The School of Computing and Data Science congratulates Dr. Valarmathie Gopalan, Diandra Kathyusha Herli and Clarissa Alda Wijaya from Digital Media Technology Programme for wining the silver award in the Fusion 2022 Student Design Competition.

Entitled “Edume: A Study To Enhance Academic Performance By Reducing Emotional Stress Through The Use Of Educational Program Management Application”, this study proposed a mobile application for educational program management (EDUME) that will assist in managing educational programs in order to improve students’ academic performance by reducing their emotional stress. 

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In the past three years, the educational impact of Covid-19 was felt all across the world. In order to keep students educated, educational interventions were quickly shifted to virtual mode, and students were bombarded with virtual educational programs like training, webinars, e-learning, e-volunteering, and online competitions. The abrupt switch from being dependent on teachers to autopilot mode surprised students, affecting their emotional health and, as a result, their academic performance. 

The EDUME application may assist students, researchers and developers to design and develop mobile applications for program management for the purpose of education as well as for their profession. This will assist the Malaysian government to fulfil the Education Blueprint 2013-2025 towards achieving Quality Education, which is the fourth sustainable development goal of the United Nations

Fusion 2022 Student Design Competition (SDC) is a competitive event that showcases the problem-solving and design ability of students in proposing solutions for real-world issues facing Malaysia and the world. This competition is organized by the Kuala Lumpur ACM SIGCHI chapter, or myHCI-UX.