November 2011

Flexible learning programme (FLP) in Universiti Teknologi MARA: New opportunities for Malaysian higher education and training

  The Flexible Learning Programme (FLP) has enabled the process of education and training to be expanded in an online virtual college mode, enabling students to use the state-of-the-art, and multi-media, e-Learning techniques. University Technology Mara (UiTM) has responded by applying the revolutionary new eLearning concept in her attempt to be futuristic towards the next generation of distance-learning. In...

Author(s): Raja Abdullah Yaacob, Adnan Jamaluddin and Kamaruzaman Jusoff

November 2011

User satisfaction with academic libraries services: Academic staff and students perspectives

  Academic libraries are presently faced with challenges as a result of the introduction of information technology which has led to an increase in competition among information providers. Libraries must improve the quality of their services to enable them face the challenges of information explosion in the 21st century. Service oriented organizations have identified the customer or user as the most critical...

Author(s): Pauline Adeniran

November 2011

Utilization and impact of online sourcing of information on the academic performance of medical students in a Nigerian university

  This study examines the use of internet facilities by medical students of the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) Ikeja. Apart from serving as a learning tool, the sourcing of information through the internet motivates students to undertake research and helps them to develop skills in collecting and analyzing data. A two-part questionnaire was developed and used to elicit the...

Author(s): Oduwole, Adebambo Adewale and Idowu Adetoun