Vol. 3 No. 6 (2012)

The purpose of this study is to establish the relationship between the effectiveness of the training programs and job performance as perceived by teachers in Malaysia. This study investigates the relationship between the level of effectiveness of training with respect to reaction, learning and behavior outcomes and job performance. 210 respondents from various government schools in Klang Valley had participated in this study through a self-administered survey. The results disclosed that all level of effectiveness have significant relationship with job performance. Therefore we can conclude that teachers indeed need and appreciate all the training programs designed by TED currently.

The development of the interactive, collaborative and dynamic e-learning methods is considered the primary mode of evolution of the Romanian and international educational systems. Most of the studies have revealed the widespread benefits of these technologies and exemplifying their applicability and their evolution within the education systems. However, few studies clearly identify the role that e-learning platforms have in the improvement of teaching - learning and how these technologies can be integrated into the classroom. This article proposes a new approach related to the integration of these systems while providing educational acts, starting by identifying and understanding the perceptions that teachers have regarding this type of innovative technology, explaining and interpreting the results of a qualitative research conducted within Romanian educational market. Teacher’s perception on the role of e-learning education is interpreted as a factor, which influences the quality of the use and the integration of these technologies in the Romanian educational environment, reaffirming the need for a coherent implementation of these instruments at a specific school level but also at general educational environment integration.

This paper examines the rate of return on higher education to first degrees, master’s degrees, and PhDs in Malaysia using previously published data. The purposes of this research are to study and identify whether or not there is a direct link between tertiary education and wages. Barbara Ischinger, Director for Education, points out ‘‘Education has always been a critical investment for the future, for individuals, for economies and for societies at large.’’1 John F. Kennedy once said; ‘’Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.’’2 A common belief existing in all societies suggests that tertiary education degree actually provides great pay-off to the beneficiary. According to the results of some recent surveys on this topic, students in general seem to agree with this common belief that they will have positive returns immediately after graduation.

This article addresses the need to establish an Institutional Repository at Lebanese University in Lebanon to facilitate the collection, preservation, and dissemination of the intellectual output of the students, faculty, and administrative officers of the University. This proposal for a prototype Institutional Repository (IR) offers the Lebanese University a means to enhance digital archiving and repository services for the University Library community.

Now days, the Word Wide Web (WWW) covers most of the information channels across the world and is the cheapest resource to publish the corporate as well as individual information. The key advantage of WWW is that the published information instantly becomes available around the globe. Since the information load on the Internet is increasing day by day, therefore, it is causing serious troubles for the researchers and scientists to retrieve the targeted and relevant information from the huge bulk of data. While surfing the Internet, precious time of researchers and scientists is wasted due to browsing of the irrelevant and unnecessary material. Such an approach of information retrieval results in overlooking the important contents. In this paper, we look into the elementary components of a customized search engine in order to develop an agent-based search engine tool that may help researchers and scientists to find their desired information in an efficient manner and with minimal clicks of pointer. Through this tool, the researchers and scientists will be able to find a summarized report against their search phrase along with the search details, which will provide them a solid background to their research subject based on history available on the WWW. The important aspect of this search engine is that it retrieves the subject-specific material from the designated websites in accordance with the user-defined criteria.