The new research title

"Teachers adoption of knowledge management technologies (KMT) within a professional development context in Malaysia: An action research study" is my new approved title of my research.

My RP

Alahamdulillah. The defense session went very smoothly yesterday afternoon. It started at 3.35 pm chaired by Assoc Prof Dr Roslina Othman. Prof Dr Bakri & Dr Abdul Rahman Ahlan were the examiners. Also present were Assoc Prof Dr Mohamad Fauzan (my supervisor) and Dr Media as representative of IS Department. Prof Abu (ISHOD) could not make it. I prepared 26 slides for the presentation plus 20 more that were not in the presentation but could help me with the Q & A session. I was given 20 minutes only to present. But the presentation took more than 30 minutes. Of course I'm only halfway through the slides when Dr Roslina inform me that I have 10 minutes left. In that 10 I rushed to finish what I had prepared. You seem to have a lot to say but so little time. You see the best strategy was to highlight only the main critical point of your proposal. The rest is already in the RP submitted. And you must be ready to defend it.
The RP document I submitted on Jun 4th was a dateline document. I fully admit that it has a lot of short comings. Many actions and stances mentioned in it were not justified, so some of the questions were on those that have no justifications. It's not that I don't have them but it was not included (documented) due to the time constrain for me to beat the dateline (May 31st!).
The first question was on the research topic. Alhamdulillah, praised be to Allah that it was the question that we (I and Dr Fauzan) anticipated, as it was the weakest part of the proposal - NOT academic. For days, I search for a suitable topic to replace it. Alhamdulillah, it (the new topic) was accepted with minor changes (omission of some words). (to be continued)

My new research topic

After working on the theoretical framework it become more clearer the purpose & objective of my research (action research within the interpretive paradigm). So, the new proposed title is,
"Teachers KMT adoption and its impact on K-sharing practices: An action research study within the Malaysia Teachers professional development context."

Then, Shukry rephrase it for me to,
"Teachers adoption of knowledge management technologies and its impact on their k-sharing practices within a professional development context in Malaysia: An action research study." Yes I like this better.

Research proposal submitted & defense date

Submitted my research proposal on 4th of June. About 70+ pages at 1.5 spaces - 5 chapters. Only yesterday the Kulliyyah informed my RP defense date, 29 June, 2009. I'm planning to have an open defense, where others can come and observe (not participate - anyway I don't mind if they do). Don't know how the Kulliyyah would take it. I have requested for open defense since I started this PhD programm, but it seem that it does not have any support either from the faculty nor the students. I'm also intend to invite non KICT lecturers, if possible. Those who could help me during the defense, at least some supporting faces who know what I'm doing.

My slide presentation at our 3rd DC, 2008

Uploaded my slide presentation I gave during our 3rd Doctoral Research Colloquium at my faculty, Faculty of ICT, IIUM.  As mention in the slide, many changes had been made since then.  Therefore what on the slide might not be what I am going to do in the actual study.

You can access the video (youtube) version of the slide from here or watch it in this blog site (scroll down please).

The Research Proposal

Purpose

Objective

Research Questions

Methodology

Expected Outcomes