Paper presentation at International Conference on Business and Social Science 2017 at UiTM Melaka Campus Bandaraya on 28 Feruary until 1 March 2017. Correspondence email: animunirah@gmail.com

1. USING INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES
FOR LIFELONG LEARNING:
CASE STUDY OF DSG WEBINARS
Ani Munirah Mohamad (UUM)
Mohd Zuli Jaafar (UiTM)
Nor Irvoni Mohd Ishar (UiTM)
Anita Adnan (DSG Rich Resources)
Nurhazman Abdul Aziz (UM),
Muhammad Zaki Ramli (IIUM)
Shahrul Fhaizal Shabu (IIUM)
Justin Johari Azman (UiTM)
International Conference on Business and Social Science (ICOBSS) 2017
UiTM Melaka | 21 February – 1 March 2017

2. INTRODUCTIONLifelonglearning
- Pursuit of
knowledge, skills
and
competencies,
via formal, non-
formal and
informal
methods
- Self-directed
learning
E-learning
- Learning using
electronic means
@ technologies
- e.g. University
LMS, Online
databases,
MOOC,
Webinars
Mobilelearning
- Learning using
mobile devices,
can be carried
around
- e.g. mobile
phone, iPad,
tablets, netbooks

3. THE CASE: DOCTORATE
SUPPORT GROUP (DSG) AND
DSG WEBINARS
DSG was
founded in 2007
Online support
for postgraduate
students
53,000 members
Programs: Portal,
TV, Webinars,
Library, etc.
DSGWebinars:
Launched in late
2014
Nine webinar
lessons
(as of today)

4. WEBINAR LESSONS TAUGHT ON
DSG WEBINARS (2014-2016)

5. INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES FOR
LIFELONG LEARNING

6. 1. LANDING PAGE FOR
WEBINAR REGISTRATION
Wordpress.org content management system
• Domain name + hosting + User-friendly
Webinar Ignition plugin (webinar management system)
• Create pages for registration, confirmation, webinar, and
replay

7. 2. MANAGEMENT OF LIST OF REGISTRANTS
• Uses the autoresponder called “Emelmatik”
(Link: www.emelmatik.com)
• The purpose of an autoresponder is two-folds:
1. Issuance of automatic email right after the registrant
clicks on the „Submit‟ button
2. Listing of the email in the database of registrants to
facilitate reminder emails regarding the webinars
• The system allows for management of large
list of registrants + keeping in contact with
them regarding the webinars

8. EXAMPLE EMAILS
SENT USING THE
EMELMATIK
AUTORESPONDER

9. 3. LIVE STREAMING OF
THE WEBINAR
1. Reminder email was sent to the registrants
• Using the Emelmatik autoresponder
2. A session on Google Hangout on Air was started (now it
is rebranded asYouTube Live)
• Sharing of computer screen + webcam
• Recording is automatic and added asYouTube event
3. The streaming embed code was copied to the webinar
page
4. Registrants then participated in the webinar LIVE
• Using their laptop, desktop, smartphone, iPad, tabs,
other devices with Internet connection

10. 4. DISCUSSION AND Q&A
• Option 1:To ask questions on the webinar page
• Option 2:To ask questions on the
Facebook event page in DSG

11. 5. WEBINAR REPLAY
@ RESOURCE PAGE
www.dsgportal.org/site/webinar
Uses the Wordpress
management system + embed
code fromYouTube channel

12. CONCLUSION
DSG Webinars is
fairly new (3yo)
Great add-on to the
learning methods for
postgraduate
students
Could become a tool
for lifelong learning
This paper shares the
different technologies
for carrying out DSG
Webinars
Reference for similar
initiatives + future
research on the area
of lifelong learning

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