The Leaps of Knowledge
Conference 2018 presented by FrogAsia Sdn Bhd with the support of the YTL
Foundation saw more than 1,000 educators, parents, students and members of the
education sector gathering to elevate 21st Century education in
Malaysia. Held at the JW Marriott Hotel Kuala Lumpur, this year’s conference
aimed to inspire, equip and empower Malaysians to collaboratively and collectively
do more to raise the bar in education.
The Leaps of Knowledge
Conference 2018 – themed Level Up!, centred around the commitment of the
community of educators, parents and individuals to continue leveraging on the
foundations built over the last six years, levelling the playing field across
all schools in Malaysia through technology. This year’s conference explored how
the community can work together to raise the bar by celebrating each other’s
successes, learning from each other and collaborating on new ideas to increase
outcomes for 21st Century learners.
During the workshops, the participants gained deeper understanding of higher order thinking skills and how educators can incorporate them into teaching and learning. There were also gamified experience workshops that introduced the new features of the Frog VLE to parents and teachers to demonstrate the capability of such technology when implemented in today’s education system.
“At FrogAsia, we
believe in a world where everyone loves learning and where technology removes
boundaries. With technology, there is equal access to quality education
regardless of location or background. By bridging the digital divide, the
education divide is also bridged at the same time. After six years of driving
21st Century education in Malaysia, we have seen the huge difference
that Frog is making in the Malaysian education system. Schools from across the
country can collaborate and support one another, and student progress can be
monitored and tracked to help them improve. Today, we are gathering educators,
students, parents and other members of the education community to join forces to
raise the bar further and make 21st Century learning even more
accessible and empowering,” said Lou Yeoh, Executive Director of FrogAsia Sdn
Bhd.
At the conference,
FrogAsia launched its inaugural FrogPlay World Championship, a competition that
aims to encourage students around the world to collaborate and optimise the use
of the FrogPlay gamified learning and revision application on the Frog Virtual
Learning Environment (VLE). FrogPlay, available online on the Frog VLE and on
the Google Play Store, motivates students to learn and progress by doing
revision using gamification. Thousands of quizzes are available for the
students’ revision, including quizzes from trusted education partner Pelangi
Publishing Group, teachers and the Ministry of Education. FrogPlay also
provides detailed reports to help parents and teachers help their child and
classroom of students perform better.
Since its launch last year, students have clocked over 1.5 million revision hours on FrogPlay. By tracking the hours spent on FrogPlay and the progress of students, FrogAsia saw evidence that revising via the gamified-learning app resulted in an improvement in student performance across all subjects for both primary and secondary schools. For example, students who used FrogPlay for physics revision are observed to have increased their average scores by up to 29% points.
Lou added: “We were so
excited to see the impact of FrogPlay last year, which was driven by the
FrogPlay Championship. The competition was successful in encouraging students
to proactively learn and revise on FrogPlay even after the competition ended
which led to an improvement in their academic performance. We believe in providing Malaysian
students with exposure to the best education possible and equipping these
students to be globally competitive. This is why we are taking the FrogPlay
Championship to the global stage, where students in Malaysia will get to compete with
students from all around the world including schools in the United
Kingdom, Australia, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and the United
States of America.”
The conference
featured Shaheen Mistri, Founder of
Akansha and CEO of Teach for India who spoke on her belief that educators
and students are partners in building education in a nation, and encouraged
collective impact through the contribution of all in the community. Through her
talk, she called upon the participants to evaluate the tools they already
possess and to use them effectively to raise the bar in education in Malaysia,
which will set a standard and be a role model for the world.
Programme Director of YTL Foundation, Datin Kathleen Chew was also one of the
featured keynote speakers. She spoke on the impact and success stories that
were the result of the collaboration between YTL Foundation, FrogAsia and the
Ministry of Education. “It is evident that change has taken place and that technology
has made a huge impact to education in Malaysia. We are so glad to be partners
with change makers in this country and will continue to contribute to this
initiative that aims to inspire and upskill learners nationwide.”
After her speech,
Datin Kathleen invited three teachers from schools that benefited significantly
through the various initiatives like the Frog Classroom Programme, 1BestariNet
Teacher Award and FrogPlay Championship. These three teachers were the
Headmistress of SK Kayang Noridah Hamdan, 2nd runner up of the 1BestariNet
Teacher Award 2017 Mohamad Jalil, and Chew Soo Lee, Frog Admin of SJK(C) Choon
Cheng, School Winner of FrogPlay Championship 2017.
Leaps of Knowledge is sponsored by YTL Foundation, also a key partner in the Frog Classroom Programme where they, together with the Ministry of Education, contribute to building 21st century learning spaces for schools. YTL Foundation had recently contributed a sum of RM1.5 million together with the Ministry to provide 21st century education infrastructure to 50 Tamil schools nationwide.
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