This is a case study on the integration of technology using a modified SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition) model as a pedagogical framework in teaching and learning in a private college in Melaka, Malaysia on a chosen topic in Business Communication. The study was conducted in Summer, 2019. This is a quantitative study with two groups which are control and experimental groups. The control group had gone through the traditional teaching method while the experimental group learned through technology. The model was incorporated with Bloom's Taxonomy and TPACK for credibility and reliability. All four stages of the SAMR Model were investigated for the presence of content, pedagogy, and technology. The study identified that there was the presence of content, pedagogy, and technology in the stages of augmentation, modification, and redefinition while pedagogy and content were absent in the substitution level. However, the integration of technology using the proposed pedagogical framework improved student performance in the last three stages of augmentation, modification, and redefinition with positive results. Overall, the study has evidence that the modified SAMR Model had enhanced and improved student performance. It is hoped that the outcome of this research provides valuable insight and guidance to those who want to integrate technology into the teaching and learning process.
This is a review paper aim to analysis Michael Fullan's article of Theory of Change (2006). In his article, he had discussed based on three sections which are flawed change theories, theories of action with merit and what the prospects are for future of these theories of change in knowledge. In each section, topics have been broken further into smaller components and analyzed. This paper provides comparison and contrast base in the context of the researcher's own background. The Theory of Change base in Malaysian context is looked upon as a challenge and even though there are many that are agreeable to Fullan's article, there are also drawbacks. The paper is presented with ideas, theories and other research in this field, thus providing a review of relevant literature to support the researcher's arguments.
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