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Online learning: a post covid-19 alternative pedagogy for university students
Sim, Sandra Phek-Lin1, Sim, Hannah Phek-Khiok2, Quah, Cheng-Sim3.
The sudden COVID-19 pandemic situation experienced globally has caused many schools
and institutions of higher learning to resort to fully online teaching and learning throughout the world,
including Malaysia. As many educators and students braved the situation, and until a remedy is found
to prevent the spread of this deadly coronavirus, the question that lingers in the mind of many people is
‘Will online learning be the way forward for university students in post COVID-19’? Most past research
have reported on students’ experience of online mode of learning via a blended learning approach but
there is relatively little research focusing on the real experience of students embarking on full online
learning mode, especially in the state of Sarawak. Thus, this quantitative research aimed to identify the
level of acceptance of online learning among university students who have experienced full online
learning mode. It also intended to identify the factors that facilitated online learning and the challenges
of online learning among university students. Data were collected using an online survey involving 156
respondents from a public university in the state of Sarawak. The data collected from the survey were
analysed using descriptive statistics (means, frequency counts and percentages). Results showed a
moderate high level of acceptance of online learning among the university students. In addition, results
revealed that among the four main factors that facilitated online learning among the students,
enhancement of English language skills ranked the highest, followed by enthusiasm, self-efficacy and
satisfaction. This study also found that among the main challenges encountered by the majority of the
students are issues of delivery speed of teaching and learning, students’ attitude, struggles and stress of
online learning mode. Results yielded in this study add to the existing literature on the possibility of
online learning as an alternative pedagogy in post COVID-19 for the education sector.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Institut Pendidikan Guru Batu Lintang, 93200 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
- Institut Aminuddin Baki, Bandar Enstek, 71350, Bandar Baru Enstek, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
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