Task:

Assignment Question

Purpose

The objective of the assignment is to evaluate students’ ability to discuss the effects of technology and the technological challenges that exist in communication technology.

Requirement

Many policies, initiatives, programmes and projects are identified and executed to give a clear understanding on the serious efforts of Malaysia in becoming a communication technology community. At a national level, there are various reasons why the government plan and implement all the strategies to develop Information and Communication Technology (ICT) usage. Among others are to increase the competition in the world economy and also to serve as a tool to solve local economic problems; to improve and restore the quality of life and the welfare of a country as well as being able to provide more job opportunities for the fellow citizens; and to ensure that the country achieves the informative society status and stands on par with other developed countries.

Based on the above statement:

i.Discuss the impacts of ICT on the Malaysian community and culture.

ii.What are the challenges faced by users with regards to communication technology?

iii.Suggest solution to the challenges faced by users with regards to communication technology in Malaysia.

iv.Once you completed writing the essay part – your next task is to prepare a video for 5-minute duration to show/present all the impacts and challenges of communication technology that have been discussed in your essay:  

Use your creativity in preparing the video presentation – it could be prepared by using (a) PowerPoint Slides and present; OR (b) Still photos or YouTube and present; OR (c) Any other creative way to develop your video presentation.

However, please make sure your voice and face can be identified and seen during the presentation for evaluation purposes (refer to the rubric of video presentation).

Then, upload the video on YouTube (refer to the instructions given in the provided manual. The manual can be downloaded in MyINSPIRE – Assignment Folder). 

Once you have uploaded your video on YouTube, there will be a link of your video that you need to “copy and paste” it in your essay document (Word file), at the last page of your essay (before the bibliography/references).  

Your essay should include relevant examples, images, citations etc. to support your discussion.

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