the context of science and technology, 
creating an innovative society means creating manpower with good foundation in basic 
science knowledge and science skills, a sense of appreciation of contributions and 
innovations in science and technology, positive attitudes and awareness on ethical issues. 
This paper proposes strategies to invest in the future by retraining man-power, promoting 
basic science and increasing the quality of technical courses. (Authors' abstract)
%C Surabaya, Indonesia
%D 2008
%K Innovative Society ; Policies ; Science ; Technology ;  Human Resource ; Strategies ; Investment 
%P 418-425
%L library_repository398