Umi Kalsom Masrom

@ump.edu.my

Senior Lecturer
Universiti Malaysia Pahang

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Linguistics and Language, Education
9

Scopus Publications

170

Scholar Citations

7

Scholar h-index

6

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

  • Employing Virtual Reality-enhanced Task-based Language Learning and Teaching to Mitigate Interview Anxiety
    Call Ej, 2025
  • Role of Virtual Reality in Enhancing Fluency for Job Interview within Task-Based Language Classrooms
    Proceedings of International Conference on Research in Education and Science, 2025
  • Learners’ Experiences in Using Moodle Lesson and H5P Interactive Content in Learning Public Speaking
    Mextesol Journal, 2025
  • Enhancing Learning Experience with Interactive Content: A Pilot Study in Designing Job Application Skill Lesson Plans Using Moodle H5p
    Proceedings of International Conference on Research in Education and Science, 2025
  • Modality and task complexity effects on second language production in CMC
    Language Learning and Technology, 2023
  • Designing Lessons for Differentiated Learning Using Moodle LMS
    Jehana Ermy Jamaluddin, Izham Zainal Abidin, Mohd. Azree Idris, Umi Kalsom Masrom
    Aip Conference Proceedings, 2022
  • Understanding learners' satisfaction in blended learning among undergraduate students in Malaysia
    Umi Kalsom Masrom, Nik Aloesnita Nik Mohd Alwi, Nor Hazlin Nor Asshidin
    Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2019
    Blended learning has extensively been used in many higher education institutions including Malaysia. Hence, instructors and institutions need to be well-equipped with adequate knowledge and skills, so that blended learning could be implemented successfully. This paper investigates the satisfaction among learners in blended learning environment at one of the universities in Malaysia through a survey study. The participants were 317 undergraduates enrolled in a blended learning course. The questionnaire was adapted from Zhai, Gu, Liu, Liang and Chin-Chung (2017) and Naaj, Nachouki and Ankit (2012). Descriptive statistics was employed to analyze the learners' demographic and their satisfaction towards blended learning. The results indicate that the learners' satisfaction towards blended learning employed at their institution was positive. This study also highlights several implications and recommendations that could anchor a greater understanding in the implementation of blended learning at higher institutions.
  • The underlying factors of learner readiness and satisfaction in blended learning environment
    Umi Kalsom Masrom, Nik Aloesnita Nik Mohd Alwi, Nor Hazlin Nor Asshidin
    Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Conference on Moocs Innovation and Technology in Education Mite 2018, 2018
    The purpose of this study was to explore the determinants of learner satisfaction in blended learning environment by examining learner readiness variables. This research examined the relationship between learner readiness and learner satisfaction and identified the predictors of learner satisfaction. The participants were 325 undergraduate students who took a blended-format courses in one of the private universities in Malaysia. Data was collected using an online survey. The analysis of the quantitative data indicated that learner satisfaction has statistically positive relationship with learner readiness. This means that students who perceived high level of readiness to learn in blended courses tended to be more satisfied with their courses than those who perceived low levels of readiness. Additionally, the outcomes from the multiple linear regression analysis demonstrated that there are five critical factors of learner satisfaction namely performance expectation, self-directed learning, online communication self-efficacy, motivation for learning and learner control The findings strongly indicated the importance of learner readiness in predicting and understanding learner satisfaction in blended learning environment. The implications and limitations were also discussed in this paper. This study highlights the importance for institutions and instructors to cater for learner satisfaction in implementing blended learning to optimize students’ experiences so that learning outcomes and satisfaction could be enriched.
  • The role of task complexity and task motivation in language production
    Umi Kalsom Masrom, Nik Aloesnita Nik Mohd Alwi, Nor Shidrah Mat Daud
    Gema Online Journal of Language Studies, 2015
    This study investigates the relationship between the cognitive demands of task complexity and learners’ motivation towards several tasks using task-based instruction during asynchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) writing tasks. According to Robinson’s Cognition Hypotheses (2001a, 2005, 2007), the production of language would be different when certain manipulation of task complexity was made. The tasks were manipulated following two variables from the Cognition Hypotheses, along resource-directing (+/- causal reasoning demand) and resource-dispersing (+/- task structure) dimensions. Eighty-eight undergraduate students from one of the technical universities in Malaysia were divided into four groups and assigned with a writing task. After the participants have completed the writing tasks, they were interviewed and asked to complete a questionnaire to gauge their motivation towards the tasks. Participants’ written language production was coded and analyzed using syntactic and lexical complexity measures. Further analysis of the data was conducted using Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) and correlational analysis. Analyses of the results showed that there is a correlation between task complexity and task motivation among learners. However, the correlation is only evident in lexical complexity production and no correlation was found for any of the syntactic complexity measures. This study is significant as it explores the roles of task complexity and task motivation in mediating the production of language. It also highlights how the manipulation of task complexity would encourage the production of the language in terms of its complexity.

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Employing Virtual Reality-enhanced Task-based Language Learning and Teaching to Mitigate Interview Anxiety
    NANM Alwi, WNFW Shamsuddin, UK Masrom, TS Nguyen
    Computer-Assisted Language Learning Electronic Journal 26 (3), 248-268 , 2025
    2025
  • Enhancing Learning Experience with Interactive Content: A Pilot Study in Designing Job Application Skill Lesson Plans Using Moodle H5P.
    UK Masrom, M Idris, K Mir, S Abdullah
    International Society for Technology, Education, and Science , 2025
    2025
  • Role of Virtual Reality in Enhancing Fluency for Job Interview within Task-Based Language Classrooms.
    WNFW Shamsuddin, UK Masrom, NANM Alwi
    International Society for Technology, Education, and Science , 2025
    2025
  • Learners' Experiences in Using Moodle Lesson and H5P Interactive Content in Learning Public Speaking.
    UK Masrom, Z Jusoh, K Mir
    MEXTESOL Journal 49 (1), n1 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • How Virtual Reality Transforms English Classrooms: A Systematic Literature Review
    WNFW Shamsuddin, NANM Alwi, UK Masrom
    International Journal of Language Education and Applied Linguistics 14 (2 … , 2024
    2024
  • Modality and task complexity effects on second language production in CMC
    R Adams, NA Nik Mohd Alwi, UKB Masrom
    University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 4
  • Adopting interactive content in language education: A review of literature
    UK Masrom, M Idris, Z Jusoh, WNFW Shamsuddin
    European Proceedings of Educational Sciences , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • Designing lessons for differentiated learning using moodle LMS
    JE Jamaluddin, IZ Abidin, MA Idris, UK Masrom
    AIP Conference Proceedings 2433 (1), 030010 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 10
  • ASSESSING THE SATISFACTION OF MALAYSIAN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN VIRTUAL FLIPPED CLASSROOM (VFC) DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
    UK Masrom, NANM Alwi, M Tarmidi
    INTED2022 Proceedings, 10575-10583 , 2022
    2022
  • Assessing the Satisfaction of Malaysian Undergraduate Students in a Virtual Flipped Classroom (VFC) during COVID-19 Pandemic
    UKM Mahlindayu Tarmidi @ Tohkid, Nik Aloesnita Nik Mohd Alwi
    16th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED 2022) , 2022
    2022
  • DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMME (DLP): MEDIATING EFFECTS OF READINESS, INTEREST AND CONFIDENCE ON STUDENTS’SATISFACTION
    UK Masrom, M Idris, Z Jusoh
    Journal of Nusantara Studies (JONUS) 6 (2), 1-20 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 10
  • Blended Learning Impacts on Higher Education: What have Research Revealed?
    NANMA Umi Kalsom Masrom
    Enhancing the Teaching and Learning of English in Malaysian Tertiary … , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 1
  • Teaching Challenges and Strategies of Malaysian Educators in Online Teaching during COVID-19 Pandemic
    UK Masrom, M Idris, Z Jusoh
    Global Business and Management Research 13 (4s), 318-328 , 2021
    2021
  • Designing lesson plans for adaptive learning using Moodle LMS platform
    JE Jamaluddin, IZ Abidin, MA Idris, UK Masrom
    International Journal of Creative Multimedia 1 (1) , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 6
  • Resume writing in flipped classroom environment: Learners’ perception on My Résumé App.
    NANMA Umi Kalsom Masrom
    Resume writing in flipped classroom environment: Learners’ perception on My … , 2020
    2020
  • Road to the success of Dual-Language Program (DLP): Incorporating a community-based program, among secondary school students in Pahang
    MI Umi Kalsom Masrom, Zailani Jusoh
    European Proceedings of Social and Behavioral Sciences 100, 341-351 , 2020
    2020
  • Study on academic performance and learning strategies of tertiary level students
    NHA Shahnaz Shafiza Sabri, Umi Kalsom Masrom
    European Proceedings of Social and Behavioral Sciences 100, 362-373 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 6
  • A Basic Guide to Research Methodology
    AH Jaaffar, BM Hussin, H Mohamed, J Jais, MRA Kadir, NTM Lin, NM Din, ...
    UNITEN Press , 2020
    2020
  • Understanding learners’ satisfaction in blended learning among undergraduate students in Malaysia
    UK Masrom, N Alwi, NHN Asshidin
    Universal Journal of Educational Research 7 (10), 2233-2238 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 18
  • The underlying factors of learner readiness and satisfaction in blended learning environment
    UK Masrom, NANM Alwi, NHN Asshidin
    2018 IEEE 6th International Conference on MOOCs, Innovation and Technology … , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 4

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Malaysian students’ understanding of plagiarism
    DSM Yusof, UK Masrom
    Malay 35, 72-9 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 36
  • English games as a constructivist approach in project based learning
    UK Masrom¹, DSM Yusof
    2013
    Citations: 27
  • The role of task complexity and task motivation in language production
    UK Masrom, N Alwi, NSM Daud
    GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies 49 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 21
  • Understanding learners’ satisfaction in blended learning among undergraduate students in Malaysia
    UK Masrom, N Alwi, NHN Asshidin
    Universal Journal of Educational Research 7 (10), 2233-2238 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 18
  • Designing lessons for differentiated learning using moodle LMS
    JE Jamaluddin, IZ Abidin, MA Idris, UK Masrom
    AIP Conference Proceedings 2433 (1), 030010 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 10
  • DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMME (DLP): MEDIATING EFFECTS OF READINESS, INTEREST AND CONFIDENCE ON STUDENTS’SATISFACTION
    UK Masrom, M Idris, Z Jusoh
    Journal of Nusantara Studies (JONUS) 6 (2), 1-20 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 10
  • Students' Perception on the Use of Wikispaces in ESL Classroom.
    MI Ahamat, UK Masrom
    Global Business & Management Research 10 (3) , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 9
  • Designing lesson plans for adaptive learning using Moodle LMS platform
    JE Jamaluddin, IZ Abidin, MA Idris, UK Masrom
    International Journal of Creative Multimedia 1 (1) , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 6
  • Study on academic performance and learning strategies of tertiary level students
    NHA Shahnaz Shafiza Sabri, Umi Kalsom Masrom
    European Proceedings of Social and Behavioral Sciences 100, 362-373 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 6
  • The effects of task complexity on the complexity of the second language written production
    UK Masrom, NANM Alwi, NSM Daud
    Journal of Second Language Teaching & Research 4 (1), 38-66 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 6
  • Task complexity and the complexity of written language production: A review of literature
    UK Masrom, NSM Daud, N Alwi
    International Journal of Linguistics 7 (3), 78-93 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 5
  • Modality and task complexity effects on second language production in CMC
    R Adams, NA Nik Mohd Alwi, UKB Masrom
    University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 4
  • The underlying factors of learner readiness and satisfaction in blended learning environment
    UK Masrom, NANM Alwi, NHN Asshidin
    2018 IEEE 6th International Conference on MOOCs, Innovation and Technology … , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 4
  • Learners' Experiences in Using Moodle Lesson and H5P Interactive Content in Learning Public Speaking.
    UK Masrom, Z Jusoh, K Mir
    MEXTESOL Journal 49 (1), n1 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Adopting interactive content in language education: A review of literature
    UK Masrom, M Idris, Z Jusoh, WNFW Shamsuddin
    European Proceedings of Educational Sciences , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • Teaching With Technology In Classrooms: Implementing Blended Learning
    UK Masrom, NANM Alwi, U Kalsom Masrom, N Aloesnita Nik Mohd Alwi
    European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences 44 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 2
  • Blended Learning Impacts on Higher Education: What have Research Revealed?
    NANMA Umi Kalsom Masrom
    Enhancing the Teaching and Learning of English in Malaysian Tertiary … , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 1
  • The Effects of Task Complexity on the Complexity of Language Production and Task Motivation in Asynchronous Computer-Mediated Communication (ACMC) Environment (Doctoral …
    UK Masrom
    UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 1
  • Employing Virtual Reality-enhanced Task-based Language Learning and Teaching to Mitigate Interview Anxiety
    NANM Alwi, WNFW Shamsuddin, UK Masrom, TS Nguyen
    Computer-Assisted Language Learning Electronic Journal 26 (3), 248-268 , 2025
    2025
  • Enhancing Learning Experience with Interactive Content: A Pilot Study in Designing Job Application Skill Lesson Plans Using Moodle H5P.
    UK Masrom, M Idris, K Mir, S Abdullah
    International Society for Technology, Education, and Science , 2025
    2025