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Covid-19 has disrupted the education system worldwide. The sudden outbreak has forced the education system especially the tertiary education to shift to online teaching and learning which serve as the best solution for the continuation of learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study aims at evaluating the online classroom practices and its implementation as well as the impact of online teaching and learning from the student perspectives at Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineering Technology that enrolled in Engineering Science and Fundamental Thermodynamics courses. The analysis was carried out using the data collected through the questionnaire responses. Approximately 80% of students from Engineering Science course and just about 46% of students from Fundamental Thermodynamics course like the approached used during the online teaching and learning. This indicated that around 54% of students from Fundamental Thermodynamics course preferred the conventional methods more. However, students from both courses revealed that they were satisfied with the student-teacher interaction during the online teaching and learning with more than 90% agreed on this. The study also disclosed positive feedback on the acceptance and usage of the online teaching and learning with around 78% of students from Engineering Science course and 58% of students from Fundamental Thermodynamics course rated good and above despite the challenge faced by both academicians and students throughout this new way of teaching and learning. The results from this survey may lead to the improvement of the online classroom execution for these two courses.
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To Cite this Article: Yaacob, N. (2022). Online Teaching and learning: Classroom Practices, Implementation, and its Impact on Engineering Science and Fundamental Thermodynamics Courses. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 11(1), 295–309.
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