The development of Go Green courseware: save the forest

• Main Authors: Puah, Pei Wen, Low, Dick Kiee, Koo, Qian Yan, Che Mat, Ruzinoor
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2016
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences; L Education (General); T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/21393/1/IJIDM%204%202%202016%2050%2055.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/21393/; http://ijidm.org/wp-content/uploads/04-02-10-The-Development-of-Go-Green-Courseware_Save-the-Forest-1.pdf

Malaysia has seen the economic growth over the last few decades, with industrial, agriculture and tourism.However, at the same time, they also face lots of environmental problems such like deforestation, land pollution, air pollution, and water pollution.Due to this reasons, there is a need to increase the Malaysians awareness, especially the children on the environmental issues. The objective of this paper is to discuss the development of “Go Green Courseware: Save the forest” with interactive learning to helps the children understand and aware about the environmental issue.The courseware developed by using software such as Adobe Flash CS5, Photoshop, and Autodesk 3Ds max which include all of the multimedia elements.The method on how to develop the courseware also discussed in this paper.The courseware has been proven in increasing the understanding and awareness of the children on the environmental issue, especially how to save the forest.