ALTERNATIVE TEACHING METHOD: THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF INTERACTIVE E-CONTENT APPLICATION IN TEACHING ART HISTORY COURSE

 Noor A’yunni Muhammad¹, Dr. Salwa Ayob², Ishak Ramli^3
1Mrs., Faculty of Art & Design, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak Branch, MALAYSIA, noora691@perak.uitm.edu.my
²Dr., Faculty of Art & Design, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak Branch, MALAYSIA,
³Mr., Faculty of Art & Design, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak Branch, MALAYSIA, ibr_86@yahoo.com

Abstract
The most important thing in learning arts is to understand the basic knowledge which usually it starts with the history of art. Art history plays an important role in the development of art world. It explains how art world evolves from renaissance to post-modern art and thousands of talented artist and artwork has been acknowledge decades ago. However, teaching art history comes with a lot of effort. As a matter of fact, e-content in e-learning requires creativity in teaching method, because when it comes to the nature of art history subject, it is full of text, facts and boring images. Based on this notion, this study aimed to discover the needs of e-content as part of alternative teaching method in education nowadays. Furthermore the study tend to discuss the literature review which will be treated as an evidence to prove the impact of e-content and how it influence  worldwide education system. Findings in this research will develop a guideline on how to create an e-content in e-learning of art history subject which will be one of the alternative teaching methods in teaching art history. This study will help a lot in terms of enhancing the current teaching method.

Keywords: Alternative Teaching Method, Needs Assessment, Interactive, E-Content Application, Art History