Posted by admin on February 26th, 2013
With a theme of “Steering High Performance Culture and Global Excellence,” ELPIIC2013 hopes this conference would meet it objectives in not only fostering collaborative efforts; but also as a platform for networking and bases for discussion on performance improvement in diverse area of studies. The organizer, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan should be grateful to our international publisher team–the ELSEVIER for the continuous support in making the ELPIIC2013 a success as an indexed international conference. The conference was officiated by Y. Bhg. Dato’ Dr. Awang Adek Hussin, Deputy Minister of Finance, Malaysia on 26th February, 2013 at the Renaissance Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. The welcoming speech was delivered by Y. Bhg. Professor Datuk Dr. Raduan Che Rose, the Vice Chancellor, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan.
ELPIIC 2013 also represents a significant milestone for the objective measurement research with the introduction of the rasch measurement in the international guest lecture series session by professor trevor g. bond. we are delighted to introduce the Rasch Measurement Society Malaysian Chapter (myrasch) –a newly established society and driving its membership now to malaysia. Applying the rasch model is highly used by researchers and postgraduate students around the globe such as us, uk, europe, south east asia, hong kong, taiwan and japan.
Posted by admin on February 9th, 2013
Posted by admin on January 8th, 2013
Keynote Speaker I
Professor Trevor G. Bond
Topic: “Evaluating learning in order to gauge performance improvement: A central role for Rasch measurement.”
Traditional views of testing and assessment focus on summative evaluation for purposes of academic progression and/or certification. Although content specified learning outcomes are more popular that previously, the bulk of evaluations still focus on how many should receive a particular grade, rather than on the level of performance implied by that grade. When evaluation procedures move from assessment of learning to assessment for learning, the teaching / learning processes are emphasized. Then, evaluation has a number of simultaneous foci: the learning content, the learner’s current status and the required performance outcome. Rasch measurement is uniquely placed to operationalize these requirements into a single performance measurement system which identifies the pathway to success. In this conception, the interval between present and future evaluations provides for measures deigned to gauge performance improvement in order to inform learners, teachers and certification authorities.
Professor Trevor BOND is currently Adjunct Professor at the School of Education at James Cook University, and the Faculty of Education at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Previous to that he was Head of the Department of Educational Psychology, Counselling & Learning Needs, at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, and then a Visiting Scholar to HKIEd. He is internationally regarded for his work on the application of Rasch analysis to developmental variables and educational outcomes. He taught undergraduate subjects based on developmental and educational psychology to teacher education students, and continues to supervise doctoral students who use Rasch measurement approaches to research. As a Distinguished Visiting Professor in Educational Measurement to the College of Education at The University of Toledo (U.S.) in 2000, he co-taught a graduate measurement course and consulted in quantitative research methodology. He undertook (with John King) the first state-wide survey of client satisfaction with public education for Education Queensland (1997/98). The second edition of his best-selling current book (co-authored with Christine Fox), Applying the Rasch model: Fundamental measurement in the human sciences, reflects his longstanding experience in educational settings as the background for applying fundamental measurement to outcomes in the human sciences. In 2000-01 he developed procedures for systematically collecting, analysing and reporting student feedback about teaching and subjects for James Cook University and undertook a similar task at Hong Kong Institute of Education. He was Hon Senior Fellow of the Centre for Assessment Research and Development at HKIEd. Prof. Bond is a specialist reviewer for journals across a wide range of human sciences and provides consultation to organizations involved in high-stakes educational testing in the US, UK and Europe. In 2005, he instigated the annual PROMS: the Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposia to support the development of measurement capacity in S.E. and Eastern Asia. PROMS meetings have been held in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. Prof. Bond is a regular presenter on topics of educational measurement and conducts Rasch measurement workshops in the U.S., S.E. Asia, Australia and Europe, in particular.
Keynote Speaker II
Assoc. Professor Dr. Mahmoud Khalid Almsafir
Topic: “Evaluating performance improvement and its impact on Globalization.”
Associate Professor Dr Mahmoud Khalid Almsafir is currently the Head of Global Business Center/UNITEN University and the Advisor to the Secretary General of the Council of Economic Arab Unity/Arab League, Cairo, Egypt. He has worked as an Associate Vice President of UCSI University in Kuala Lumpur and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of UCSI Terengganu University in Malaysia. He had served as the Head of Iraqi Diplomatic Mission to Malaysia 2003-2006. He is also the Iraqi Permanent Representative to the Arab Economic Unity, Cairo, Egypt. He had vast experience as an academic and was a Senior Lecturer at Baghdad University from 1994-2002; a Senior researcher at Baitul Hikmah, House of Wisdom, Baghdad, Iraq. Associate Professor Dr. Mahmoud Almsafir has been giving a keynote speech at international conferences and for professional organisations in various countries. Mahmoud’s research had been published in books and various international journal in English and Arabic.
Posted by admin on November 30th, 2012
Posted by admin on November 13th, 2012
In conjunction with ELPIIC2013- the Evaluation of Learning for Performance Improvement International Conference, the Rasch Measurement International Forum and Conference will be held from 25th to 26th February 2013 with an objective to share and disseminate knowledge on latest advances in objective measurement particularly among researchers and practitioners that uses Rasch measurement. Postgraduate students in various field of studies, academic researchers and industry experts that use Rasch measurement in their research analysis are cordially invited to join a panel of distinguished researchers and practitioners to share expertise and experiences at objective measurement.
All accepted papers will be double-blind reviewed by experts in Rasch analysis and published by the Elsevier under the Procedia Journal of Social and Behavioural Sciences, leading to SCOPUS indexed. To register your interest, please click here.
Posted by admin on November 13th, 2012
CALL FOR PAPER–ELPIIC 2013, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Bachok Campus, Kelantan, Malaysia (Proceeding included in the Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences (Elsevier) leading to SCOPUS listing).
Conference Theme: ” Steering High Performance Culture and Global Excellence”
Selected papers will be published into the International Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation Research.
Posted by admin on November 13th, 2012
The Global Entrepreneurship Research and Innovation Center, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia will be organizing the Evaluation of Learning for Performance Improvement International Conference (ELPIIC2013) on 25-26 February 2013 in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Bachok Campus, Kelantan, Malaysia. ELPIIC 2013 was thus initiated and specially designed with a view of reviewing the current trends and approaches of evaluation using best practices from all over the world. Academics, researchers, and human resource practitioners therefore are able to share, disseminate and discuss their current research findings. ELPIIC2013 aims to explore and promote recent developments, current practices and future trends in enhancing strategies, goals and the right culture towards realizing evaluation of learning as a workable formula for the organizations’ overall performance and productivity improvements.
All submitted articles should report original, previously unpublished research results, experimental or theoretical, and will be peer-reviewed. Articles submitted to the conference should meet these criteria and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
The Proceedings of ELPIIC2013 will be published in the Procedia Journal of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Elsevier and will normally be indexed in SCOPUS.