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of the Communication Department, UKM, between October 1998 toSeptember 2000. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons)(Communication) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (1980), Master ofScience (Instructional Media Technology), Central Missouri StateUniversity, USA (1982), and Ph.D. (Telecommunication) from the OhioState University, Columbus, USA (1989). Before her tertiary education, DrRahmah underwent teacher training at the Temenggong IbrahimTeachers’ College, Johor Bahru (1965-1966) and the Specialist TeacherTraining Institute (Education of the Blind) in Kuala Lumpur (1973).She has presented conference papers in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand,the Philippines, Korea, South Africa and Belgium. To date, she hascontributed chapters in a number of books and published monographsboth locally and internationally. Her research focus includes ICT and itsimpact on the people’s quality of life. A number of research projects havealso been conducted for UKM, and organisations such as the Asian Media,Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) Singapore, AsianInstitute for Development Communication (AIDCOM), UNESCO, andKOMTECH, Germany.Associate Professor Dr Raja Maznah Raja HussainDr Raja Maznah Raja Hussain is an Associate Professor and Head of theDepartment of Curriculum and Instructional Technology, at the Faculty ofEducation, University of Malaya. She was the Director of UMLIC(University of Malaya Learning Development Center) from 1996 to 2000.Dr. Raja Maznah has a Ph. D. in the field of Instructional SystemsTechnology from Indiana University. Her area of specialization isInstructional Design and Training. She has presented papers andconducted workshops for Higher Education Institutions andorganisations in the areas of Instructional Design, Course Development,Presentation Skills, Management of Technology-Based Learning, andLearning Organisation.She was a Visiting Professor at the Florida State University in 1995 in theSchool Year 2000 project, a project to restructure schools using technology.She spent her sabbatical in 2000 at the Multimedia University as a VisitingProfessor responsible for developing Instructional Design Guideline forthe Multimedia Learning System (MMLS). She was an InstructionalDesigner Consultant to UNITEM in the Content Development project in2001-2002. She was a lead researcher and Instructional Designer forINSTEP in their eLearning project in 2001. She believes that learning is atool for success and that it is important to share your ideas and what youhave learned with others.Joint Study by MEWC and OUM 153