Assoc. Prof. Dr. Melor Md Yunus
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Deputy Dean (Research & Innovation) Faculty of Education, UKM
Dr Melor Md Yunus is an Associate Professor and Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation at the Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She is best known for establishing the integration of ICT in teaching and learning English as a Second Language research. She contributed to developing the PERMATApintar National Gifted Centre in Malaysia in 2009 and was appointed as the first Deputy Director of the centre. She is the first recipient of the National Higher Education e-Learning award (2014) for her contributions in Creativity (Blended Learning, Flipped Learning, and Problem-Based Learning). She is also in the Top 3 Cited Malaysian Researcher List in 2014 MRUN Report and she won UKM Best Teaching Award (Bitara Pendidik) in 2016. She was conferred upon the award of Distinguished Woman in Social Science 2017 for her contribution and achievement in the field of Teaching and Learning Innovation by Venus International Foundation. She is active in scholarly journal writing and publishing and has currently published more than 100 papers in SCOPUS. Her publications have been cited almost 600 times and she has an author SCOPUS h-index of 11. The recipient of 183 innovation awards, she is highly regarded among her peers in her field.
Dr. Harwati Hashim
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Harwati Hashim is a senior lecturer at the Centre for Teaching and Learning Innovations, Faculty of Education, National University of Malaysia (UKM) and currently the Head of Undergraduate Programme for Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL). She holds a Bachelor in Education (TESL) from Malaya University (UM) and an M.Ed in TESL from National University of Malaysia (UKM). She then earned her PhD in Education (TESL) from UKM. She is an educational technology enthusiast and an e-learning practitioner. Specialising in Technology-enhanced Language Learning (TELL), she has published articles in journals and proceedings at the national and international level. She is also an active presenter at the local and international conferences as well as at innovation competitions. To date, she has won more than 30 medals including a diamond medal from various local and international innovation competitions mainly focusing on e-learning, mobile learning, augmented reality and the use of social media for learning. Her areas of concentration are mobile learning, Mobile-assisted Language Learning (MALL), technology acceptance as well as language pedagogy and the use of technology in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL). She is also an Apple Teacher and a committee of Mobile Learning Association Malaysia (MLAM). Currently, she teaches current approaches to TESL, academic writing, language learning strategies and Social Media & Learning (SMiLe).
Dr. Izwah Binti Ismail
Ungku Omar Polytechnic, Malaysia
Izwah Ismail,PhD is a senior lecturer at Department of Electrical Engineering, Politeknik Ungku Omar and currently leads the Centre of Technology Robotic, Electrical & Electronic (CTREE). She is a technology specialist and has published articles in journals and proceedings at the national and international level as well as contributes as the reviewer for scopus index journal. She also actively participates and has won gold medals and special awards in local and international innovation competitions. Her experience spans various technology solutions focusing on future proofing through digital transformation and the introduction of IoT applications. At present, her research interest in fiber optic and mobile engineering. Besides that, she actively involves in international projects regarding TVET ecosystem and skills partnerships.
Dr. Kadek Suranata, M.Pd., Kons
Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha
Aspalilla Main, PhD
Politeknik Merlimau Melaka, Malaysia