Malaysian Journal of Educational Technology Volume 12, Number 3, September 2012 ISSN 1675 0292 5 Students’ and Teachers’ perception towards an Interactive Courseware for History Subject: A Case Study in Labuan Secondary Schools Ainnecia Yoag, *Chin Su Na, **Leau Yu Beng & + Minah Japang Labuan School of Informatics Science, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Labuan International Campus, MALAYSIA *School of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, MALAYSIA **School of Engineering and Information Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, MALAYSIA + Labuan School of International Business and Finance, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Labuan International Campus, MALAYSIA ainnecia@ums.edu.my , chinsuna@ums.edu.my , lybeng@ums.edu.my , mina1511@ums.edu.my Abstract Currently, Malaysian education system is being transformed to create a new generation of students who are ready to adapt with new technologies and able to manage the information explosion. Thus, the need to incorporate ICT in teaching and learning at all levels of education is deemed essential. Multimedia Technology is playing an important role in the classroom as an interactive courseware in presenting and delivering the course material to the students. Most of the interactive coursewares available in the market now are focusing on Languages subjects, Mathematics and Science. This paper investigates the perception of form 5 history teachers and students in using interactive multimedia courseware as their teaching and learning channel in history subject. This research identified the features which influence student’s interest in learning history, as well as the possible challenges and constraints that might be encountered by their teachers in using interactive courseware. Furthermore, this study also highlighted some considerations before designing and developing the interactive multimedia courseware for history subject. Yoag, A., Chin S. N., Leau, Y.B. & Japang, M. (2012). Students’ and Teachers’ perception towards an Interactive Courseware for History Subject: A Case Study in Labuan Secondary Schools. Malaysian Journal of Educational Technology, 12(3), pp. 5-15. Introduction History education is about the study of the past. The history education is important in understanding our people, country and ourselves. It provides the knowledge and the feelings of appreciation for the previous events, people, ideas and practices. By not knowing the past, it is not possible to know the present or the future. History learning is important for students’ spiritual, emotional, intellectual and physical development. In today’s dynamic education, the Malaysian education system is being transformed to create a new generation of students who are adept with the new technologies and are able to access and manage the information explosion. The Ministry of Education sees ICT as a tool to revolutionise learning, to produce richer curricula, to enhance pedagogies, to lead to more effective organisational structures in schools, to produce stronger links between schools and society and to empower learners 1 . In the current Malaysian education perspective, rapid advancement of multimedia technology was plays as one of the most important roles in classrooms as interactive courseware that has been used in presenting content and information 2 . However, a majority of the teaching-learning courseware available in the Malaysian market focuses on subjects such as Malay language, English Language, Chinese Language, Mathematics, and Sciences. The main teaching and learning material in history subject is based on the textbook and it is designed as the sole source of information, whereby the students could only see single perspective on a history event, content or issue. Lack of creativity in history teaching caused students to become bored and lose interest in the subject. Therefore, there is a need for computer-aided learning materials in teaching history subject, which can increase students’ interest and performance as well as reduce students’ boredom with history 3 . Therefore the objectives of this paper study focused on three issues, which are to determine the potential benefits in using interactive multimedia courseware, identify the courseware features influencing the