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{"title":"Institutional Practice for Engineering Students Employability: Automate Offline Employability Tracking Instrument with Data Mining","authors":"Nor Farahwahidah Abdul Rahman, Nor Farahaida Abdul Rahman","doi":"10.11113/ajee2023.7n1.122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11113/ajee2023.7n1.122","url":null,"abstract":"The analysis of graduate employability is substantial to interpret Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) capability to produce career-ready graduates. Therefore, data gathering related to employment and employability to assess the current trends is crucial. However, developing a fast and accurate programming language for analysing enormous data is a challenging task. This paper presents an Automate Offline Employability (AOE) data analysis using a spreadsheet program; it reduces the time consumption in analysing lots of data and increases data analysis accuracy. The system utilises various Excel formulas and functions to execute multitasking algorithms simultaneously. The instrument can sort the data according to various study fields, matching the initial and current data, analysing them based on employability attributes, and generating multiple interpretable graphs. It can also extract the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of email and WhatsApp of graduate. Additionally, it has a desktop layout to help the user retrieve any information with a single click. All functions provided by the instrument has successfully executed and verified to achieve the design objectives. Using the instrument, the user can only gather 211 data within 12 days. The instrument provides various information such as the percentage of employment status, field of work, salary, and entrepreneurship.","PeriodicalId":411547,"journal":{"name":"Asean Journal of Engineering Education","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122272202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From Childhood Dream to University Journey: My Path to Becoming a Chemical Engineer","authors":"A. Alshaikh","doi":"10.11113/ajee2023.7n1.118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11113/ajee2023.7n1.118","url":null,"abstract":"From an early age, children harbor vivid dreams of their ideal future professions, fueling their aspirations and shaping their journey toward fulfilling careers. A dream that starts prior to school and grows along the journey. In this paper, I delve into the intricate factors that shaped my aspiration to become an engineer and how they molded my professional engineering identity. I adopted autoethnography and narrative inquiry approaches, delving into personal experiences and employing qualitative research methods. Through this exploration, I uncover the profound impact of societal perception theory and social learning theory on shaping my career aspirations from an early age. Reflecting on my own journey as a chemical engineering student, I trace my fascination with science back to my childhood and unveil the pivotal decision to pursue chemical engineering. Within this paper, I extensively discuss the educational environment, teaching methods, and familial influences that played crucial roles in shaping my chosen path. Furthermore, I tackle the challenges encountered throughout my university education, encompassing academic hardships, technical assessments, and the abrupt transition to online learning necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite these obstacles, my unwavering passion for chemical engineering was revitalized through hands-on application and interdisciplinary courses. This study places great emphasis on the significance of comprehensive engineering education in fostering the development of essential professional skills, critical thinking prowess, and problem-solving abilities. It serves as a testament to the multifaceted nature of engineering education and its profound influence in shaping an individual's engineering identity. Through this meticulous exploration, I aim to provide valuable insights into the underlying dynamics that drive individuals towards engineering as a profession and contribute to the broader understanding of engineering education's transformative power.","PeriodicalId":411547,"journal":{"name":"Asean Journal of Engineering Education","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114882194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Knowledge, Attitude, and Readiness to Practise among Malaysian Undergraduate Engineering Students Towards Disaster Management Preparedness","authors":"F. Tarlochan, M. I. Mohamed Ibrahim, M. Khamidi, Asan Muthalifa","doi":"10.11113/ajee2023.7n1.117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11113/ajee2023.7n1.117","url":null,"abstract":"Malaysian National Security Council (MNSC) defines disaster as an incident that occurs unexpectedly, resulting in the loss of lives and damage to properties, environment and daily activities of the local community. Disastrous events such as floods, earthquakes, terrorism, increase in population, cyber-attacks, pandemics, rising sea levels, economic recessions, urbanization, etc., have been increasing globally and also in Malaysia. The wellbeing of our Malaysian communities depends on a complex web of institutions, infrastructure and information. To reduce the disaster risk and impact, various efforts have to be in place to prepare and empower the community. As such, this paper is positioned at understanding this preparedness level among undergraduate engineering students in Malaysia. During emergencies, such undergraduate students should be able to rise and assist in national development from a disaster. In this study, we are focused to evaluate the engineering students in Malaysia in particular for knowledge (K), attitude (A) and readiness to practice (rP) regarding disaster preparedness. This is an exploratory study done through a questionnaire distributed among engineering undergraduate students in some selected public (one) and private universities (two) in Malaysia. Almost half of the participants understood that Malaysia is at risk of disasters and that these disasters come in many size and shapes. These participants also significantly understand the potential of risk of emergencies in Malaysia. However, the respondents indicated that they have not had real exposure or handling experience on this topic. There was a huge agreement that there is a lack of support from local officials in terms of organizational logistics and roles among local and national agencies in disaster response. This study has shown that the literature is scarce in terms of understanding the student agency for disaster preparedness. There is a need for relevant stakeholders like the Board of Engineers Malaysia to prepare engineering undergraduates for disaster management to strengthen the social fabric towards such risks.","PeriodicalId":411547,"journal":{"name":"Asean Journal of Engineering Education","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125249059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contextual Knowledge Elements Utilization in 3D CAD Model Manipulation from the Practicing Engineers Perspectives","authors":"Mohd Fahmi Adnan, M. Saud, M. Daud","doi":"10.11113/ajee2022.6n2.108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11113/ajee2022.6n2.108","url":null,"abstract":"Engineers’ ability to contextualize their created 3D CAD model during the design stage is the most important aspect of product design. In this conducted research, researcher has found that there was a lack of contextual knowledge among Mechanical Engineering Undergraduates and fresh graduate engineers in utilizing Three-Dimensional Computer Aided Design (3D CAD) modeling software in developing a good product design. In addressing this issue, a study has been conducted to focus on the representation of contextual knowledge elements in 3D CAD modeling applications. This article focused on presenting essential elements of contextual knowledge utilized among practicing engineers in their daily design works, in the aspect of Model Manipulation. Transcendental phenomenology approach has been utilized as the main research methodology. Four practicing engineers from engineering department of one shipbuilding company in Peninsular Malaysia were purposively selected to be studied. From the analysis, there are three most frequent emerging themes in the application of contextual knowledge in manipulating model using 3D CAD modeling: Realization, Design Intention and Normalization. These three elements play an important role in helping engineers to contextualize their design work during the stage of manipulating created model for new product development process.","PeriodicalId":411547,"journal":{"name":"Asean Journal of Engineering Education","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124499890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessments of Student’s Emotions and Their Relevance in Online Learning","authors":"Nurul Farhana Binti Jumaat, Nur Syafiqah Ahmad Termidi","doi":"10.11113/ajee2022.6n2.102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11113/ajee2022.6n2.102","url":null,"abstract":"Emotions are closely related to the feelings that exist in humans as a result of events or factors that occur around them, where they manifest in specific situations. Students' emotions are easily visible in traditional or face-to-face classrooms, and teachers can recognise emotional presence. Emotions can have a positive or negative impact on a student's learning capacity and motivation. Emotions have an indirect impact on student’s cognitive ability to learn. Because of the physical absence of teachers in online learning environments, it is difficult for teachers to see and assess emotions. This concept paper examines the role of emotional presence in the learning process based on a Community of Inquiry framework. This paper also discusses several assessment methods used by previous researchers to assess emotional presence in the online learning environment. The effects of emotional presence on online student learning will also be discussed.","PeriodicalId":411547,"journal":{"name":"Asean Journal of Engineering Education","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131058469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Non-Major Students’ Perception on the Application of Gamification and Simulation in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Courses at Universities in Malaysia","authors":"N. Saris, Norazliani Md Sapari","doi":"10.11113/ajee2022.6n2.87","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11113/ajee2022.6n2.87","url":null,"abstract":"In the field of electrical and electronics (E&E) technology that is evolving rapidly, the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia emphasizes universities to ensure that the expected non-major E&E engineering graduates are fully equipped with the skills to fulfil market needs. However, it is challenging for non-major students to understand the topics taught to them through the methods as they are conventionally being delivered. Therefore, gamification and simulation such as Kahoot, Quizizz, Multisim and CircuitMod have been applied in the university to facilitate formative assessment in order to enhance interest and understanding, and also accomplish learning more effectively among non-major students. Hence, this research aims to examine the non-major students’ perception of the implementation of gamification and simulation in class for face-to-face and online settings. To achieve this, a set of questionnaires was adapted with some modifications for the purpose of data collection. It was distributed to the students from random public universities in Malaysia who are currently enrolled in E&E engineering courses at their respective universities which majority of them are from a mechanical engineering background. Research questions concentrate on the advantages and students’ perceptions of gamification and simulation in E&E engineering courses. The collected data has been analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis. Based on the perceptions of the participating non-major E&E engineering students, the majority of the respondents agreed that gamification and simulation provide a better learning experience with the highest score mean of 4.22.  Moreover, gamification and simulation boost students' ability to learn, motivate them, increase their understanding, promote their well-being, and increase their achievement academically. Students hold a positive perception with 4.20 mean score, stating that it is suitable for application in the learning process as it is easy to use, fun, motivating, and more efficient. The results provided would encourage educators in Malaysian universities to better meet the needs of teaching non-major students with their lessons.","PeriodicalId":411547,"journal":{"name":"Asean Journal of Engineering Education","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133218366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Students’ and Lecturers’ Perception on the Use of Introductory Engineering Mathematics PutraMOOC","authors":"M. Mokhtar, W. A. Wan Adnan, A.S. Mohd Harithuddin, Diyana Jamaludin, Zuraidah Zan, Faisul Arif Ahmad","doi":"10.11113/ajee2022.6n2.106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11113/ajee2022.6n2.106","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the perceptions of lecturers and students on the use of the Introductory Engineering Mathematics PutraMOOC as a medium of learning and teaching for first year engineering students. The objectives of the study include respondents' perceptions of the characteristics of the PutraMOOC and its impact on the implementation of OBE. To measure the findings based on the respondents' experience on using the PutraMOOC, questionnaires which was also linked to students' scores, as well as interviews with lecturers were conducted. The results of this study show a positive impact and perception of the use of the PutraMOOC. However, based on the findings, there are also some improvements that need to be made in helping the effectiveness of the PutraMOOC in the future use.","PeriodicalId":411547,"journal":{"name":"Asean Journal of Engineering Education","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133881352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Implementation of Photovoltaic Academic Service Learning at School and Its Impact on Student Schools and Student Facilitators","authors":"Shahrin Md. Ayob, Chee Wei Tan, R. Ayop, Mohd. Zaki Daud","doi":"10.11113/ajee2022.6n2.103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11113/ajee2022.6n2.103","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the implementation of academic service learning (ASL) and its impact on secondary school students as the community and the university undergraduate students who act as facilitators.  The facilitators are the final year students from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering undertaking a photovoltaic technology course at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.  The ASL aims to transfer the knowledge of photovoltaic technology to the school student from the university's students and increase their interest in pursuing tertiary study in the science, technology, and mathematics (STEM) stream.  At the same time, it will benefit the facilitators by enriching their communication skills, personality, and academics. The objective achievement of the activity is measured qualitatively through a set of questionnaires after the activity.  It was found that ASL has positively impacted the school student's knowledge of photovoltaic technology.  To measure the impact on the facilitator, questionnaires were given to them after a year of graduation.  The majority of them agreed that ASL improved their communication skills and personality.  However, most facilitators agreed that ASL has minimum impact on enhancing their knowledge of photovoltaics. ","PeriodicalId":411547,"journal":{"name":"Asean Journal of Engineering Education","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115723910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring Learners’ Experiences in Video-conference Classrooms through theExtended Technology Acceptance Model","authors":"B. Edwards, Josephine Opeyemi Edwards","doi":"10.11113/ajee2022.6n2.107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11113/ajee2022.6n2.107","url":null,"abstract":"The forced switch to fully online learning during the pandemic lockdown resulted in the conversion of video-conference platforms into digital classrooms. The emergency situation at the time left no room for necessary research, training and adequate deployment process, thus forcing both learners and instructors to adopt these learning environments as the only solution to learning during those times. After the lockdown seasons were over, several educational institutions have been considering hybrid instructional modes, thereby making these platforms to persist within education. This necessitates the assessment of learners’ perception on learning in these new classrooms. This study aims to inform and inspire the design of inclusive, and sensitive future learning environments and schools where the needs of all types of learners are factored into instructional design and delivery.  An analysis model based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was deployed in this study which reports on findings from an online survey of 86 respondents consisting of 48 males and 38 females all educated at post-secondary levels. Respondents ages were between 17 and 60 years with a mean age of 30.49 years. Findings show positive learners’ perceptions of video-conference in terms of most constructs, with more neutral and almost negative feedback regarding support for collaboration and instructor presence. No negative perceptions were reported regarding frustration with the technology, and no difference in perception was expressed regarding continuation of virtual learning on video-conference, or return to physical classroom. Platforms were rated by respondents based on factors considered by respondents as important for learning; the highest ratings were assigned based on features including screen sharing, host meeting control capabilities and guest control.","PeriodicalId":411547,"journal":{"name":"Asean Journal of Engineering Education","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124083106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sustainable Assessment: The Inevitable Future of Engineering Curriculum","authors":"C. P. Liew, P. Kiew","doi":"10.11113/ajee2022.6n1.74","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11113/ajee2022.6n1.74","url":null,"abstract":"The programme outcomes, also known as graduate attributes in the International Engineering Alliance, serve as a benchmark of standards for engineering education to higher learning institutions in Malaysia and other signatory countries under the educational accords. Various studies conducted around the world have revealed that evaluating programme outcomes is perhaps the most important criterion for Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) which focuses on improving graduates' intellectual skills and capabilities. Several Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs) in Malaysia have struggled with assessing programme outcomes since the Engineering Accreditation Council Malaysia (EAC) introduced OBE in 2005. Despite the fact that the programme has been in place for over a decade, issues with assessing programme outcomes persist. Unsustainable effort and meaningless outcome assessment among academic staff are exacerbated by a lack of a specific programme outcome model, improper use of assessment tools, and the collection of massive amounts of unnecessary data. The challenges of assessing programme outcomes experienced by HLIs and academic staff are elaborated on in this article. The concept of sustainable development is introduced, which is believed to be capable of alleviating the problems associated with programme outcome assessment. The background of the adoption of OBE in Malaysia, as well as the assessment requirements of the Washington Accord, are presented in order to emphasise sustainable assessment as the inevitable future of engineering curriculum. The sustainable assessment in engineering curriculum advocated in this article aims to produce sustainable engineering graduates while also reducing the burden of programme outcomes assessment on academic staff.","PeriodicalId":411547,"journal":{"name":"Asean Journal of Engineering Education","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115797759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}