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Former OUM Vice President of Academic Affairs
Prof. Dr. Widad Othman
Professor Dr Widad Othman is currently an adjunct professor in Open Universiti Malaysia. She has served as a lecturer in OUM from 2006-2022 and has held various positions during her time there. Not least, she was the Vice President of Academic Affairs for 3 years, Cluster Head for 1 year and Dean of Faculty of Education and Languages for 8 years. Prior to joining OUM, she has also served in UTM from 1981-2006 in the Faculty of Education, now known as School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Educational Technologist
Assoc. Prof Dr. Noraffandy Yahya
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noraffandy Yahaya is a senior lecturer at the School of Education, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia since 2013. He obtained his PhD in ICT in Education from University of Leeds, United Kingdom. He was a Head of Department at Department of Mathematics & Science Education and Creative Multimedia for 8 Years and was appointed as Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation of the Faculty of Education until 2018. Noraffandy has research background in Online Learning and ICT in Education. He has conducted numerous studies on students’ interaction in Online Learning Environment, Learning Analytics and Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). He has published more than 19 papers in Q1/Q2 Web of Science journal and nearly 80 papers in the research area of Online Learning, ICT in Education and the use of technology in teaching and learning. Dr Noraffandy is also a Reviewer for Q1/Q2 papers in Computers & Education, IEEE Transaction on Education, Technology in Society, Interactive Learning Environment, BMC Medical Education and Science Progress. He has been a supervisor to more than 25 completed master degree students and 17 completed PhD students. Currently, he has 11 PhD students under his supervision. He has also been appointed as external examiner for universities in Malaysia and Australia for doctoral theses and has been an assessor for Master dissertation for university in New Zealand.