Innovation in teaching and learning using service oriented approach

• Main Authors: Yahya, Y., Nielsen, D. N., Mukhtar, M.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Collaboration; Educational institutions; Industries; innovation; Organizations; service oriented approach; Social network services; Technological innovation; value co-creation
• ISSN: 2155-6822; 2155-6830
• DOI: 10.1109/ICEEI.2011.6021663

Due to the advent technology, Higher Learning Institutions (HLI) are currently exposed to steep competition with their entrants globally. Thus for HLI to remain competitive globally, innovation is essential. Innovation is required not only in the business process to aid in more efficient ways of conducting the business, but also in the teaching and learning method. Due to the recent technology of Web 2.0 and 3.0, learners are exposed to vast amount of information in which it is made accessible online. In addition to the Internet capabilities in providing vast amount of information, learners are also exposed to the global communication in which platforms such as social networking software like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace had allowed learners to communicate with others across the globe in the quest of finding information and getting related knowledge. This provisions had posed a challenge to the academics in the HLI to innovate their way of teaching and ensure what is delivered to the learners are not repetitive to what they have known before through online information. As such teaching and learning must be co-created between the instructors and learners and be viewed from the participative and service oriented approach. The participative approach emphasizes on the learners participation in real life exercise while the service-oriented approach promotes values that are co-created between the learners and instructors to create win-win perspectives for both parties. Therefore this particular work is geared towards innovating the teaching and learning method across two countries, to provide an experience to the learners in terms of life exposure working with various community from the other countries and bring to light the experience in interacting with others, difference in work culture between two communities, sharing of ideas, working in different time zones and using technology in communicating and delivering results. The outcomes of the research is the participative model using a service oriented approach which can be used as a platform to innovate in current teaching learning process.