T.O.T - Pilot Study - Validity & Reliability of the Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) Module

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Assalamualaikum wbt.

The journey of TEL Module started when the Experiment Physics held in Phykir Lab, UPSI. Thanks to my sifu Prof. Rosly Jaafar who had introduced me with the softwares and smartphone application to be used as learning tool in order to adapt the Experiment-Based Learning and Learning through Believing.

By adopting the Sideks' Module Development Model, there are two steps that should be done before having a Ready-to-Use Module which is:

Phase I: Prepare a draft module
Phase II: Test and evaluate the module

Sideks' Module Development Model 1.

Me with the living legend; Prof. Dr. Sidek Mohd Noah

I have gone through each and every step from Developing aim of the module, identify theories, needs assessment, set the objectives, content selection, strategy selection, media selection and integrate the draft module as I come out with a completed draft module.

Stage II is what I called as Field study. Before conducting the pilot study, I plan for Training for Trainers (T.O.T) sessions. Since the TEL module acquired students and teacher to download softwares into laptops and install free apps in the smartphones, I need extra hands for facilitating in order to  keep the Learning Time on track. There are two sessions of T.O.T; one with 5 students and the other one with 2 teachers. Their involvement is voluntary and much appreciated.

T.O.T 1: Students: Sh. Asilah, Farah, Wan Nur Liyana, Farzanan and Nur Adriana

T.O.T 2: Teachers: Pn. Nuraini from Methodist Girls School and En. Khairul Anuar from Izzuddin Shah

Then the Pilot Study.

A pilot study is "small study to test research protocols, data collection, instruments and other research techniques in preparing for a larger study" 2.

The pilot study was held at SMK Raja Permaisuri Bainun and I would like to convey my special thanks to Pn. Kasma Manis for helping me out with her students during experiments.

After the treatment (30 students of SMK Raja Permaisuri Bainun utilize the TEL module), they:
1. Sit for the achievement test. 
2. Respond to the questionnaire of reliability of TEL module.

The purpose of the test is to test whether the study instrument(s) is asking the intended questions, appropriateness of time taken to complete the achievement test, whether the format is comprehensive and whether the selected validated tool is appropriate for target population.


TEL module is tested for its reliability - which refers to a measurement that supplies consistent results with equal values 3.












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References:
1. Sidek Mohd Noah & Jamaluddin Ahmad. (2005). Pembinaan Modul: Bagaimana membina modul latihan dan modul akademik. Serdang: Universiti Putra Malaysia.

2. Steward PW. Small or pilot study GCRC protocols which propose: pilot studies". Cincinnati Chidren's Hospital Medical Center 
3. Babbie, E.R (2010). The practice of Social Research. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth