Keberkesanan bengkel dalam meningkatkan kemahiran teknologi maklumat dan motivasi guru terhadap proses penilaian dalam talian

Workshops are an on-going approach to increase the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) skills and motivation of teachers in the implementation of 21st Century Learning. This study aims to design and implement an online assessments (OA) workshop as well as evaluating the effectiveness of workshops in enhancing the ICT skills and motivation level of Tamil language teachers. In addition, a survey of the motivational level of teachers towards OA before and after the workshop has been conducted. This study uses quantitative and qualitative research methodology. A total of 50 Tamil language teachers were selected as the research respondents through purposive sampling. The data collection was done through interviews, questionnaires, as well as pre and post-tests. The OA workshop was designed and carried out based on nine main themes derived from the interview instrument. The effectiveness of the workshop was analysed through an experimental method using the pre and post-test instruments. The results of the study using a Paired T-test have found significant differences with t(49) = -40.86, p = 0.000, p< 0.05 between pre-test and post-test on the level of ICT skills in OA among Tamil language teachers. Meanwhile, the motivation level of Tamil language teachers towards OA was evaluated through questionnaires and analysed via the Paired T-test. The analysis showed that t(49) = -8.373, p = 0.000, p<0.05 indicated a significant difference in the motivation level towards OA after attending the workshop. Correlation analysis, on the other hand, indicated a medium correlation value r(0.350) between ICT skills and the motivation level towards OA after the Tamil language teachers attended the OA workshop. This proves that the teachers’ motivation increases in tandem with the increase in ICT skills after attending the OA workshop. The implication of this study is that the implementation of workshops to guide teachers towards the adoption of ICT in OA as well as increasing the motivation among teachers is effective and extendable to other teachers.