Nor Aziah AliasNor Aziah Alias, PhD is an associate professor of Instructional Technology at the Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. She graduated with an undergraduate and Master degrees in Physics from Indiana University, Bloomington USA beore pursuing her graduate certificate in Open and Distance Learning in USQ, Australia and her doctoral degree at the International Islamic University Malaysia. Her areas of interest include instructional design, design and development, ICT for development (ICT4D) and motivation in online learning. She has published in both international and national publications and has won several academic awards including the Malaysian Educational Technology Association (META) Best Dissertation Award in 2007. She is currently a fellow of the Amy Mahan Research Fellowship program that is supported by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC). She can be reached at noraz112@salam.uitm.edu.my. Read More Read Less