In today's education scenario, educators intentionally and unintentionally use stories as part of their teaching tool to increase students' understanding. While storytelling is widely recognized tool in classroom teaching, its implementation and acceptance in higher education institution in Malaysia is still unclear. This paper reports a case study that explores the perception of educators in the usage of storytelling as a teaching aid in courses at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. The objectives of this study are to explore the usage of stories and acceptance of stories as a teaching aid in lecture as well as issues faced by the educators in utilizing the storytelling approach. This study is an exploratory case study that uses a mixed method approach. Data were collected from June until December 2008 through interviews, questionnaires and non-participant observation. Results show that 67% of the participants have used stories in their lectures. Overall, the results indicate that the storytelling approach is practiced deliberately and in deliberately by educators. The usage of storytelling has raised a number of issues such as lack of understanding and lack of awareness of the approach. However, educators believe that storytelling can facilitate the learning process in higher education and encourage the critical thinking skills in students.
Taking attendance in classes is a cumbersome task which can benefit from smartphone innovation. This study identifies the vulnerabilities of the technology and proposes a technique to identify cheating. Several smartphone features are proposed for collective use to improve the reliability. The first measure is by using Quick Response (QR) code as a unique token; the second measure is by using International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number as a unique identification; the third measure is by checking timestamp; and the fourth measures is by checking Global Positioning System (GPS) location of the student. Algorithm matches attendee with event using QR, identifies identify using IMEI and verify attendance using timestamp and GPS. Use cases conducted have shown feasibility in practical aspect and user acceptance. This paper evaluates reliability of the approach and inherent issues.
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