Description

The teaching material for weaving included video and animation on the following 1) Basic weave by plain and twill designs; 2) weft insertion methods in terms of shuttle and rapier looms and 3) modem textile vs traditional textile mill.

The teaching material for knitting included fabric library for fully fashion, colour jacquard and intarsia fabrics. Videos for flat bed knitting and circular knitting machines were developed .

Both Phases 1 and 2 are implemented according to the planned objectives 1 and 2. Objective I is on the knowledge on woven fabric formation, shuttle and shuttleless loom and basic weave designs. These had been implemented in Phase I. Objective 2 is on the knowledge on knitted fabric formation, single and double knit fabrics and there were implemented in Phase 2.

With the help of APSS and IT support staff, a Student Response System called "Clicker" was used to develop an interactive Multiple Choice (MC) questions for Phase 3. The Clicker system allows students to access the MC directly from their mobile phone, tablet or iPad device directly. As instant feedback will be provided by Clicker system, students can know their performance in class.

Evaluation

Survey had been conducted on using Blackboard and Clicker system. Over 80% of students found Blackboard was easy to use and it was an important tool for them to download teaching materials before and after the lecture. However, only 40% students would use the Youtube (video) features inside the Blackboard. For the communication with tutors and students, 80% of them would like to use Facebook (Social Media) or WhatsApp directly than Blackboard.

In short, over 70% students enjoyed the Blackboard as an e-Learning platform for their study as Blackboard provided with one-stop shop on teaching materials (Power Point file, Word document), video, animation, discussion.