LEARN TO DRIVE WITH CIKGU MARWAN

83 % 79 %

felt that having a car license

is an achievement in their life

LEARNER DRIVER COMPETENT DRIVER

An undergraduate study @ UKM supervised by the authors: Raziqin Razaob (2018)

PDI IN DRIVER

EDUCATION

PARENTS OR

FAMILY

MEMBERSNOT

APPLICABLE

IN MALAYSIA

OTDA NOT

SO POPULAR

IN MALAYSIA

e.g.

AMBULANCE

DRIVERS,

ARMY,

BOMBA

DRIVER TRAINING : ENTRY LICENSE : MOTORCYLE (B2) & CAR (D / DA)

DRIVER TRAINING : ENTRY LICENSE : MOTORCYLE (B2) & CAR (D / DA)

As teachers to children, teaching from

the basic of alphabet until writing dissertations,

is PDIs to novice drivers. Their huge

responsibilities include from simply teaching a

person on how to hold a steering wheel to

training a driver of other complex skills such as

perceiving hazards, or negotiating winding roads

during heavy downpour. Would you risk your

life to be inside a car on the road driving by a

driver who still confuses between acceleratorand brake paddles? They would.

Mohd Jawi et al., 2018 (THE INFLUENCE OF INCOME LEVEL AND

REMUNERATION SCHEME ON JOB SATISFACTION AMONG PROFESSIONAL

DRIVING INSTRUCTORS IN MALAYSIA)

PDI SALARY BELOW THAN

RM 2,000

60%

PDI SALARY BELOW THAN

RM 2,000

72%

2010 STATUS QUO STUDY BY MIROS

2018MSc STUDY BY MAIN AUTHOR

UPGRADING DRIVING SCHOOL

TO DRIVING INSTITUTE

INSTITUTIONAL IMPROVEMENT

UPGRADING SYLLABUS

CONTENT IMPROVEMENT

FROM AUDIT SYSTEM (NAZIRAN)

TO STAR GRADING SYSTEM

QUALITY CONTROL

UPGRADING TEST & E-TESTING

DEVELOPMENT

TESTING IMPROVEMENT

TESTER COMPETENCY (JPJ)

TESTER IMPROVEMENT

TRAINER COMPETENCY (PDI)

TRAINER IMPROVEMENT

NOTE: MAJORITY TRAINING CARS @ DRIVING INSTITUTES ARE

PERODUA’S >> THE MOST AFFORDABLE PERODUA

AXIA IS RATED 4-STAR BY ASEAN NCAP

THE BOOK THE TRACK THE NEW CLASS

DA CLASS FOR

AUTOMATIC

TRANSMISSION CAR

ABOUT 12,000 REGISTERED PDI’S IN MALAYSIA >>> 70 % ACTIVE

ALMOST HALF OF THEM ARE 40 Y.O. AND ABOVE

THEY NEED MORE TRAININGS >> REFRESHER & ADVANCED

>> NEW TECHNOLOGY

>> UPGRADED SYLLABUS (What/Why/How…..)

>> COMPETENCY CHECKING

TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THIS – LEARNING TAXONOMY

COGNITIVE PSYCHOMOTOR AFFECTIVE

THE CHALLENGES

TIME

DISTANCE

COST

OBJECTIVE

• The challenge posed by this transformation stems from how to ensure

PDIs can be involved in continuous learning since they are the ones to

directly deliver the training contents.

• Therefore, this study intends to understand PDI’s trend of gadget and

internet usage, as well as the potential of e-learning among PDIs.

WE HOPE THAT PDI’S ARE NOT

LUDDITE

(OPPOSING TECHNOLOGY / CHANGE)

METHODOLOGY/APPROACH

• Online survey among PDIs via Malaysia Driving Instructors Association (MyDIA) committee platform

• ITEMS:

• gadgets (smart phone and tablet) usage behavior,

• internet subscription, and

• the potential of learning through a digital platform

• A pilot study was carried out during MyDIA’s Annual General Meeting at MIROS in July 2018 (with 22 responses)

• A total of 116 completed responses were analyzed in this preliminary investigation

RESULTS & FINDINGS

• DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE

• majority of respondents were male (84.5 %) • consistent with the fact that PDIs in Malaysia are mostly made up of men

• The top three states where the respondents work at DIs were Selangor (including Kuala Lumpur; Klang Valley), Johor and Perak

• The respondents’ average age was 46 years old (n = 107),

• consistent with a previous finding that the job is not popular among younger people (below 35)

Gadget Use and Internet (Data) Subscription

ALL OF THEM OWN A SMART PHONE

Gadget Use and Internet (Data) Subscription

MAJORITY OF PDIS AGREED THAT THEY USE THEIR SMART PHONE MORE THAN

FIVE HOURS A DAY (39.6 %)

84.9 % OF THE RESPONDENTS SAID THEY USE SMART PHONE FOR THEIR JOB

PREFERRED MESSAGING PLATFORM AND THE RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

>> WHATSAPP (100 %)

>> FACEBOOK MESSENGER (56.5 %)

>> TELEGRAM (35.9 %)

>> WECHAT (20.7 %)

E-LEARNING POTENTIAL

MOST OF THE RESPONDENTS DECLARED THAT THEY LEARN SOMETHING VIA

BROWSING THE INTERNET (94.6 %) AND ALSO THROUGH VIDEO-BASED

PLATFORM SUCH AS YOUTUBE (89.2 %)

TOPICS THEY LEARNED:>> DRIVING TECHNIQUE (59.5 %),

>> VEHICLE MAINTENANCE (50.0 %),

>> SAFETY (MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE TRAFFIC SAFETY) (45.2 %),

>> TEACHING TECHNIQUE (47.6 %)

OTHER TOP SEARCHES: SPORTS (39.3 %), COOKING RECIPE AND FOOD (23.8 %),

AGRICULTURE (11.9 %), ARTS AND CRAFTS (11. 9 %), ANIMALS OR PETS (10.7 %)

THE RESPONSES WERE

VERY MUCH RELATED TO THEIR JOB

E-LEARNING POTENTIAL

MORE THAN HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS (57.7 %) AGREED THAT THEY

FACED DIFFICULTY TO PHYSICALLY ATTEND COURSES

(ADVANCED OR REFRESHER COURSES BY RTD OR OTHER ORGANIZERS)

The main factors were (n = 67):

(i) time (69 %);

(ii) distance (61 %);

(iii) financial (60 %);

(iv) family (34 %);

(v) employer (27 %).

When asked of their opinion whether online courses could bridge the

gap in continuous learning for PDIs (except for practical), 92.5 %

stated their agreement.

CONCLUSION

• This background study was conducted to ascertain the potential of e-learning among PDIs in Malaysia.

• More studies should be conducted in the future and a proper framework needs to be developed by the relevant parties (e.g. MyDIA, RTD and MIROS) to enable e-learning platform for PDIs.

• Based on the findings of this brief investigation, it can be posited that the potential of e-learning among PDIs is great especially due to their smart phone and internet use behaviour.

zulhaidi@miros.gov.my