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" the most exciting region in the world, digitally speaking, is Asia, with China and Malaysia as exemplars. We can expect to see plenty of investor and entrepreneurial interest in this region; it is critical that the political institutions are stable and supportive."

The Internet Archive is a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public

Portal Sumber Digital Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia. The Malaysian National Library (PNM) is beta testing the website which will allow ALL Malaysian citizens FREE access to the Britannica Encyclopedia that includes e-books, encyclopedia, journals, articles, etc.

Welcome to the E-language wiki, where you'll find a growing set of resources about e-learning: the place where where digital technologies and education intersect.

Challenges: several factors shown in the model that defined challenges in learning environment according to the teachers' perceptions. They had shared that, they have limited content on ICT based materials to apply and implement in the learning environment. These also included the lack of digital resources suitable for special needs learners, the non-digitalized assessment and tasks. Moreover, the elements of interactivity are limited in the learning environment. In terms of connection, the space and the facilities for special education is still limited. Moreover, it has been assumed that the special needs learners had limited confidence to use the ICT facilities and to operate it. The teachers felt that they could not the ICT facilities in learning because they lacked the skill and experience to operate the ICT facilities. "Although access to ICT is not a problem; teachers felt they lack the necessary skills to integrate ICT"(Ngah & Masood, 2006, p. 238). The government has provided the facilities, however, the teachers are unable to utilise it. Benefits In term of benefits of a blended learning environment, the teachers felt that ICT will give them the opportunity to enhance their computer literacy skills. They might only know what it is, but they can learn and use it in their teaching. Moreover, it wills build-up teacher creativity to build their own learning environment that suits the students. For example, the animation project helped the special needs students to learn a new skill and enhance their attention and motivation (Yusof & Aziz, 2010; Yusof & Song, 2010). According to previous research by Mayer & Moreno (2002), Mayer's principle had shown the benefit of using the multimedia as the tool help enhance student engagement. He also stated the guideline to ensure the suitable elements in the multimedia content (Mayer & Moreno, 2002; Yusof & Aziz, 2010). The use of ICT helps them to minimize the use of paper, and the activities on a computer ca