MyDigitalMaker

Raising Malaysia's
Digital Heroes

CREATING THE DIGITAL MAKERS OF TOMORROW

MyDigitalMaker Initiative was launched in August 2016 and is a joint public-private-academia initiative to transform Malaysian youth from digital users to producers in the digital economy. This includes skills such as coding, app development, 3D design and printing, robotics, data science, IOT and embedded programming; all of which will ultimately help to strengthen problem solving and creativity amongst our future generation.

MyDigitalMaker Achievements

Malaysia’s push for tech-based education in the national school system has reached new heights, with more than 2.5 millions students now able to receive proper education over core tech subjects. Here are some key figures as of 2024:

  • 70

    Digital Maker Hubs

    356

    #CikguJuaraDigital Discovered

  • 607

    Digital Ninja

    15,000

    visitors (average) annually to MyDigitalMaker Fair

MyDigitalMaker Initiatives

Under the MyDigitalMaker initiative, MDEC has spearheaded several initiatives in collaboration with agencies and industry to inspire students, parents and teachers with the potential of digital technologies. These programmes include:

  • Cikgu Juara Digital (Educators)​

    A programme to level up high potential teachers that use technology in their teaching and learning to become Cikgu Juara Digital in order to serve as an inspiration to other teachers around the country.​

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  • Digital Innovator Programme (Students)​

    A new learning track focusing on digital technology introduced at Pusat GENIUS@Pintar Negara, UKM to groom high potential young digital innovators.

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  • MyDigitalMaker Fair (Students, Educators, Parents, Industry)​

    A flagship event of the initiative comprising exhibitions, hands-on workshops, competitions and talks by industry subject matter experts. It is designed for students, teachers and families featuring all programmes under MyDigitalMaker movement.​

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  • Hour of Code Campaign (Students)​

    Awareness campaign on the importance of coding and computer science using code.org platform.​

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  • Digital Maker Hubs (Students, Educators, Industry)​

    A space build within a community to bring the community members – kids, educators, parents, and industry experts together to encourage the activity of digital making​

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  • Digital Counsellor Programme (Educators)​

    A group of trained school counsellors dedicated to providing peer-to-peer coaching on career counselling for students in an effort to guide and prepare students on tech tertiary pathways and emerging career trends.​

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  • Champion Schools (Institutions)​

    Highly motivated public schools that schools that act as nucleus to support neighboring schools in cultivating digital creativity and innovation.

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  • Creativity @ Schools (Students)

    Nurturing and inspiring creativity among young Malaysians aged 7– 17 years old, focusing on animation and games development.​

  • MetaSkool (Students, Educators)​

    An initiative to value-add and marry conventional teaching and learning with a framework of design learning using mix technologies (i.e metaverse)for everyday classroom learning and encourage self learning application.​

Event & Highlights

  • Creativity @ Schools 2024

    Registration for self-learning Creativity...

  • Juara #CikguJuaraDigital 2024

    Saat yang dinanti telah pun tiba! Diumumkan secara rasminya, Juara

  • Pemenang Computational Thinking Educators Championship 2023

    Syabas diucapkan kepada pemenang Computational Thinking Educators Championship 2023.

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  • Pertandingan Creativity@Schools 2024

    Pertandingan Creativity@Schools 2024 peringkat kebangsaan kini dibuka! Pada tahun ini kami kembal...

  • Exciting Milestone for #CikguJuaraDigital

SUCCESS STORIES

Digital Innovator Programme​

Liew Jia Jin represented Malaysia at Intenational Scratch Olympiad 2023 for the Stream Project category and placed himself in the top ten.​


Liew Jia Jin

Winner

Resources & Platform

Various online modules, tools and platforms to guide teachers, students & parents in exploring more information and opportunities in digital technology

+ Teaching & Learning Modules