A Step Towards e-Learning: Some Pedagogical Issues

Abstract

AbstractThe Military Academy of Malaysia (MAM) is a special academy where students or SISKA (undergraduate cadets) receive academic and military training simultaneously. On the basis of the students’ academic achievement each semester, it is high time for the management at MAM to consider some learning solutions to help SISKA. One of the possibilities is the implementation of e-learning – the concept whereby the educational process is brought anywhere that the students choose to be. However, before MAM can proceed with the adoption of e-learning, several aspects must be considered carefully. This conceptual paper attempts firstly to identify the need for e-learning at MAM and secondly to identify the pedagogical issues of e-learning in military settings. The method used in the paper is textual analysis. Major findings show that, as a military academy, MAM must inevitably face some pedagogical issues. These issues must be addressed, should e-learning be adopted, so that not only SISKA but also the academy ...