Barriers to Instructional Technology Use Among Malaysian Public University Academicians

Prevalence of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome among Malaysian Female University Staff

Background & aim: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a metabolic disease with diverse etiologies. The prevalence of PCOS varies among different ethnicities and across various geographical and social settings. Scarce data exist on the prevalence of PCOS in Asia, especially in Malaysia. Regarding this, the present study was conducted to assess the prevalence of PCOS and its subtypes among the Ma...

Osteoporosis Knowledge among Future Healthcare Practitioners: Findings from a Malaysian Public University

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Students in relevant health-care academic programs are the future professionals who should play an active role in increasing community awareness regarding chronic diseases such as osteoporosis. This research aimed to evaluate the knowledge of osteoporosis, one of the growing health-care burdens in Malaysia, among students belong to three different health occupations pr...

Perceived Barriers of Innovative Banking among Malaysian Retail Banking Customers

This study aims to identify perceptual barriers of Internet banking adoption among Malaysian retail banking customers. The perceptual barrier factors that analyzed were difficulty to operate, hassle to use, unreliable, perceived risk and high connection fees. This study employs a quantitative approach using questionnaire survey at selected banks in Malaysia. The results indicate that there are ...

The Development of Information Technology in the Malaysian Public Sector

Instructional Technology

In popular usage, instructional technology refers to the use of communications media–hardware and software-to help people learn. At different times different media have been central to educators' conception of instructional technology. The term first came into widespread use in the early 1960s; James D. Finn, a professor at the University of Southern California, was probably the most vigorous p...