Abstract
This study covers the need to prepare suitable activities for the language enrichment programme for the gifted students. MOOC as a social learning platform for students at the lower secondary is a new approach for the gifted students as they could enrol and go through them at their own pace. This study discovers whether the gifted students could benefit from the language enrichment programme using this social learning platform. An online questionnaire was distributed to all Foundation 1, 2 and 3 students of Kolej GENIUS Insan who participated in the pilot programme developed by Open Learning Malaysia. The students also wrote their reflection on the use of MOOC in their journal. Their responses were analysed and reported using descriptive statistics and content analysis. Students acknowledged that the activities were interesting and engaging. They could understand the MOOC instructions easily and clearly. Majority enjoyed peer engagement features such as comments and likes. However, the user interface and navigation were considered tough because students were not used to the platform. They also thought the lessons and activities helped them learn English. The findings revealed the potential of social learning platform to offer flexible learning experience. It could also assist the preparation of suitable materials and activities in a language enrichment programme for gifted students. Teaching and learning process could happen anywhere and anytime providing that students are motivated to complete the activities in the courses. For gifted students, this platform offers independent learning and acceleration at their own pace.
Highlights
Gifted education is known to have a specially developed curriculum that supports the needs and requirements of specially identified group of students who scored high marks in the IQ tests
This study discovers whether the gifted students could benefit from the language enrichment programme using this social learning platform
An online questionnaire was distributed to all Foundation 1, 2 and 3 students of Kolej GENIUS Insan who participated in the pilot programme developed by Open Learning Malaysia
Summary
Gifted education is known to have a specially developed curriculum that supports the needs and requirements of specially identified group of students who scored high marks in the IQ tests. That is the common question that many would ask because gifted students are normally considered as individuals with an aptitude for learning and talent They are generally seen as students who have mastery in a given field or particular skill and they require special guidance to enhance their ability and quality for duration of time (VanTassel-Baska, 1992; Gagne, 2005). Research has shown that gifted students could learn at a much faster rate, earlier than their peers, have better memories, think abstractly, focus intensely, absorb many stimuli, have stronger empathy and high moral concern (VanTassel-Baska, 1992; Gagne, 2005; Bakar, 2017). There is no such thing as one size fits all concepts in teaching the gifted students because of their uniqueness in the way they think and study a particular topic or subject
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