Green TVET Capacity Building in Green Energy Power Generation: Building a Sustainable Engineering Skill Base
Issue:
Volume 1, Issue 3, October 2015
Pages:
34-41
Received:
27 July 2015
Accepted:
2 September 2015
Published:
9 September 2015
Abstract: Promoting Energy Efficiency and Green Energy or Renewable Energy are the hottest topics being discussed globally these days, for climate control. Deploying Green Energy / Renewable (GE/RE) and accordingly employment in these areas have gained importance in recent years in India. Green energy employment opportunities continue to grow in various countries. International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) estimated that green energy jobs reached 7.7 million in 2014. Largest employers during 2014 for Green Energy Sector were China, Brazil, the United States, India, Germany, Spain and Bangladesh (in that order). And the regional shifts predominantly in the value chain of manufacturing and installation segments are noticed from developed to emerging countries that continue in wind and solar technologies. New Mantra for Indian growth spelt out by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India is “Skills, Scale and Speed” for getting India back on the economy track. Technical Vocational Education & Training (TVET) for green energy is termed as GTVET or Green Energy Skills in this paper, as it makes a fit case for building a sustainable engineering skill base in the green economy. GVET has shown Skill Gaps in GE/ RE due to sector’s expansion. GTVET spans across various economic sectors through energy saving and urgently needs setting up of the Skill Standards for quantitative measurements of qualitative parameters for the Human Capital Assets required for sector’s Capacity Building. The Skill Standards are to act as bench marks for comparing two independent individuals by measuring these, for a useful comparison and for establishing a correlation for further testing the significance of the variations establishing cause and effect relationship for course correction if and as required. The Skill Standards also establish a correlation, between Skilling Institutions, Skilling facilitators and the individuals from diversified geographic regions, countries as well as other stakeholders. Skill Standards Setting Process or the concept of Skill councils is a recent phenomenon in India that got attention after the Skill gaps started getting reflected in the Industry, due to the industries expansion, demographic concerns of aging work force in various countries, for GTVET curriculum remaining unchanged and has not caught up with the dynamic technology changes. This has resulted in expansive “on job learning and self-learning” and poor “Return of Investment in Skilling” for not gaining adequate importance. Skilled manpower is needed for execution of an ambitious GE/RE program envisioned in India. The Skills needed in this sector are broadly covered in this paper. The skilling domain needed in this sector also include Soft Skills within the usual ambit along with the Technical Skills.
Abstract: Promoting Energy Efficiency and Green Energy or Renewable Energy are the hottest topics being discussed globally these days, for climate control. Deploying Green Energy / Renewable (GE/RE) and accordingly employment in these areas have gained importance in recent years in India. Green energy employment opportunities continue to grow in various coun...
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Problem Based Learning Instruction Approaches for Students’ Intrinsic Motivation Stimulus
Issue:
Volume 1, Issue 3, October 2015
Pages:
42-48
Received:
27 July 2015
Accepted:
28 August 2015
Published:
14 September 2015
Abstract: A flawed methodology in the design of Problem Based Learning (PBL) instructional procedure often result in students’ discomfort in working in a PBL environment. As a result, student interest might difficult to sustain, and their intrinsic motivation in learning through the PBL process will be difficult to determine. This paper proposes a fourteen-step PBL instructional procedure which addresses intrinsic motivation within the students’ learning process. This particular case study addressed a course in the first year syllabus of an Electrical Engineering diploma programme. Within this course, this instructional procedure was experimentally tested and compared with Traditional Learning Approaches (TLA). The results indicated that students’ intrinsic motivation level for PBL group exceeded the students’ intrinsic motivation level in the TLA. Therefore, the fourteen-step PBL design proposed, was effective in increasing students’ intrinsic motivation than that of the TLA.
Abstract: A flawed methodology in the design of Problem Based Learning (PBL) instructional procedure often result in students’ discomfort in working in a PBL environment. As a result, student interest might difficult to sustain, and their intrinsic motivation in learning through the PBL process will be difficult to determine. This paper proposes a fourteen-s...
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Production E-Glossary as Mobile Learning (M-Learning) among the Students of Polytechnic
Mohd Zulkafli Mohamed,
Norshila Abu Bakar
Issue:
Volume 1, Issue 3, October 2015
Pages:
49-54
Received:
28 July 2015
Accepted:
16 September 2015
Published:
16 September 2015
Abstract: Education nowadays centered more on mobile learning (mobile learning). Mobile learning or m-learning is self-learning method using mobile devices such as smart phones, personal digital assistant (PDA), tablet and other learning tools. Electronic book or e-book is a digital reading material used to replace the conventional textbooks that uses paper. E-book is a program or software which can be installed in mobile devices as a means of self-study. The combination between mobile devices and electronic books formed an E-Glossary Dictionary of Environmental Science using Macromedia Flash 8 as m-learning. Innovation in teaching and learning process which has been produced is to help improve the academic performance of students in polytechnics. Course CP103; Environmental Science from the Urban and Regional Planning Program at Polytechnic Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam has been used as a subjects to test the effectiveness of E-Glossary of Environmental Science as m-learning with the aims of increasing the quality of students in polytechnics. Comparison of the examination’s results of students who used E-Glossary of Environmental Science and those who did not used the glossary has been made as the methods or techniques to fulfill this research. Findings show that there are significant differences in terms of the passing percentage of students who use E-Glossary of Environmental Science as m-learning. Findings also show that students who use E-Glossary achieved 100% percentage compared with the students who did not use the E-Glossary. Similarly, in terms of quality the students which use E-Glossary attain better grades than those who did not use the glossary. In conclusion, the use of E-Glossary should be expanded among the students of polytechnic to improve the quality of graduates. Moreover the uses of mobile phones as a medium of m-learning among polytechnic students are normal. It is a waste if such opportunities are not used by the lecturers to diversify the teaching and learning methods in the classroom.
Abstract: Education nowadays centered more on mobile learning (mobile learning). Mobile learning or m-learning is self-learning method using mobile devices such as smart phones, personal digital assistant (PDA), tablet and other learning tools. Electronic book or e-book is a digital reading material used to replace the conventional textbooks that uses paper....
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