A preliminary study: the availability of multimedia applications in truancy awareness

• Main Authors: Dolhalit, Mohamad Lutfi, Abdul Salam, Sobihatun Nur, Abdul Mutalib, Ariffin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: UTM ViCubeLab 2016
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/21113/1/IJIDM%204%201%202016%201%205.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/21113/; http://ijidm.org/wp-content/uploads/04-01-01-A-Preliminary-Study_The-Availability-of-Multimedia-Applications-in-Truancy-Awareness.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

This article is a feedback report from respondent related to the study of persuasive multimedia in truancy awareness for secondary school students in Malaysia.Method used in this study is interview, with the purpose to collect the information of the availability of multimedia applications in truancy awareness and to gather information regarding truancy issue in Malaysia schools. Five respondents were selected to participate in the interview, there are: a counselor from Henry Gurney School Melaka, two secondary school discipline teachers and two secondary school teachers.Findings from the preliminary study shows that the prevention programs in schools to educate and creating awareness among students from truancy behavior is still lacking in Malaysia.As a conclusion, the implementation of persuasive multimedia in truancy awareness needs to be designed and developed to assist as well as to enhance the truancy awareness in Malaysia.