ICT’s role in academic management.

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In UniMAP, ICT is not only used to support numerous administrative requirements, but also to provide a comprehensive environment to sustain teaching-learning processes. The UniMAP ICT Centre is established to plan, develop, implement, and maintain the appropriate ICT infrastructure such as the University Information System and Campus Communication Network. The ICT Centre also provides consultancy and advisory services in this area, apart from helping to inculcate an overall ICT culture within the University                                    To date, UniMAP has apportioned as much as 15% of its management budget to build its ICT infrastructure, of which a substantial portion of this is solely to support teaching-learning interests. The University e-learning project makes up a big portion of this expenditure. With facilities comparable to those in Putrajaya, UniMAP’s ICT infrastructure has gained the accolades of several external parties, including MAMPU. The k-Attendance System developed by the University was awarded the silver medal at the Institutions of Higher Learning Research and Development Exposition organised by the Ministry of Higher Learning in August 2005. This totally homegrown system has also attracted the attention of several ICT users from Europe and the Middle East, who saw added potential in its application when the system was demonstrated in Geneva in April, 2006.   UniMAP’s e-learning project In UniMAP, all courses are conducted exclusively on-campus. E-learning here is defined as the delivery of selected courses or topics within some courses over the internet, which aims to enhance the customary face-to-face teaching-learning processes. It aims to supplement conventional, face-to-face teaching-learning methods. It has to be noted that prior to the ‘official’ e-learning project described below, since the very beginning, the ICT infrastructure in the University has been sufficient to support the uploading of lecture notes onto the portal..