Reminiscence on the evolution of my teaching tools: 1989 to 2021 / Noryati Md Noor

I stumbled on this idiom “Old habits die hard” and was curious about the origin. Upon searching the internet, I found the origin from a Polish proverb; and Meriam Webster dictionary defines it as “^hard to stop doing things that one has been doing for a long time.” How would this be applied to teaching and learning? Traditional educators have been challenged to keep up with the integration of ICT in teaching and learning. Hashim et. Al (2010) claimed that the influence of ICT is affecting the direction of instructional technology in Malaysia. This writing would highlight my experience of adapting my teaching tools throughout my more than 30 years teaching in Institute Teknologi MARA @ Universiti Teknologi MARA. I was educated in the traditional way from primary to tertiary education in the 1980s. When I joined Institute Teknologi MARA in the late 1980s the teaching tools were predominantly the blackboard (even though it was green) and chalks. After finishing every class, you will be covered with the chalk dust. Writing on and erasing the board was no joke because at the end of every class you will be exhausted.