BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kuching BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20170702T080000 RDATE:20380119T111407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:Asia/Kuching +08 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:397a1f02b3f60fe456c7ae19ca058f3f CATEGORIES:In The Media CREATED:20180703T083028 SUMMARY:ICT4D IN THE FIELD Symposium and Closing Ceremony DESCRIPTION:
Kota Samarahan, 3 July 2018- The closin g ceremony of the Community Service Learning Programme between Faculty of C omputer Science and Information Technology (FCSIT), Universiti Malaysia Sar awak (UNIMAS) and Vrije University (VU) of Amsterdam was held yesterday at Rumah Universiti, UNIMAS, Kota Samarahan. The closing ceremony was officiat ed by the Vice Chancellor of UNIMAS, Profesor Datok Dr Mohammad Kadim Bin S uaidi. It was attended by representatives from government and private secto rs, communities, students and academicians from higher institutions. The Co mmunity Service Learning Programme started on 6th June 2018 unti l 2nd July 2018 with the participation of eleven (11) Masters St udents and five (5) Academic Staff from Vrije University (VU). Among the pa rtners are the Department of Agriculture Asajaya, Kampung Pinggan Jaya, Kuc hing, farmers from Kampung Sador Hilir, Kota Samarahan, Industry Partner fr om Banana Factory and SK Muhibbah. The aim of this program is to provide a platform for VU students to apply their knowledge and skills in ICT to a lo cal community through field-based approach. The ICT development of projects must be User-Centered Design (UCD), project requirements and goals are mut ually agreed between local users and developers. The VU students have devel oped three (3) ICT products namely APPong-Information Systems for Gula Apon g farmers, BannaTree-Information System for Banana Farming and EDUCOMX-Engl ish Learning App for school children. The VU students who involved had the chance to learn a new culture, customs, traditions and to experience Kampun g life, including helping preparation for Raya Festival, cooking local food s and joined Raya visits in the village.
Recently, on the 8th June 2018, the MoU was signed b etween FCSIT, UNIMAS and Vrije University (VU) of Amsterdam to collaborate in research and education in the field of Information and Communications fo r Development (ICT4D).
Also present were Professor Dr Fasihuddin Bin Badruddin Ahmad, Dean of FCSIT, As sociate Professor Dr Johari Bin Abdullah, Anna Bon, Coordinator ICT4D in th e Field, Vrije University (VU) of Amsterdam, ISITI Director, Professor Nara yanan Kulathuramaiyer, Director, Bahagian Keterlibatan Industri & Transform asi Komuniti, Puan Noraziah Abdul Wahab, Head of Sarawak Region, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, Mr Roslan Bin Mohammad and Head o f Infrastructure ICT, ICT Sector, Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Puan Puspa Diana Bt Jawi.
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