Use Facebook in varsities

Thursday, February 23, 2012


Social networking sites such as Facebook have become an integral tool in institutions of higher learning.
NST 23 February 2012, KUALA LUMPUR: Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Khaled Nordin has welcomed the trend of institutions of higher learning using social networks such as Facebook and Twitter for educational purposes.

"I believe that higher education should grow along with the latest developments in information technology in order to stay current with students. Social networks get the message across effectively and that is what matters most.

"Students usually respond faster to Facebook threads when compared with university portals. Hence, it is a good move."
Khaled said institutions of higher learning  should look into using more interactive teaching methods, adding that communicating via social networks was a good start.

Universiti Sains Malaysia Associate Professor Mohd Kamarul Kabilan said the use of social media for educational purposes inculcated a more positive attitude towards learning.

He said his research  showed that 67.9 per cent of the students  interviewed said  they had gained confidence when communicating with their classmates as well as   their lecturers.

Kamarul said the question of whether the tool was useful or not depended on the lecturers and   students.

"Facebook's features such as the 'wall',  'notes'  and  'video uploads'  can be used for learning in the form of exchanging and sharing of ideas, thinking critically and encouraging collaboration."

International Islamic University Malaysia macroeconomics lecturer Riasat Amin said communicating with his students through the Internet had  a profound impact on the dynamics of his classroom.

"Social networks have definitely helped bridge the gap we had with my students. We connect better in class now."

Riasat explained that online platforms had made the teaching and learning process more interactive as students who were too shy to raise questions during class could express themselves online.

A survey conducted by Taylor's School of Communication found that students tend to respond better through Facebook compared with university online portals.

"When they use student portals, they feel like it is work.
"But communication through social media is a more relaxed process," said Taylor's Communication and Media Management programme director Catherine Lee Cheng Kiat.

She said 99 per cent of her students had Facebook accounts, hence the possibility of students being left out of online discussions was rare.
Students, in turn, have responded positively to this new method spearheaded by their lecturers.

Communications student Hoh May Kay, 22, said social networks had made it more convenient for her to follow course announcements and assignment updates.

She said she preferred chatting with her lecturers through Facebook as she could get an immediate response from them.
Mechanical engineering student Mohd Akram Mohd Yusof, 21, said social media could become an important tool for teachers to reach out to unresponsive students.

"We spend half our time on the Internet and by engaging students here, lecturers get to reach out to those who are beyond the barrier." By Nicholas Cheng and Kanyakumari Damodaran

via
Read more: Khaled: Use Facebook in varsities - General - New Straits Times 
http://www.nst.com.my/local/general/khaled-use-facebook-in-varsities-1.50763

http://www.facebook.com/MohamedKhaledNordin?sk=wall

Perkhidmatan Perpustakaan 24 Jam

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Pihak Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR)  akan memulakan  perkhidmatan 24 jam bermula 5 Mac 2012 ini di Perpustakan terpilih iaitu  PTAR 1 dan PTAR 3 ( Perpustakaan Kejuruteraan)

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IBM Virtualization Workshop

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How to develop strategies to optimize your server virtualization efforts to better deliver support and services to the business;
How IBM can help you simplify your existing infrastructure and reduce your business’ total cost of ownership of up to 38%;
How IBM’s virtualization solutions can deliver value to your business – reduce operational cost of up to 50% and reduce energy costs of up to 40% a year!

You need to ensure that your IT infrastructure is flexible so that you can respond to the challenges of changing demand levels and new business requirements. All of which are vital to helping your company stay agile and more competitive!
IBM Virtualization Workshop
Date: 23rd February 2012 (Thursday)  
Time: 9:30am - 1:30pm (Registration starts at 9:00am)  
Venue: Jasmine Room, Level C,One World Hotel, Petaling Jaya

Agenda
Time Topic
9:00am Registration
9:30am Welcome Address
9:45am VMware’s vCenter Operations Vision And Strategy For Managing IT Operations In The Cloud Era
Raymond Lau, Solution Consultant, VMware Inc
10:15am Smarter IT Infrastructure To Optimize Your Virtualized And Cloud Environment
Pua Cheng Yee, Field Technical Sales Specialist - System x, IBM Malaysia
10:45am Coffee Break
11:00am Storage Optimization: The Next Steps For More Efficiency
Harbinder Singh, Product Line Manager,Systems and Technology Group, IBM Growth Markets
11:30am Smarter Storage Services : Storage Actions To Survive Unconstrained Storage Growth
Md Iskandar Abu Bakar, Solution Architect, Server and Storage, Global Technology Services, IBM Malaysia
12:00pm Q & A
12:15pm Lunch
1:30pm End
*Agenda is subject to change.

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Pembukaan Radix Fried Chicken (RFC) di Shah Alam

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

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Kewujudan RFC dalam industri makanan segera sebenarnya adalah untuk memberikan alternatif kepada syarikat yang sedia ada. Menggunakan slogan Segar, Organik dan Berkhasiat membawa maksud bahan mentah yang disediakan datang dalam bentuk segar dari ladang, boleh mengekalkan kesegarannya dalam jangka masa panjang. Organik bermaksud amalan memberikan makanan kepada sumber utama juadah di RFC, iaitu ayam organik dari sumber alami dan bebas daripada unsur-unsur bahan kimia yang memudaratkan. Begitu juga dengan sumber lain yang ditanam dengan kaedah ladang organik dan ditarbiah dengan ayat suci Al Quran. Berkhasiat bermaksud herba yang diadun sebagai bahan utama untuk menggoreng ayam dirumus menggunakan bahan alami yang mempunyai nilai kesihatan yang baik demi mempromosikan makanan dan minuman yang baik dan sesuai sebagai sumber tenaga seharian

Rfccawangan

Bagi negeri selangor tiga buah cawangan telah dan akan dibina iaitu di Shah Alam, Sungai Buloh, Bandar Baru Bangi dan berkemungkin Gombak dalam masa terdekat

RFC di Seksyen 7 Shah Alam telah bermula 20/02/2012 beralamat di:
Radix Fried Chicken Sdn Bhd, 2 Jalan Kristal J7/J, Seksyen 740000 Shah Alam

Namun pembukaan Perasmian RFC Shah Alam adalah pada hari ini 22 Februari 2012 jam 4 petang.



Maklumat terkini di:

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/RadixFC

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RadixFriedChicken

http://www.facebook.com/pages/RFC-Radix-Fried-Chicken/134100246608746

Google+: https://plus.google.com/104876115124196281082

http://duniaherbahpa.com/category/radix-fried-chicken/



Samsung Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note S rumors at Mobile World Congress 2012

Monday, February 20, 2012



Samsung confirmed earlier in the month that they wouldn't be unveiling the Galaxy SIII at the MWC 2012 (Mobile World Congress 2012)  http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/ which was a huge disappointment.

However , new rumours suggest that they could well unveil the successor to the Samsung Galaxy Note (pictured above). Samsung quickly sold over a million Galaxy Notes so launching an updated version seems an obvious step for the company.

The latest rumours suggest that the Samsung Galaxy Note S will be showcased at MWC , which takes place at the end of this month in Barcelona. Very little information is available about the Galaxy Note S, but we'd expect it to have a similar screen size (5.3 inches) to the original.

The Galaxy Note S could also incorporate a dual-core processor and it'll undoubtedly be powered by Android Ice Cream Sandwich. High mega-pixel cameras seem to be making a return in recent times so a better camera also looks likely and a 12 mega-pixel camera is not out of the question.
The wait for MWC 2012 is almost over with just a couple of weeks left and we'll have to wait patiently to see if Samsung unveils the Galaxy Note S.
source
http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-and-galaxy-note-s-rumors-continue-aiming-for-march-release-20120131/  
http://recombu.com/news/samsung-galaxy-note-s-to-be-announced-at-mwc_M16717.html 
http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Feb2012/samsung-galaxy-note-s-to-unveiled-at-mwc.html

Tech Rumours: Samsung expected to launch Galaxy Note 10.1 at Mobile World Congress
http://www.iontab.com/news/samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-rumor
http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/15/2799479/samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-mwc-invitation
http://www.newspakistan.pk/2012/02/16/tech-rumours-samsung-expect-launch-galaxy-note-10-1-mobile-world-congress/


Persidangan Teknologi Maklumat (IT) 2012

Tuesday, February 14, 2012


Minggu ini saya sekali lagi  terlibat dengan Persidangan Teknologi Maklumat 2012 dari 14 hingga 17 Februari PNB Ilham Resort,  Batu 10, Tanjung Biru, 71050, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus,  Dulu semasa Persidangan Kali Keempat : 4-6 Julai 2003 : ICT Mission in Action terlibat jadi jawatankuasa , semasa berkhidmat di PSMB (sekarang InfoTech), tapi kali ni setelah berpindah ke Bahagian Pengurusan Sistem di Perpustakaan, saya  jadi peserta aje le.

Untuk makluman
Pejabat Teknologi Maklumat (InfoTech) yang dahulunya dikenali sebagai Pusat Sistem Maklumat Bersepadu (PSMB) sebagai  jabatan yang bertanggungjawab menyediakan prasarana IT serta khidmat dan keperluan IT kepada warga UiTM telah menganjurkan beberapa seminar teknologi maklumat bertujuan memberikan pendedahan dan kefahaman secara berterusan mengenai kepentingan teknologi itu sendiri dan bagaimana teknologi maklumat dapat digunakan dengan sebaiknya bagi memastikan tadbir urus universiti dilaksanakan dengan cekap dan berkesan demi  merealisasikan visi, misi dan objektif UiTM.

Antara objektif Persidangan Teknologi Maklumat 2012 pada kali ini adalah :

a) Mewujudkan rangka kerja perkhidmatan universiti yang bersepadu melalui perekayasaan.
b) Merealisasikan strategi UiTM khususnya berkaitan dengan IT melalui perancangan yang kreatif dan berinovatif.
c) Melaporkan perancangan, pelaksanaan dan pencapaian projek-projek IT sehingga kini.
d) Merangka pelan IT yang rapi dan terancang ke arah mewujudkan UiTM sebagai Pusat pembelajaran yang cemerlang.
e) Menerapkan kefahaman yang menyeluruh dalam Pengurusan IT UiTM.
f) Mendedahkan pengetahuan asas teknologi IT di UiTM dan di pasaran.

Persidangan yang telah dianjurkan sebelum ini adalah :

Kali Pertama : 3-5 Julai 1998 : UiTM in the Next Millenium - Reengineering, Teaching, Learning and Office Automation di Tanjung Bidara Beach Resort, Melaka

Kali Kedua : 13-15 Oktober 2000 : The Ideal Learning Environment For the Fourth Wave : Information Technology as a Change Enabler di Regency Hotel, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan

Kali Ketiga : 5-7 Oktober 2001 : In Pursuit of The Ideal Learning Environment – A People, Process, Technology Model di Gouman Resort, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan

Kali Keempat : 4-6 Julai 2003 : ICT Mission in Action : Merging Expectations into Planned Actions di Regency Hotel, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan

Kali Kelima : 23-25 April 2008 : ICT Strategy Towards A World Class University : Delivering Excellence Through Managed Environment di Gouman Resort, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan

Kali Keenam : 31 Mac - 2 April 2010 : Creative Transformation Through ICT Innovation di Selesa Beach  Resort, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan

Kali ini kali Ketujuh, 14 - 17 Februari  2012 ,Tema  : Pengukuhan Struktur  Maklumat Berkualiti   di  PNB Ilham Resort,  Batu 10, Tanjung Biru, 71050, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus,  

Kali ini banyak membincangkan kepada  BPR  ( Business Prosess Reengineering )  seperti dalam Agenda/Program 







Forum Perdana Ehwal Islam : Sunnah Rasulullah : Apa Kelebihannya?

Saturday, February 11, 2012


Forum Perdana Ehwal Islam : 
Sunnah Rasulullah : Apa Kelebihannya?

Masa : Selapas Solat Maghrib
Tarikh : 11 Feb 2011
Tempat : Dewan Solat bawah , Masjid Negeri Selangor
Ahli panel :
Y.Bhg Dato' Mohd Zawawi Yusoh
Y.Bhg  Ustaz Zamihan Al-Ghari

Moderator S.F Tn Hj Ahmad Mustafa B. Mohd Sidin Al-Muqri

SELAMAT MENYAMBUT MAULIDUR RASUL 1433H

Saturday, February 4, 2012


Dikesempatan ini saya ingin  mengucapkan ''SELAMAT MENYAMBUT MAULIDUR RASUL 1433H'' kepada seluruh umat Muhammad S.A.W

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Maklumat Ringkas Nabi  Muhammad Rasulullah dari Wikiepedia

Muhammad bin Abdullāh (Arabمحمد بن عبد اللهTransliterasiMuḥammad;[1] dieja [mʊħɑmmæd] ( dengarkan)[2][3][4] (ca. 570/571 Mekkah[مَكَةَ ]/[ مَكَهْ ] – 8 Juni, 632 Medina),[5] adalah pembawa ajaran Islam, dan diyakini oleh umat Muslim sebagai nabi dan (Rasul) yang terakhir. Menurut sirah(biografi) yang tercatat tentang Muhammad, ia disebutkan lahir sekitar 20 April 570571, di Mekkah(Makkah) dan wafat pada 8 Juni 632 di Madinah pada usia 63 tahun. Kedua kota tersebut terletak di daerah Hejaz (Arab Saudi saat ini). Beliau haram digambarkan dalam bentuk patung ataupun gambar ilustrasi.

Michael H. Hart dalam bukunya The 100 menilai Muhammad sebagai tokoh paling berpengaruh sepanjang sejarah manusia. Menurut Hart, Muhammad adalah satu-satunya orang yang berhasil meraih keberhasilan luar biasa baik dalam hal spiritual maupun kemasyarakatan. Hart mencatat bahwa Muhammad mampu mengelola bangsa yang awalnya egoistis, barbar, terbelakang dan terpecah belah oleh sentimen kesukuan, menjadi bangsa yang maju dalam bidang ekonomi, kebudayaan dan kemiliteran dan bahkan sanggup mengalahkan pasukan Romawi yang saat itu merupakan kekuatan militer terdepan di dunia di dalam pertempuran.[6]
via : http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad

Video Ringkas Kisah Rasululah

Kelahiran Rasululah


Sabda Rasulullah yang bermaksud: "Sesungguhnya dari kalangan umatKu yang berselawat ke atasKu 1 selawat yang ikhlas daripada hatinya, Allah akan membalasnya dengan 10 selawat, mengangkatkan kedudukannya 10 darjat, mencatatkan baginya 10 kebajikan & menggugurkan daripadanya 10 kejahatan."
(HR Ibnu Hibban)

Video-video Selawat

PM dijangka rasmi perpustakaan UniMAP April ini


PM dijangka rasmi perpustakaan UniMAP April ini

4 Februari 2012

KANGAR - Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dijangka merasmikan Perpustakaan Utama Kampus Pauh Putra Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) dekat sini, April ini.

Naib Canselor UniMAP Prof Datuk Dr Kamarudin Hussin berkata perpustakaan UniMAP merupakan antara jabatan terawal yang beroperasi di kampus universiti itu dan kini UniMAP melangkah ke hadapan dengan pembinaan perpustakaan utama itu.

Kerja-kerja pembangunan perpustakaan utama UniMAP telah bermula pada 2009 dan siap sepenuhnya akhir tahun lepas, katanya kepada pemberita pada majlis Pra Pelancaran Perpustakaan Utama Kampus Pauh Putra, UniMAP dekat sini semalam.

Beliau berkata dengan menggunakan konsep baru dalam ruang pembelajaran, perpustakaan utama UniMAP menyediakan persekitaran menarik dan ceria dengan kapasiti ruang belajar sebanyak 805 orang pada satu masa.

Perpustakaan itu dilengkapi dengan liputan internet tanpa wayar dan mempunyai ruang 'infotainment' dengan siaran Astro yang membolehkan penuntut bersantai sambil belajar, katanya. - BERNAMA

via : http://www.sinarharian.com.my/nasional/pm-dijangka-rasmi-perpustakaan-unimap-april-ini-1.21935

FACEBOOK WILL END ON MARCH 15th, 2012?

Thursday, February 2, 2012

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PALO ALTO, CA –Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will be shut down in March of 2012. Managing the site has become too stressful. 

“Facebook has gotten out of control,” said Zuckerberg in a press conference outside his Palo Alto office, “and the stress of managing this company has ruined my life. I need to put an end to all the madness.”
Zuckerberg went on to explain that starting March 15th of next year, users will no longer be able to access their Facebook accounts.  That gives users (and Facebook addicts) a year to adjust to life without Facebook.
Read full article here
Many such messages were spreading on Facebook and other online platforms that Facebook is going to shut down in March 2012. 

facebook ends in march 2012

Hoax or Fact:

It is not a fact, it is just a hoax, a rumor that went viral.

Analysis:
Facebook, the most popular social networks for professionals is claimed to be closing down in March this year. The reason stated was that the CEO, Mark Zuckerberg finds it hard to manage this popular social networking platform and he wanted to shut down and have life.

The fact however is that it is just a silly rumor that started as a result of mixture of two different news. The first one is Yahoo announcement that its service Yahoo Video will be closing down on March 15, 2011, and the second one is a CNN article in which the author states his personal view saying that the recent investment in Facebook could be the “beginning of the end” for this company. Facebook is not going to close any time soon. Even their homepage says that "It's free and always will be". Facebook denied these news as hoax rumors and responded to this on their Twitter account, saying that it is not a fact, and that they have just started. CNN confirms the same stating further reasons why Facebook cannot shut down in near future.

via : http://www.hoaxorfact.com/Web/facobook-will-end-in-march-2012.html

 

 

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Silly rumor on internet says Mark Zuckerberg is shutting down Facebook
  • Rumor not true, Facebook director of corporate communications says
  • "We'll just keep cranking away like always," director says

 

Facebook NOT shutting down March 15

(Mashable)-- There's a silly rumor exploding on the Internet this weekend, alleging that Facebook is shutting down on March 15 because CEO Mark Zuckerberg "wants his old life back," and desires to "put an end to all the madness."

We have official confirmation from Facebook Director of Corporate Communications Larry Yu that the rumor is false.

We asked him via e-mail if Facebook was shutting down on March 15, to which he responded, "The answer is no, so please help us put an end to this silliness."

He added, "We didn't get the memo about shutting down and there's lots to do, so we'll just keep cranking away like always."

 

via : http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/social.media/01/10/fb.shutdown.rumor.mashable/index.html


Facebook Says It’s NOT Shutting Down March 15 [UPDATED]


There’s a silly rumor exploding on the Internet this weekend, alleging that Facebook is shutting down on March 15 because CEO Mark Zuckerberg “wants his old life back,” and desires to “put an end to all the madness.”

[UPDATE] We have official confirmation from Facebook Director of Corporate Communications Larry Yu that the rumor is false. We asked him via e-mail if Facebook was shutting down on March 15, to which he responded, “The answer is no, so please help us put an end to this silliness.” He added, “We didn’t get the memo about shutting down and there’s lots to do, so we’ll just keep cranking away like always.”

Let’s think about this for a minute. Would Facebook decide to shut down the company just a few days afterannouncing a round of funding, consisting of $450 million from Goldman Sachs and $50 million from Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies, on a valuation of $50 billion?

The spurious report was started by a site to which we refuse to link, known for its reports of impending attacks of alien spaceships and false reports of a Michelle Obama pregnancy.

The fact that this absurd hoax spread so efficiently makes us wonder: Will people believe anything?

via: http://mashable.com/2011/01/09/facebook-shutdown/

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New code of practice for Academic and Research Libraries

Wednesday, February 1, 2012



http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/codefairuse/index.shtmlView/download the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use 



The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently released its own Code of Best Practice in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries.  Supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the code:
enhances the ability of librarians to rely on fair use by documenting the considered views of the library community about best practices in fair use, drawn from the actual practices and experience of the library community itself.
The Code was developed after a series of in-depth interviews with 65 librarians at academic and research institutions. It identifies the relevance of fair use in eight recurrent situations:
  • Supporting teaching and learning with access to library materials via digital technologies
  • Using selections from collection materials to publicize a library’s activities, or to create physical and virtual exhibitions
  • Digitizing to preserve at-risk items
  • Creating digital collections of archival and special collections materials
  • Reproducing material for use by disabled students, faculty, staff, and other appropriate users
  • Maintaining the integrity of works deposited in institutional repositories
  • Creating databases to facilitate non-consumptive research uses (including search)
  • Collecting material posted on the web and making it available
Most of these issues have relevance for the school library community as well.
This new code joins several others as part of a project of the School of Communication at American University Center for Social Media in Washington, DC, successfully serving to clarify how professionals might apply fair use to improve their practice using the tools of our time.
Existing codes include:
Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor in the School of Communication at American University and Director of the Center for Social Media notes
Librarians can now join other communities of practice that have designed such codes. They have been able to reduce market friction and meet mission with the confidence that they are acting within the best practices of their peers.
Download the code and follow #librarianscode on Twitter for further information.
And see my older posts relating to the release of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education:



FAQ for Librarians
http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/codefairuse/faq-libs.shtml

FAQ for Students
 
http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/codefairuse/faq-students.shtml

Frequently Asked Questions

Download a PDF of this FAQ



 
 
 

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