The author is a Malay student of music composition who researched his personal development as a composer by bringing together the traditions of his own Malay culture and traditions of Western composition techniques with his personal philosophical world-view. To represent the Malay-ness of his voice, the author examined and identified examples of patah lagu Melayu, the ornamentation employed in lagu asli, a type of Malay syncretic music. The examples of patah lagu Melayu were uncovered through score analysis, aural analysis and personal one-to-one interviews. The author’s philosophical world-view is Muslim. The daily practice of being a Muslim, which acknowledges a power greater than him, Allah S.W.T, is a guiding force in the author’s life. To grow the author’s artistic voice, the identified elements of the patah lagu Melayu and the sacred text of Islam were then interpreted and embedded into five new music compositions: Pujian, Dhikr Asli, Asli Row, Saxoasli and Takdir. These pi.....

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Based on the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education, search attempted to put  forth a theoretical framework that might facilitate the manifestation of online learning. The central problem that was the focus of the research was to  determine whether undergraduate students in Sultan Idris University of  Education  (UPSI)  are  aware  of  the  Seven  Principles  and  subsequently  its implications.  A sample of 397  participants  was successfully  obtained.  Findings indicated that student awareness of the Seven  Principles was independent or  not related to variables such as the number of semesters they had  experienced online learning and faculty affiliation. Additionally, the utilization level of  communicative technology such as telephone and text messaging (SMS), email, forum, and online  resources such as materials by teaching staff was also independent or not related to the variable  of student awareness. A test  using One-w.....

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