Mohamad Shanudin Zakaria

E-learning is an innovative strategy for enhancing teaching and learning in digital environments with the goal of enhancing education. In the same context, recommendation models have been developed for predicting the user’s learning preferences. A task that has become urgently necessary is enhancing the learning process by designing recommendation models for e-learning software that then helps users choose the most pertinent learning materials (contents) from a wide number of sources. The general consensus is that designing a recommendation model for e-learning is influenced by parameters that are related to e-learning, and much effort has been exerted to determine those parameters. However, no agreement has been reached as to what constitutes such parameters. Keeping this issue in mind, this study aims to identify the parameters that should be considered when generating e-learning recommendations in developing countries. On the basis of the relevant literature, with the use of the Delphi method and with aid from e-learning experts, this paper identifies ten critical parameters related to e-learning. The results show that perceived ease of use is the most critical parameter out of the ten e-learning-related parameters, while user preference is the parameter that contributes least to e-learning.

The visualization concept and multimedia is commonly used in designing various learning methods in education. However, less study was conducted for Fundamental of Computer Science (FCS) subjects especially in STEM education approach. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the content of design learning module for the subject of secondary two-topic Algorithms. The study uses a qualitative approach by interviewing five experts with related educational background to validate the content of the module. The findings show positive responses from those experts regarding applied visualization and multimedia suggesting some modifications be done for teaching and learning environment in the future. In conclusion, this study conclusively improvises design learning module for FCS subject by enhancing STEM education aligned with the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025.

Conventional and license-free radio-controlled drone activities are limited to a line-of-sight (LoS) operational range. One of the alternatives to operate the drones beyond the visual line-of-sight (BVLoS) range is replacing the drone wireless communications system from the conventional industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) radio band to a licensed cellular-connected system. The Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology that has been established for the terrestrial area allows command-and-control and payload communications between drone and ground station in real-time. However, with increasing height above the ground, the radio environment changes, and utilizing terrestrial cellular networks for drone communications may face new challenges. In this regard, this paper aims to develop an LTE-based control system prototype for low altitude small drones and investigate the feasibility and performance of drone cellular connectivity at different altitudes with measuring parameters such as latency, handover, and signal strength. The measurement results have shown that by increasing flight height from ground to 170 m the received signal power and the signal quality levels were reduced by 20 dBm and 10 dB respectively, the downlink data rate decreased to 70%, and latency increased up to 94 ms. It is concluded that although the existing LTE network can provide a minimum requirement for drone cellular connectivity, further improvements are still needed to enhance aerial coverage, eliminate interference, and reduce network latency.

The implementation of centralized information systems is an alternative for the government in optimizing operating costs as well as avoiding data duplication between ministries, departments and public agencies. However, successful implementation and adoption of centralized information systems in public sector is still doubtful. One of the reason is the absence of re-evaluation after the implementation period is carried out. The daily usage of centralized information systems at public agencies is still very low. The main objective of this study is to identify and evaluate critical success factors (CSF) in the implementation of centralized information system for public sector for the purpose of adoption in the organization and subsequently propose a successful adoption model. MyMesyuarat system has been selected as a case study in developing assessment. The study was conducted quantitatively containing four (4) main phases. The data were analyzed descriptively and the results showed the median agreement value for each CSF. The results of this study can be used as a guide by government agencies in an effort to re-evaluate the implementation of information systems that have been implemented and can also overcome the issue of adoption of information system users in public organizations in general.

Microservice is a new transformation of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) which is gaining momentum in both academic and industry. The success of microservice began when giant companies like Netflix used them as a service architecture for the purpose of serving customers. Monolithic architecture used by Netflix previously was no longer able to cope with business development and it is difficult to scale to meet user demands. Although Netflix has been successful with microservice architecture, there is no systematic method introduced to produce microservice. Academic studies related to microservice are still in the early stages and have not yet reached maturity. Microservice is seen to require a method that helps organizations to systematically design microservices and replicate the success achieved by Netflix. In forming a method for this systematic microservice then the methods for building an existing microservice are studied. Based on the Design Science Research method, two research artefacts have been produced. The first artefact is a systematic design of microservice that has four main steps. The second artefact is the instantiation by applying the proposed microservice design method to the case studies, namely, MyFlix. Next the evaluation is made on the new method produced by obtaining expert opinions through the process of demonstration and interviewing. The expert assessment results found that the proposed method was able to produce a systematic microservice design based on the six proposed principles and the four main steps. This method can also produce a complete feature microservice such as cohesive, loose coupling, distributed and decentralized that will contribute to the production of scalable system.

Great strides have been made in IT governance in the past decade. Today's organizations need a flexible, complementary and collaborative IT governance mechanism to prosper in a turbulent environment that would enable organizations to sustain realizing value from IT instead of restraining its contribution by emphasizing control. The review of existing literature to identify and determine best practices that had been studied by previous researchers in order to construct the factors within each category. The aim of this paper is to identify the domain of IT governance and provide insights practice with each domains that were detected thru literature.

In this digital era, most universities rely heavily on Information Technology (IT) to process their information for better support of their visions and missions. However, with this reliance, IT is facing different types of risks under expansions and complexities as experienced by most universities these days. IT risk is not bounded to only information systems and security, but unbounded to encompass the risk to financial, strategic, technological, as well as reputational. All these types of risk are prevalent in universities and hence the need to implement an effective risk management process including but not limited to IT. The best opportunities for managing IT risks can be achieved through managing it within an integrated approach and not to be carried out separately from managing risks of the organization. Such approach ensures that IT is achieving the goals and objectives of the organization by providing a reasonable basis for strategic planning and improves decision making for top management based on risk management value. This study identifies the current implementation of risk management at one Malaysian university to face all risks. The main findings of this study are: (1) The majority of staff supports the fundamental objectives of risk management; (2) The necessity to improve and enhance some procedures of risk management at the university. This study provide recommendations and improvements in some procedures of risk management to increase the awareness of risk management among all the university staff.