CURRICULUM VITAE

DR. DOROTHY DEWITT

(PHD (INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY)(UM)(2010), MED (MATH)(UM)(2000), BSCED (HONS)(UM)(1986))
Dr. Dorothy DeWitt is currently an Associate Researcher and a retired Associate Professor in the Curriculum and Instructional Technology Department, University Malaya. She is also an Adjunt Professor at Open University Malaysia. She is an alumnus of the Endeavour Executive Fellowship from the government of Australia. She was formerly with the Educational Technology Division (ETD), Ministry of Education, Malaysia, where she was involved in the Smart School Pilot Project in change management and managing the development of digital materials during the project. In addition, she was involved in the research, management and promotion of innovation in instruction. Her current interests are in instructional design, new pedagogies and technologies for knowledge management, collaborative mobile learning and problem solving. Her publications include academic articles in ISI-ranked publications and journals such as Journal of Educational Technology and Society (ETS), Eurasian Journal of Mathematics, Science and Educational Technology (EJMSET), and Educational Technology Research & Development (ETR&D), and many other Scopus-ranked publications. She has published books on technology-enhanced learning, blended learning, problem-solving for transformative learning, collaborative mobile learning and developmental research. She has been involved in research in collaborative and mobile learning since 2007, and is looking at designs of instructional systems that encourage problem-solving, communication and collaboration using cognitive tools and technologies for schools, higher education and training. As principal investigator, she has been awarded external grants (FRGS) as
PROFILE
Address
Department of Curriculum and Instructional Technology, Faculty of Education Office of The, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Website
umexpert.um.edu.my/dorothy
CONTACT
Telephone
+603-79675128
Email
dorothy
RESEARCH ID
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Orcid id
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3123-7150
Researcher id
I-6782-2015
Scopus id
36543570800
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Doctoral Degree (PhD), Education, Universiti Malaya (UM), 2010
Master Degree, Education, Universiti Malaya (UM), 2000
Bachelor Degree, Science Education, Universiti Malaya (UM), 1986
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP/ FELLOWSHIP
Member, Member of Action Lab for University Malaya's Transformation Plan, University Malaya, University
Member, Member of Task Force 3: Microcredentials, University Malaya, University
Committee Member, Pakar Jaminan Kualiti Program (proqae) [quality Assurance Expert], University
Member, Member of Curriculum Committee Higher Education as Proqae, University
President/ Chief, Head of Task Force 2.2: Creative Learning and Innovative Teaching, Under UM Transformation Plan: Theme Reimagine Education@UM, University
WORKING EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT
Research Areas
Virtual Reality for Creative Digital Education: Perspectives from Preservice teachers (5201800300) Project: Collaboration between Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW Australia and University of Malaya, Development of an Intercultural Communication Competency framework with Virtual Reality for Students as Designers in TVET institutions. Collaboration between University of Malaya and Macquarie University, Australia., Machine Translation: Investigating Contextual Lingusitic Uncertainty in Intercultural Communications: A collaboration between Kuban Agarian State University, Krasnodar, Russia and University of Malaya
H Index: 9.00
Total Journal Publication: 92
Sum of Citation: 271.00
Books: 9
Proceedings: 0
Research Grants: More than RM Six hundred and ten thousand one hundred and ninety eight