title: An EPiC Solution to Teacher Education : Working with Constraints
creator: Teo, Hui Thian 
subject: LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
description: This paper focuses on explaining how the Faculty of Education and Languages, Open  University Malaysia (OUM) works around constraints and policies set by the Ministry of  Education of Malaysia (MOE) in its effort to upgrade the qualification of the in-service teachers  enrolled in the Bachelor of Teaching programme. In line with the government’s policy to  increase human capital development MOE introduces new elements which are to be  incorporated into the existing teachers’ training curriculum. For OUM it means finding  solutions to add another 15 credits to the existing programme without extending the duration of  the whole programme. To meet this new challenge, a new approach is needed to comply with  MOE’s requirements. Education Portal for Internet Courses (EPiC) is created not only to meet  the new requirements but also to add value to the existing programme. It is designed to virtually  extend students’ learning space and to provide full online learning and support. Its activities are  scaffold, assignments are task based and learning draws on students’ experience and personal  reflections. The whole environment is designed to be fun and promote active collaboration  between students and their online supervisors. (Abstract by author)
date: 2012-10-16
type: Conference or Workshop Item
type: PeerReviewed
format: text
identifier: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/880/1/library-document-880.pdf
identifier:   Teo, Hui Thian   (2012) An EPiC Solution to Teacher Education : Working with Constraints.  In: The 26th Annual Conference of Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU2012), 16-18 October 2012, Chiba, Japan.     
relation: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/880/