Teaching Entrepreneurship Education (EE) Online During Covid-19 Pandemic: Lessons learned from a Participatory Action Research (PAR) in a Malaysian Public University

Abstract

This article focuses on a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project that was carried out in a Malaysian Public University during three series of lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic. During that time, all higher education institutes in Malaysia were barred from conducting face-to-face lectures that resorted to fully online learning throughout two semesters during the academic session of 2020 to 2021. As an educator, I was primary concerned about their achievement in learning outcomes and knowledge transfer through online learning of the Entrepreneurship Education (EE) Course. Therefore, this PAR described my critical reflections on my students’ feedbacks from the analysis of my online video lessons, online student forums, and open-ended online surveys regarding their sentiments and perceptions on their learning experience. Ultimately, this PAR is to help me improve my teaching skills, to highlight gaps in the course content and suggest strategies of delivery in the future. As such, this article concludes by highlighting the mismatch between learning gaps, the extent the EE course learning outcomes address the students’ personal obstacles in entrepreneurship and my future strategies to mitigate the challenges of entrepreneurship education.

Inculcating entrepreneurial values in creating business sustainability through business independence in batik craftsmen

“…Entrepreneurial values applied to every industry bring economic benefits to the actors (Onstenk, 2003;Ramachandran et al, 2006;Hunter, 2007;Gird and Bagraim, 2008;Chen, 2010). However, the pandemic has prevented many people from traveling and going on vacation to shop for goods, such as batik (Dias et al, 2021;Lee, 2022). This is a challenge for business actors, specifically Malangan batik craftsmen in Malang City, which is famous for its tourist destinations.…”