Online learning mode during Covid-19 pandemic: Learner’s perception qualitatively in finance courses
List of Authors
  • Chooi-Yi Wei , Yoke-Chin Kuah

Keyword
  • Covid-19 pandemic, online learning, learner’s perception, Finance course

Abstract
  • The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the traditional teaching and learning activities to the online activities under new normal. As the implementation of online teaching and learning is unavoidable during the pandemic, the effectiveness of the online classes becomes the concern of the tertiary education stakeholders. In this study, a total of 21 students who are taking the Finance course in a Malaysian private university have been interviewed in the form of online focus group discussion to know their perceptions on the online classes. They were asked the questions that related to their challenges faced, learning process, online assessments etc. The focus group discussions reveal that the internet connection is the major factor that affects the effectiveness of online classes and students need more assistance on the matters that relate to online examination.

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