Spotlight
Spotlight gathers news, features, and media appearances that showcase CENDEF’s work and perspectives. It offers a quick way to follow how the Centre’s research, partnerships, and events are being taken up in public and policy conversations on open, distance, and digital education.
CENDEF Media Coverage
Profiled in The Star on 16 August 2026 is the 2nd OUM Annual Public Lecture Series, highlighting the importance of humanising digital learning through care, human connection and a deeper understanding of learners’ lived realities. The coverage reinforces CENDEF’s contribution to shaping a more human-centred future for digital education, where technology and AI serve to create richer learning experiences, greater inclusion and stronger support for every learner.
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The 2nd OUM Annual Public Lecture Series was profiled in The Star on 5 August 2026, highlighting the need for higher education to evolve beyond technology. The coverage underscores CENDEF’s contribution to the national conversation on the future of higher education, with emphasis on balancing digital innovation and AI with human values of wisdom, responsibility and connection, while embracing lifelong learning and diverse pathways for the future.
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Open University Malaysia (OUM) terus menerajui pendidikan masa depan melalui aplikasi AI berteraskan insan. Tampil dalam Harian Metro pada 20 April 2026, OUM memperjuangkan penggunaan AI yang beretika, inklusif, dan peka konteks — satu pendekatan yang mengutamakan nilai kemanusiaan, tujuan pendidikan, serta realiti serantau Asia Tenggara.
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Profiled in The Star on 19 March 2026 is OUM’s “Southeast Asian Manifesto on the Human‑Centric Application of AI Technologies in Education”, which makes a case for the critical importance of AI in education (AIED) being governed by human‑centred, ethical and context‑sensitive principles rather than driven purely by technological or market imperatives.
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