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Papers by Harryizman Harun

The Qualitative Report

Digital Storytelling (DST) is defined as telling stories using digital means. It has been initial... more Digital Storytelling (DST) is defined as telling stories using digital means. It has been initially applied for diverse purposes, including in community development, therapeutic benefits, and as an aid in teaching and learning. DST has recently been broadly used on social media platforms for marketing, running campaigns, journalism, and much more. However, no comprehensive systematic or thematic review of DST in social media has been conducted. Accordingly, this paper aims to provide a thematic review of DST in social media. The thematic review was carried out on 50 articles published from 2016 to 2021. These 50 discrete studies were selected because they met the inclusion criteria based on the research question of this review. The thematic review used ATLAS.ti as a tool to assist the review process. The results indicated that DST in social media was appropriate for marketing, including branding and advertising. Besides, using DST in social media over the years for education, traini...

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. First praise and thanks are to Allah, the Alm... more In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. First praise and thanks are to Allah, the Almighty, who consistently provide me strength and courage to live this life and face any hardships that come. Second, my genuine gratitude goes to my supervisor, Prof. Dr. Zulikha Jamaludin, for her supervision and tough love that helped me built a thicker skin and a wiser mind in facing the ever fluctuate wave of Ph.D. challenges. I also wish to thank Prof. Dr. Norshuhada Shiratuddin, as the person who introduced me to the colorful yet intricately beautiful world of research. I never stop since then. Also to my family especially my younger sister, Harrylmazrin Harun, thank you for being there during the tough times. Most great appreciation goes to my late mother, Ku Rahmat Ku Mat, for doing a superb job in shaping the person I am today. To my best friends ever, Ali Yusny Daud, Dr. Rahayu Ahmad, and Nor Ariffin Hamzah, I am indebted for the love and supports provided throughout the Ph .D. years. Lastly, my thank goes to the administrative, and academic staffs at the School of Computing, School of Multimedia Technology and Communication, and Awang Had Salleh Graduate School, UUM for all the support and assistance in making my Ph.D. journey a little bit easier and bearable. V vi

Springer eBooks, 2015

This paper expounds a method that will be used in a study to propose a Malaysian folktale classif... more This paper expounds a method that will be used in a study to propose a Malaysian folktale classification system focusing on Malay folktales. At core, there are three significant folktale classification systems that classify based on three different folktale units: type, motif, and function. Individually, type and motif each classifies based on the content of the folktale, whereas function, the structure of folktale. The study intends to generate the folktale classification system for the Malay folktales based on an integration of the three distinguished units of the folktale classification system. In order to achieve that, the method opted is structural-semantic analysis. The method, which constitutes of three levels of classification, classifies sequentially according to the content and the structure of the Malay folktales. It is hoped that the method adapted would engender a holistic and robust Malaysian folktale classification system.

Journal of Communication, Language and Culture

JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, 2023

The present study is part of a movement to safeguard Malay folktales as an unsung intangible cult... more The present study is part of a movement to safeguard Malay folktales as an unsung intangible cultural heritage (ICH). A folktale is a representation of oral traditions and expressions. This study converges on literary folktales as a revitalised form of oral folktales. As urged by UNESCO, the viability of the ICH is achievable via scientific research, among other things. Therefore, considering the small amount of study on Malay folktales at the moment, the current study endeavours to examine the folktale The Song of the Kedidi (TSoK) of its hero embodiment as one of the dramatis personae. The framework of Propp's dramatis personae, which is based on Russian folktales, grounds the examination. This study examines whether the heroes from the Russian folktales embody TSoK. The thematic qualitative text analysis (TQTA) was employed to examine TSoK. It was conducted in Atlas.ti environment to assure rigour and trustworthiness. The study's findings suggest that TSoK embodies heroes from Russian folktales. However, a conundrum exists in the embodiment of the hero. There is a conflict between the dramatis personae's role, and such an enigma calls for the involvement of other dramatis personae, which is reserved for future works. As a crusade to safeguard the Malay folktales as the unsung ICH, the findings create a platform for scholars of similar interests to pursue the examination of heroes in other Malay folktales. Most importantly, the findings are necessary for endless recreation and transmission of knowledge to safeguard the Malay folktale as a living heritage. This act echoes one of UNESCO's formal education measures to foster society's respect, recognition, and awareness of the ICH.

This paper describes the proposed model of educational applications for supporting Tajweed learnr... more This paper describes the proposed model of educational applications for supporting Tajweed learnrng envrronment. It is bared on an ongoing research on rmplementing semantic and multimedia Tajweed learning. The research contains the most basic Iaws of Tajweed. It is focused on developing an e-TLM which includes the integration of semantic and multmedia elements in order to create more interactive and intuitive learning environment. Semantic is required to constitute an environment for describing the laws of Tajweed in more details. While multimedia elements are now considered to play a major role in adding variety and interactron to e-Learning courses, which enhances and facilitates the learning process. There are three objectives to be achieved namely to investigate the current methods used in learning Tajweed in Malaysra, to construct a model for e-learning Tajweed that adapts semantic and multimedia elements and finally to evaluate the proposed model. In this study,there are four main phares to implement the development of e-TLM. There are problem definition, preliminary study, e-TLM development and lastly field test.

European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences, 2016

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-No... more This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Malaysian folktales are one of the intangible cultural heritages that mirror and carries the line... more Malaysian folktales are one of the intangible cultural heritages that mirror and carries the lineage of the past generations to the present. It deserves to be preserved systematically but thus far; such effort is scarce if not lacking in this country. Consequently, a study is conducted to create a structural classification of the folktales with an aim to preserve such valuable heritage. Nevertheless, before the classification begins, an important task precedes which are an identification of the Malaysian folktales in a form of literary sources. The identification taskis guided by a combination of two qualifying factors: an operational definition established in the study and also an ownership of the folktales. Ultimately, this paper presents the method employed in the identification process and also the number of the accepted and excluded Malaysian folktales along with the titles of the folktales as findings of the process.

Dramatis personae of a folktale is a part of the morphology of folktale which advocates the analy... more Dramatis personae of a folktale is a part of the morphology of folktale which advocates the analysis of folktales based on structure instead of theme and motif. Among others, it works as markers in assisting the identification of embedded structures in a folktale. Nevertheless, the theory from which the dramatis personae originates is foreign to Malaysian context. It raises questions whether the dramatis personae is entirely applicable to Malaysian folktales and what is the pattern once it is applied to a folktale of a different culture. Thus, the objectives of the study are to test the applicability of the dramatis personae on a select Malaysian folktale and once tested, to visualise the pattern of the dramatis personae applied. Qualitative text analysis (QTA) method is employed as a vehicle that propels the investigation assisted by Atlas.ti, a computer-aided qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) to enhance validity and reliability of the test conducted. Central to this arti...

Storytelling has been used traditionally around the world to educate informally from generation t... more Storytelling has been used traditionally around the world to educate informally from generation to generation.With the introduction and inclusion of technology and multimedia, storytelling crosses the boundary from being the informal medium to educate to one of the formal media to educate people.The term coined for this type of storytelling is digital storytelling and it is gaining popularity nowadays among educators in educating students. In order for educators or students to develop a good digital story, there are set of elements created by experts that will guide the entire development process.Nevertheless, there is more than one experts and each expert comes with varieties of elements though some are redundant.This could cause confusion among the developers be it educators or students.The main drive of this study is the question of which expert with particular set of elements is preferred by student in developing a digital story.Preference in our context is defined as the most e...

In Malaysia, Science is one of the important subjects in school’s curriculum. Nevertheless, it is... more In Malaysia, Science is one of the important subjects in school’s curriculum. Nevertheless, it is obvious to be seen that learning Science via traditional method is not making the complex knowledge any easy to learn and understand. Augmented Reality (AR) is the augmentation of the real world's scene via the addition of 3D virtual objects.AR technology has been introduced in Science subject to solve the aforementioned problem.It has been proven that AR is an effective method in delivering lessons to the students instead of the traditional method.It assists in improving the quality of teaching and attracts the students' attention.The study conducted implemented AR in Science subject for Year 1 in primary school by enhancing the students' comprehension of the subject.The scope of the study, however, covers more than the boundary of the syllabus since a pilot study conducted shown that the teachers expect the technology to enlighten the students on muscular system.The purpos...

This paper elaborates a study conducted to propose a folktale conceptual model based on folktale ... more This paper elaborates a study conducted to propose a folktale conceptual model based on folktale classification systems of type, motif, and function.Globally, three distinguish folktale classification systems exist and have been used for many years nonetheless not actually converge and achieve agreement on classification issues. The study aims to develop a conceptual model that visually depicts the combination and connection of the three folktale classification systems.The method opted for the conceptual model development is pictorial representation.It is hoped that the conceptual model developed would be an early platform to subsequently catalyze more robust and cohesive folktale classification system.

Int. J. Interact. Mob. Technol., 2021

Dysarthria is a neurological disorder that damages of motor speech articulation.Young children wh... more Dysarthria is a neurological disorder that damages of motor speech articulation.Young children who suffered from this disorder have no problem with their cognition, but they have difficulties to speak out their words. They could not have an accurate and smooth communication with their family and friends due to this disorder. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the user acceptance of an interactive speaking tool in the form of a mobile application named 'Let's Talk Now' which was designed with redundant multimedia elements for the use of dysarthric children aged 3 to 7 years old. This mobile appwas designed and developed as an early intervention to help the dysarthric who are facing problem to communicate and enable them to be understood by others. It focuses on daily usable conversation terms for family, greeting and expressions, places, ordering food and beverages, activities and asking for help. This study involved 15 respondents who are related to d...

This article reports the development of Kiddo Shield Application. The Kiddo Shield Application wa... more This article reports the development of Kiddo Shield Application. The Kiddo Shield Application was designed and developed to educate children to be aware of their safety in a different environment that is usually facing by them. Children are potentially at risk from injured and incident, especially when they are staying or playing alone. ADDIE model was adopted to design and develop the application. Interview with experts was employed regarding the interface design and content of the application. The review and comments from experts then analysed for further improvement. The majority of the experts agreed that the application developed is interesting for children, but improvements are necessary.

Digital storytelling (DST) is an evolution of aged old traditional storytelling. Still harnessing... more Digital storytelling (DST) is an evolution of aged old traditional storytelling. Still harnessing the power of a story in passing on wisdom and knowledge, DST has augmented the power of storytelling many times via the fruit of modernity, which is technology. Center for Digital Storytelling defines DST as a "short, first-person video narrative created by combining recorded voice, still and moving images and music or other sounds. However, in order for the digital storyteller to construct a digital story, there are sets of elements introduced by experts who will guide the aspiring digital storytellers during the construction process. Nevertheless, there is more than one experts and each expert comes with varieties of elements though some are redundant. The main drive of this study is to represent the elements from diverse experts in order to centralize them to be the single guide for digital story construction. The purpose of this paper is to present the core elements of DST afte...

This paper explicates two methods used in a study conducted to propose a Malaysian folktale class... more This paper explicates two methods used in a study conducted to propose a Malaysian folktale classification system.Fundamentally, three substantial folktale classification systems exist and individually, each system classifies based on three distinctive folktale units: type, motif, and function. Independently, type and motif classify based on the content of folktale while function, the structure of folktale.The study aims to generate the Malaysian folktale classification system based on an amalgamation of the three renowned units of folktale.To classify, the method selected is structural-semantic analysis which encompassed three levels of classification. It classifies sequentially according to the content and structure of the Malaysian folktale. Nonetheless, prior to classify, an identification of the Malaysian folktales must take place Such task is steered by two qualifying factors: formal features in an operational definition developed in the study and also an ownership of the folk...

Abstract:Themotifofthefolktaleisessentiallythesmallestandstrikingelementsofnarrative content with... more Abstract:Themotifofthefolktaleisessentiallythesmallestandstrikingelementsofnarrative content with the ability to endure in tradition. It is divided into three categories: actor, item and single incident. These categories become the foundation that supports the built of the original motif-index of folk literature by Stith Thompson. Nevertheless, the index, as an analysis tool, was developed based on an analysis conducted on mostly European folk literature (folktale inclusive). It is a question dawned on the researcher regarding the applicability of the universal motifs and sub-motifs listed in the index on Malaysian folktales consideringsuchlocalfolktaleswerenotinvolvedinthemakingoftheindexmanymoonsago. Therefore, the study seeks to understand the applicability of the original motif-index in the local folktales’ context. The qualitative text analysis method was mainly employed in Atlas.ti, a computer-aided qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) to propel the study in understandi...

The folktale is part of people's culture and heritage which represents the identity of a soci... more The folktale is part of people's culture and heritage which represents the identity of a society. Malaysia is prosperous with folktale which is traditionally diffused verbally from generation to generation. Inopportunely, this heritage is slowly being forgotten by the younger generations especially the teenagers. The study aims to safeguard the local folktale through adventure game for the teenagers. In the context of the study, Bawang Putih Bawang Merah was selected. In order to thrust the study toward achieving the aim stated, the study imposes four questions to be answered. The study seeks to discover the adventure game’s elements from the game guideline and user (teenager). Once found, it is a question of how both the elements can be employed to design and develop the folktale adventure game branded as Orkid Emas in the study. Based on the definitive version of the game, it is a question of obtaining the teenagers’ feedback about the game’s design and development and the saf...

A study is conducted to preserve Malaysian folktales through a development of a Malaysian Folktal... more A study is conducted to preserve Malaysian folktales through a development of a Malaysian Folktale Classification System (MFCS) which is currently absent in Malaysia.The systematic classification system is developed by integrating three essential folktale unit: function, motif, and type.Such integration is necessary to ensure the classification system covers two significant aspects of a folktale which are structure/form and content/semantic.As a result of the integration, structural and semantic relationships are born, but they are embedded in the classification system.In order to visualize the duo-facet relationships, a network model coined as a Structural Semantic Folktale Model (SSFM) is constructed. The network model is a vital support and extension of the classification system because it permits deeper study to be conducted on the root of the Malaysian folktales collected.As an effort to visualize the model systematically, a computer assisted qualitative data analysis (CAQDAS) ...