Pandemic has changed teaching, learning and assessment (TLA) methods in conducting remote learning during open distance learning (ODL). This scenario has switched physical learning to virtual learning worldwide including UiTM. Ideally it has a positive impact in the academic landscape, however there are challenges for technical programmes which assess psychomotor domain including Diploma in Civil Engineering at UiTM Pasir Gudang. This paper is a preliminary study to compare the student performance before pandemic (Sept 2019-Jan 2020) and during pandemic (Sept 2020-Jan 2021) in addressing psychomotor domain for laboratory courses (water engineering laboratory). Result shows a positive impact on student performance during ODL. However, there is a flaw and weakness in assessing psychomotor domain during ODL. Hence monitoring on TLA should be done for the betterment of TLA for future and continual quality improvement (CQI) is necessary to ensure the quality of teaching for laboratory courses.

Diploma in Civil Engineering (EC110) being offered since 1967 by UiTM. Graduate should be able to possess relevant technical knowledge and skill to ensure the competency upon graduation. One of the comprehensive steps in providing a sustainable curriculum by UiTM is student's knowledge profile is aligned with the relevant course code via outcomes based educations that addressing 12 programmed outcomes. Meanwhile, program structured is designed to help students to scaffold the knowledge from lower difficulties level to higher order of thinking order in solving the well-defined problem as stated by Dublin Accord. Therefore, the pre-requisite course being introduced to prepare students for better understanding in certain fundamental knowledge before move to advanced phase of knowledge. ECW 231 being offered during semester 3 and considered as pre-requisite course for ECW 241 offered at upper semester. From result it shows that student scored slightly better in ECW 231 compared to ECW 241 in terms of grade and programme outcomes attainment. This finding is strengthen by survey that being conducted for 33 respondents in UiTM Campus Pasir Gudang. It is viewed that, students is agreed that pre-requisite subject help them to reinforced the basic knowledge before proceed to application subject at upper semester.