Students' Perception towards Online Distance Learning(ODL) during COVID-19 Pandemic in Undergraduate Students of Faculty of Health Science

Abstract

The educational system in Malaysia, including schools, colleges, and universities, is based on a traditional system. The outbreak of COVID-19 has an impact on the educational system across the world because it was forced to shut down during pandemics and changed from traditional methods to online and distance learning(ODL) or non-face to face. Due to this nature, COVID-19 tremendously affected the personal interaction of lecturers and students. The absence of traditional classroom teaching and computer-based learning has emerged as the closest replacement for offline teaching and the students' perception and readiness about the online distance learning adopted during the covid -19 pandemic, mainly laboratory-based courses in the Faculty of Health Sciences. In the present study, 265 diploma students of

Perception and Satisfaction Among Open and Distance Learning Students in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

“…The interaction definitely became difficult as ODL emphasises selfcentred learning and also because of the use of ICT, which not every student is familiar with. This finding was similar to studies by Ismail et al [19] and Almahasees et al [21], which also reported the lack of interactions in online learning caused by technical issues and limited time.…”

“…Students and fellow educators from fulltime courses had to experience the nature of ODL without a proper planning and readiness. In the local context, Ismail et al [19] studied students' perception towards ODL during the pandemic. The study was conducted at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), with 265 diploma students from various programmes in the Faculty of Health Science.…”