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The Diploma in English for Professional Communication in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) is a new academic programme that requires its students to undertake a final semester project-based work. At the end of project, students are to present the aspects and achievements of their projects. Due to COVID-19 and government-imposed movement restrictions, physical poster presentation sessions had to be replaced by a virtual symposium to fulfil the course learning outcomes. Subsequently, there is a need to examine whether this virtual presentation and industry engagement programme have attained the intended learning outcomes. This study investigated the perceptions on the achievement of learning outcomes by participants and presenters of the online virtual symposium. Data were gleaned from an online survey and recorded 214 responses, comprised of academic staff, project supervisors, invited industry experts, students, and student-presenters. The findings revealed that the ‘Industry on Campus Virtual Symposium’ had managed to achieve the intended course learning outcomes of ‘performs essential methods and procedures’, and ‘initiate entrepreneurial mindsets in performing essential methods and procedures’. The participants also indicated that the virtual symposium had achieved other MQF’s Practical Skills, and Personal and Entrepreneurial Skills attributes/sub-attributes descriptors. This study has shown that virtual symposiums and other innovative platforms can effectively create a synergy between academia and industry in providing positive learning experiences to students and achieve their learning outcomes.
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In-Text Citation: (Razali et al., 2021)
To Cite this Article: Razali, N. A., Aziz, A. A. A., Juned, A. M., Mohamad, N. A., Azhar, S. B. H. J., Nawi, S. M., Atan, M. A., & Yusof, S. M. (2021). Perception on the Achievement of Course Learning Outcomes of an Undergraduate Final Semester Project Virtual Symposium. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(10), 993 – 1007.
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