JOHOR BAHRU, 27 Jan – PGSS SKA was pleased to conduct the second online structure course with the given tittle “Identifying Research Gap & Novelty Through Literature Review” on 27th January 2022 (Thursday) through Cisco Webex platform. Prof. Dr. Azmi Aris is an experienced lecturer that did supervised more than 50 students and publish nearly 200 technical publicationd. His expertised especially in teaching and monitor students in research paper is a big achievement and pleasure to invite him as the speaker. This online structure course was promoted 2 weeks before through media platforms, such as PGSS official Facebook, Telegram and Whatsapp. This program was opened to all UTM students, including undergraduate and postgraduate students. A total of 200 students have participated in this structured course.
The Cisco Webex meeting opened from 9.30 a.m. for participants to log in, and the opening ceremony was conducted at 10.00 a.m. After the moderator finished the speaker introduction, this session was handed to the speaker at 10.10 a.m. The speaker started the presentation through introduced the fundamental of research gap, novelty and literature review. The speaker also give some tips to the participants in a way to produce an impactful research. The speaker also presented the potential and easiest way to find a research gap through literature review. A five-minute break was given at 11.30 a.m., and the course resume at 11.35 a.m. for the Q&A session. The speaker able to communicate with the participants through this session and it helps to clarify a lot of difficulties that participants’ face. Q&A session last long for an hour. It ends at 12.20 p.m. The closing ceremony was conducted after the end of the photo session, and the program ended at 12.30 p.m. Positive comments such as informative, educative, and interesting were received from the feedback form.
This course aims to:
1. To give some ideas and exposure to the students on how to develop a Research Gap and Novelty through Literature Review.
2. To increase students understanding in finding Research Gap and Novelty.
