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JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2016 A NEW INTRODUCING > OUM’S NEW BEGINNING PRESIDENT/ VICE-CHANCELLOR A HEARTFELT TRIBUTE ACCREDITATION OF PRIOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CONTINUING TO WIN IN LIFE PP 15800/08/2012(030519) PAST 50 > TABLE OF CONTENTS 03 FIRST WORDS 04 CHANGE AT THE HELM INTRODUCING OUM’S NEW PRESIDENT/ 05 VICE-CHANCELLOR 06 A HEARTFELT TRIBUTE 08 THE POWER OF SELF-LEADERSHIP TOP 10 WAYS TO EMPOWER PEOPLE IN 10 YOUR WORKPLACE 12 OPEN YOUR EYES 14 ACCREDITATION OF PRIOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 15 CONTINUING TO WIN IN LIFE PAST 50 16 18TH OUM CONVOCATION 17 11TH IPD AWARDS CEREMONY 18 CONVOCATION IN BAHRAIN 19 HELLO THERE! 20 WIN-WIN COLLABORATIONS 21 LAUNCH OF TAN SRI LEE LAM THYE’S BOOK 22 IOC FETES GRADUATES 23 IOC STUDENT SPEAKS 02 Chancellor YABhg Tun Jeanne Abdullah Pro Chancellor YBhg Tan Sri Azman Hashim Editorial Team Advisor YBhg Prof Dato’ Dr Mansor Fadzil President/Vice-Chancellor Chief Editor YBhg Prof Dr Ahmad Hashem Vice President (Business Development & Technology) Editors Datin Teh Raqamah Abdullah Director, Centre for Corporate Communications Contact us at: OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA Rahmah Daud Jalan Tun Ismail Senior Manager, Centre for Corporate Communications 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: +603-2773 2045 Azeezah Jameelah Mohamed Mohideen F: +603-2697 8825 Assistant Manager, Centre for Corporate E: [email protected] Communications Associate Editors OUM Education magazine is published by Assoc Prof Hazidi Abdul Hamid FIRST Open University Malaysia, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Education and Languages a member of METEOR Group of Companies. > WORDS The electronic version is available at Hidayati Kasuma Abdul Hadi www.oum.edu.my Manager, Institute of Professional Development Professor Content Partner Tengku Amina Munira Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen Dato’ Dr Mansor Fadzil Assistant Manager, President’s Office First of all, it is my pleasure to wish all our Open College (IOC) and the Institute of chance to keep up with the happenings at readers a Happy New Year! Professional Development (IPD) and placed OUM, IPD and IOC. them under the OUM Education banner. In the spirit of new years, I am delighted to In the spirit of new beginnings, I am also say that this month spells many great new This new initiative is meant to consolidate looking forward to fresh starts and new beginnings here at OUM. Firstly of course, is the entire spectrum of education under one opportunities for improvement for our the chance to embrace the arrival of 2016 roof. OUM Education is a one-stop centre for learners, tutors and others in our community. with a clean slate, rejuvenated goals and lifelong learning that fulfils full-time, part- new ambitions. Secondly, January marks a time and casual learning needs. It comprises For me, personally, I hope that I will be able new semester at OUM, with senior learners three subsidiaries – OUM offers part-time to do my level best for OUM Education so returning from a short break and new academic programmes, IOC provides full-time that I can help steer our institutions towards learners are welcomed to our community. undergraduate programmes for fresh school greater success. In turn, I am positive that Thirdly, January denotes my first month as leavers while short courses and professional our learners will give their full commitment the new President/Vice-Chancellor of OUM. programmes are provided by IPD. and dedication to their studies. Thus, 2016 can surely be a year in which we reap the And finally, I am happy to introduce all our Our regular readers will find that OUM benefits of all our efforts combined. readers to this special first issue of OUM Education is more than a facelift to the Education, which replaces the OUM Today previous magazine. We have introduced a My best wishes to all our readers and have a magazine that has been around for more than new, more reader-friendly format with plenty productive year ahead! a decade. Last year, we did something radical of practical tips and useful information, while – we brought together OUM, International retaining sections that give our readers a 03 > CHANGE AT THE HELM On 15 December last year, members of METEOR Group had their final assembly for 2015. It was greeted with mixed feelings by the staff as the assembly was the last for Prof Emeritus Tan Sri Anuwar Ali as the CEO of METEOR Group and President/Vice-Chancellor of OUM. METEOR Group Chief Operating Officer, Prof Dr Ahmad Hashem, presented the welcoming address, in which he explained about OUM Education and OUM Solutions, METEOR’s new branding initiatives for 2016. He also re-told the folk lore about the race creatively, strategise on how to move forward In reminiscing about the staff assemblies between the rabbit and the tortoise using a and make the impossible possible. he had presided over in 12 years, he hoped different perspective. He said that when the that the staff had learnt from the things he rabbit and the tortoise raced, they teamed Dato’ Mansor also shared his experience at shared. He said the position of President at up to overcome the course’s obstacles. As INSEAD, an international graduate business a big organisation such as OUM carried a big the rabbit was faster, it carried the tortoise school at Fontainebleau, France, where he responsibility and that it was important to as it ran and when they reached a river, the attended a month’s training to become an practise OUM’s shared values and to be humble. tortoise carried the rabbit across. The story insightfully aware leader. He said that he was highlighted the importance of understanding able to interact with leaders of institutions Tan Sri Anuwar then thanked the staff for core competencies, leveraging on strengths who came from diverse backgrounds as he had their hard work in ensuring OUM’s success and and practising teamwork. 72 classmates from 28 countries. He concluded asked them to continue practising teamwork his speech with a reminder to the staff that and improving their efforts for further success. The then Senior Vice President and current leadership is a journey, not a destination. President/Vice-Chancellor, Prof Dato’ Dr Mansor On a final note, the outgoing President/Vice- Fadzil, took to the stage next and talked about Next to speak was Prof Emeritus Tan Sri Chancellor wished everyone a Happy New learning through experience. He highlighted Anuwar Ali who congratulated Dato’ Mansor Year and hoped that 2016 would bring good three principles for staff inspiration – nothing on his appointment as the new President/Vice- fortune, luck and happiness. is impossible, believe in ourselves and believe Chancellor effective from 2 January 2016. He in possibilities. He said that if we adhered to urged all members of the Group to give Dato’ these principles, we would be able to think Mansor the same support which he had received. 04 Introducing > OUM’s New President/Vice-Chancellor PROF DATO’ DR MANSOR FADZIL The 6th Convocation in > Kuala Lumpur in 2008 < Speaking at the 29th Annual Conference of the AAOU in 2015 < Engaging with staff during a workshop in 2006 Prof Dato’ Dr Mansor Fadzil is one of the virtually all areas relevant to the day-to-day which led to the official establishment of easily recognisable faces at OUM. He was running of the University – from overseeing Malaysia’s first open and distance learning part of the pioneering group of individuals programme delivery to negotiating institution in August 2000. He opted for who founded the University back in 1999 agreements and partnerships, and even optional retirement from UM in 2001 and and has served under both Allahyarham Tan engaging with learners and tutors, whether eventually joined OUM full time. Sri Dato’ Dr Abdullah Sanusi Ahmad, OUM’s at his office or during various University first President/Vice-Chancellor, as well as his events, such as colloquia, seminars and Dato’ Mansor and his wife, Datin Norizan successor, Prof Emeritus Tan Sri Anuwar Ali. dialogues. Nuruddin, are parents to seven children and a grandson. He lives with his family in Klang, He joined as the University’s Vice President Dato’ Mansor was formally trained as an Selangor, and enjoys jogging and reading (Academic) – a post that he held from engineer and employed as a lecturer at the books, especially those on aviation. August 2000 to May 2003. From May 2003 Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya to July 2007, he served as Vice President (UM), from 1985 to 2001. He has leveraged Now that he has officially taken over the (Technology) and in August 2007, he was on his diverse managerial experiences at position of President/Vice-Chancellor, Dato’ made the Senior Vice President – a position OUM to become an important figure in open Mansor hopes to continue the legacies that he held until his appointment as the and distance learning in Malaysia. In fact, it of both his mentors and predecessors i.e. new President/Vice-Chancellor in January was during his time at UM that he began to Allahyarham Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Abdullah this year. take a personal interest in online learning. Sanusi and Tan Sri Anuwar. In this new He played an instrumental role in introducing capacity, he hopes to succeed in steering In all his years at OUM, Dato’ Mansor has this approach to UM lecturers in 1998. OUM and its sister institutions, IPD and managed a formidable number of portfolios, IOC, to greater heights and creating including faculty and academic matters, This growing interest in online learning led even greater milestones for many assessment, instructional design and to his involvement with Allahyarham Tan Sri years to come. technology, the digital library, support Dato’ Dr Abdullah Sanusi and several others services, learning centres and information in the early days before the founding of and communication technology services.