REPORT 1

GLOBAL CLASSROOM WITH LA TROBE UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA: COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TO ENGAGE STUDENTS OF BSK1133 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

In line with the Centre for Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) initiative to connect students and academics from different countries, global classroom between FIST, UMP and La Trobe University, Australia were conducted. Ts. Dr. Yuen Mei Lian, the course coordinator of BSK1133 Physical Chemistry, invited Associate Professor Dr. Ing Kong (School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe University, Australia) as the guest lecturer for the global classroom session from September 2019 to October 2019 (6 weeks).

A total of 30 students were engaged in the global classroom session. Besides effective lecturing by Associate Professor Dr. Ing Kong, employing fun learning activities and quizzes are very important for student engagement in this online learning. It is not only students' knowledge will improve, but also their interest, strength, active, communication, team spirit and freedom of expression will increase as well.

Finally, Associate Professor Dr. Ing Kong shared some Australia’s culture and students’ life in La Trobe University, Australia. Students were very excited about learning in this global classroom session.