Salleh, Nurul Azita and Abdul Nifa, Faizatul Akmar and Zakaria, Muhammad Nazrin Shah and Mohd Nordin, Norazah and Abdul Rashid, Abdul Khalim (2015) A study of IM-SmartSAFETY courseware development for foreign workers in safety course Malaysia construction industry. Jurnal Teknologi, 77 (5). pp. 163-168. ISSN 0127-9696

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Abstract

IM-SmartSAFETY is an application developed as a medium for delivering contents to foreign workers in response to language problem in Health and Safety Induction Course (HSIC).It is a compulsory initial course for all workers including local and foreign workers and professionals before entering into construction sites.In ensuring IM-SmartSAFETY meets the objective of the course, learning theories, particularly constructivism, social, and minimalism, have been applied along the development process.In accordance, this paper discusses the importance of applying learning theories in the IM-SmartSAFETY.Constructivism theory is important in IM-SmartSAFETY because it supports the creation of new knowledge through creative and critical thinking based on the existing knowledge while solving problems in existing cases.Meanwhile through social theory, emphasis on cognitive is deeper than on physical behavior in which visual representation of positive and negative behavior could be imitated. It also promotes social interaction among the peers and between the trainees and the trainers through activities provided in the application. Further, minimalism theory is important because it ensures the application is appealing in terms arrangement of text, information, graphic, color, and audio so that they never confuse the foreign workers, but make them understand.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Application, learning theories, safety course, foreign workers, construction industry
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions:	School of Technology Management & Logistics
Depositing User:	Mdm. Nurul Azita Salleh
Date Deposited:	21 Dec 2015 01:16
Last Modified:	17 Apr 2016 02:58
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/16636

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