Time has passed since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic. Hundreds of millions of people have lived in and out of lockdowns. Interestingly, the pandemic has opened our eyes to the possibility of making work from home a norm. . There are two opposing views when it comes to working from home. One view says that people will get nothing done, and the other view believes workers will be happier and more productive working from home. Therefore, this pilot study attempts to investigate both sides of the coin for issues relating to working from home. 44 participants responded to this quantitative study. The instrument used is a questionnaire. It looks at how working from home influence work-life balance, work fulfilment and also work performance of workers. In ensuring the reliability of the instrument, the reliability analysis has been conducted on the instrument comprising of 34 items with four sections;
The Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent Movement Control Order (MCO) has resulted all formal classroom learning for 4.9 million students at all levels of education in Malaysia was suspended since March 2020 till todate. Educators were advised to shift from traditional face-to-face classroom meetings to distance learning mode; online or offline platforms. However, the reality is, the majority of the students are still grappling with e- learning, inadequate equipment, and an unconducive environment making the adoption of home-based elearning even harder. There is no evidence on how Diploma engineering students are experiencing this new normal. Having realised the importance of getting first-hand information regarding online distance learning (ODL) experiences, this study investigated Diploma engineering students’ ODL experiences amidst COVID-19. An online survey using Google Forms was utilised to collect data for three weeks from 486 Diploma level students in a university from the southern region of Peninsular Malaysia. Using descriptive quantitative and qualitative analysis, the distribution of study participants, learning experiences, and expectations on educational decisions of ODL was investigated. The findings highlight the need to transform education for more tech-based lessons for the millennials and there is a need to a properly planned ODL implementation with full support from all involved in ODL mode. As classes move online in the foreseeable future, the findings of this project will benefit UiTM and the government in restructuring digital education post-Covid-19 to develop employability and the productivity of the future generation.
Education is an ongoing process and is constantly accepting changes and improvement in line with the needs and wants of the community. The 21st-century world is seeing the use of multimedia and information technology monopolizing the lives of the general public with the motto of a borderless world. One of the most popular developments today is Augmented Reality (AR) technology that uses barcode scanners as a medium for learning. This study aims to find out students' interest in learning, teachers' teaching method, and students' visualization ability in welding technology subjects. The quantitative study through a survey method was used in this study. The study population involved 105 welding technology students of Batu Pahat Vocational College. The purposive sampling consists of 30 respondents of 3rd-year students who are taking the Non-Destructive Test (NDT) welding subject under the topic of magnetic particle test. The instrument used was a questionnaire. Data were collected and analyzed descriptively. The finding shows that the Cronbach Alpha value is 0.73 which indicates that the instrument's reliability is high. The results of this study found that by using magnetic particle test teaching kits can increase students' interest in learning (M=4.76), positively affect the teachers' teaching method (M=4.72), and helped to enhance students' visualization ability (M=4.80). Thus, the findings indicate that the use of this teaching kit improves the teaching and learning process either in the classroom or in the workshop.
The learning process of academic writing is already difficult for many students. The online environment can either hinder or facilitate learning online academic writing. The writing process is seen as cyclical. In the context of this study, the writer starts with planning stage. Once the planning is done, the writer translates the ideas into written form in the form of a draft. The writer then reviews the draft. If the writer is unhappy with the draft, he/she makes plans to repair, and the writing process resumes in the circle. This quantitative research is done to investigate how learners use cognitive and meta cognitive strategies when they learn French as a foreign language. The instrument used is a survey with 4 sections. With reference to Table 1, section A has 1 item on the demographic profile. Section B has 8 items on planning, section C has 8 items on translating, and section D has 7 items on reviewing. 63 respondents were purposively chosen to answer the survey. General findings revealed that writers' motivation for online writing was during the translation and reviewing stages. Findings of this study bear interesting implications for the teaching and learning of writing using the process writing via online mode.
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