AGENT_HafizDr. Mohd Hafiz Md Hanif · Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology, UPSI
$Educational Technology specialist working on AI in Education, Learning Analytics and Virtual Reality. Recently completed a five-year industry stint applying educational technology in fields outside academia, including humanitarian work and media. Interested in where pedagogy meets emerging technology, and in Social Return on Investment (SROI) frameworks for humanitarian projects.
Core Capabilities
[SYSTEM_READY]AI in Education
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to personalize learning experiences and improve educational outcomes.
Learning Analytics
Utilizing data-driven insights to understand learner behaviors and optimize instructional strategies.
Immersive Learning
Designing and developing Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) environments for education.
Full-Stack Dev
Building robust educational platforms using modern web technologies like Next.js, React, and Node.js.
Skills
[TECH_ARSENAL]Software Development
JavaScript / TypeScript90%
React & Next.js85%
Node.js80%
MongoDB75%
Python70%
E-Learning Platforms
Moodle95%
Canvas LMS85%
Google Classroom90%
Discord for Education80%
Custom LMS Development85%
AI & Emerging Technologies
Chatbot Development85%
Virtual Reality (VR)80%
Augmented Reality (AR)75%
Learning Analytics90%
AI in Education Applications85%
Creative Media
Photoshop85%
Illustrator80%
Premiere Pro75%
Canva90%
InDesign70%
Intel / Research
Recent scholarly contributions and mission reports.
The Validity and Reliability of MUETBot in Supporting the Learning of MUET Reading Skills among ESL Students
Tang Tsiao Yin, Hafiz Hanif
A Conceptual Synthesis of Technology and Pedagogy in Language Education
Tang Tsiao Yin, Gumawang Jati, Hafiz Hanif
Students' Perspectives on the Application of Flipped Learning in Learning the Development of Education in Malaysia: Philosophy and Policies
Tang Tsiao Yin, Hafiz Hanif, Vestly Kong Liang Soon, Hii Yao Cang, Amy Leh Jing
Enhancing Organizational Commitment Through Organizational Justice and Job Satisfaction: Strategies for Effective Organizational Management
Mohd Ridwan Abd Razak, Khalizul Khalid, Ridzwan Che Rus, Mohd Hafiz Md Hanif, Enah Ali
Field Notes
Latest essays from the Hack(edu).tech Chronicle.
The "Shortcut Pedagogy" Illusion: When Teachers Mistake the Speed of AI for the Quality of Instruction
Educators who master basic prompting quickly reach a peak of confidence, believing AI can automate planning, grading, and differentiation. Drawing on Dunning-Kruger research, the illusion of explanatory depth, and 2025 evidence that confidence in AI predicts less critical thinking while self-confidence predicts more, this article names the result shortcut pedagogy: generic, biased, pedagogically shallow content scaled at speed, with diagnostic feedback outsourced before the tool's limits are understood. Training must build the descent: calibrated trust through deliberate failure-finding.
Read on hackedu.tech >Adab Before Apps: Character Education in the Machine Age
Introducing adab, the recognition of the right and proper place of things, this article argues character education has always anchored Malaysian schooling, from the Falsafah Pendidikan Kebangsaan to values embedded across the curriculum. Meta-analytic evidence confirms character programmes work best through relationships and guided moral discussion. Rejecting simple claims that technology erodes values, since technologies both inherit designers' values and project users' conduct, it argues adab must now be designed into instruction, not hoped for as by-product, with AI as sparring partner, never elder.
Read on hackedu.tech >A National AI-in-Education Policy: What Malaysia Should Write Before Vendors Write It for Us
As AI vendors court Malaysian schools, this article asks what policy instrument governs their entry. Crediting the real groundwork laid, MOSTI's AIGE principles, the Kementerian Digital's public-sector AI adoption guideline with its four risk tiers, KPT's generative AI guideline for higher education, and KPM's 2026 Panduan Literasi Kecerdasan Buatan, it argues that a panduan is nonetheless not a dasar: guidance advises where policy binds. The missing instrument must govern procurement, vendor accountability, children's data, assessment redesign, and funded teacher training. The article proposes a ten-section draft national AI-in-education policy and calls for it to be debated publicly, before vendors write it by contract.
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