Online learning in cultural studies in post-pandemic era: a case of international students’ experience in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
This article addresses several issues relating to international students’ experiential learning via online learning application in cultural studies at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) during the post-pandemic era. The main objective of this study is to analyse the challenges encountered by inte...
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my.iium.irep.1074222023-10-12T03:34:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/107422/ Online learning in cultural studies in post-pandemic era: a case of international students’ experience in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Mohd Fakhruddin, Faizah Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan Mahfar, Mastura Mohd Fakhruddin, Fathiyah Abd.Hamid, Mohd Azhar Abdul Rahman, Rabeatul Husna Rusbadrol, Noraini GN Anthropology HM621 Culture This article addresses several issues relating to international students’ experiential learning via online learning application in cultural studies at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) during the post-pandemic era. The main objective of this study is to analyse the challenges encountered by international students in the ‘Malaysian Society and Culture’ course, a UTM preparatory course offered for newly registered post-graduate international students. The course was designed to expose new UTM post-graduate students, particularly international students to the uniqueness of the Malaysian multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-cultural society. This study employed a qualitative method using written semi-structured open-ended interviews in the e-learning platform. In relation to this, 15 international students who registered for the course in semester 1, 2021/2022 academic session and semester 2, 2021/2022 session were selected using purposive sampling method. Thematic analysis was employed in analysing the data. The findings of this study had shown that the challenges observed included the absence of direct experiential learning, internet accessibility, time zone difference, adjustment problem, and accessibility to online resources. The results also provided valuable insights in relation to the application of online learning in the context of cultural studies. This is pertinent as far as the educational and sociological body of knowledge is concerned. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2023-05-18 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/107422/7/107422_Online%20learning%20in%20cultural%20studies%20in%20post-pandemic%20era.pdf Mohd Fakhruddin, Faizah and Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan and Mahfar, Mastura and Mohd Fakhruddin, Fathiyah and Abd.Hamid, Mohd Azhar and Abdul Rahman, Rabeatul Husna and Rusbadrol, Noraini (2023) Online learning in cultural studies in post-pandemic era: a case of international students’ experience in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education & Development, 12 (2). pp. 1016-1032. ISSN 2226-6348 http://hrmars.com/index.php/pages/detail/IJARPED 10.6007/IJARPED/v12-i2/17365 |
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This article addresses several issues relating to international students’ experiential learning via online learning application in cultural studies at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
during the post-pandemic era. The main objective of this study is to analyse the challenges encountered by international students in the ‘Malaysian Society and Culture’ course, a UTM
preparatory course offered for newly registered post-graduate international students. The course was designed to expose new UTM post-graduate students, particularly international
students to the uniqueness of the Malaysian multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-cultural society. This study employed a qualitative method using written semi-structured open-ended interviews in the e-learning platform. In relation to this, 15 international students who registered for the course in semester 1, 2021/2022 academic session and semester 2,
2021/2022 session were selected using purposive sampling method. Thematic analysis was employed in analysing the data. The findings of this study had shown that the challenges
observed included the absence of direct experiential learning, internet accessibility, time zone difference, adjustment problem, and accessibility to online resources. The results also
provided valuable insights in relation to the application of online learning in the context of cultural studies. This is pertinent as far as the educational and sociological body of knowledge is concerned. |
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Online learning in cultural studies in post-pandemic era: a case of international students’ experience in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia |
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