Conceptual Approach of Developing a Courseware to Educate Schoolchildren in Raising Resilence Towards Flood Disaster

• Main Authors: Thiruchelvam, Sivadass, Chit, Suwannit Chareen, Norkhairi, Fatin Faiqa, Basri, Nurfarha Nabilah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/25263/1/KMICE%202018%20403%20407.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/25263/; http://www.kmice.cms.net.my/ProcKMICe/KMICe2018/toc.html
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Flood has been a common natural disaster which can occur at any time since its magnitude and frequency are highly dependent on climate change. During floods, children appear to be at greater risk of injury and death as well as other health issues including long-term psychological effect. Hence, it brings into focus the responsibility of educating schoolchildren to be better prepared for floods. Although there are numerous awareness campaigns related to flood disaster being conducted at school levels, child drowning statistics still appears to be a major concern over the years.It is envisaged that multimedia technology would be appropriate to better equip schoolchildren residing in flood prone areas with the necessary knowledge and skills to increase their resilience towards flood disaster. Adopting AGILE technology, a courseware entitled “Jom SIAP Bersama Si Kelip” will be developed and tested involving the stakeholders throughout the development phase. Based upon, experiential learning this multimedia courseware aims to educate schoolchildren on flood disaster and what to do in the event of a flood. The schoolchildren will be tested on their understanding of flood hazard and its related disaster risk reduction by a quiz module which gauges the effectiveness of this courseware. Given the plethora of teaching resources on flood disaster, this paper pays particular attention to the need to develop a dedicated courseware that can be utilized in disaster risk reduction effort amongst schoolchildren.