Developing human resource for the animation sector: A case study of animation programs in Malaysian universities and colleges

摘要

Malaysian animation sector is observed to have high potential due to the rapid development of digital and electronic technology that involve directly in the digital content industry. For malaysia to venture into this industry, it is imperative to have strong policies, educations and trainings for talents recruitment in order to be be able to Compete in the global market. This article looks into the state of animation education in Malaysia to assess how new talents are being recruited into the industry. For this purpose, an overview of animation education in Malaysia will be presented and the implementation of animation programs will be discussed. It began with a descriptive analysis through observation on every single of the IHL's website listed under MOHE. Then, a case study approach is used to analyze the implementationudof animation programs in three chosen IHLs. As an overall, this study finds that animation education in Malaysia is still in the beginning phase and there is a need to develop the programs in order to be able Compete in the global market