A Study on Students’ Online Learning Performance and Satisfaction During the Pandemic: The Case for TVET Education Institution in Borneo Malaysia

Abstract

In the new norm, traditional face-to-face learning system has been inapplicable as the entire globe has to obey the movement order resulting the COVID-19 pandemic. Given today’s uncertainties, Higher Education (HE) in most countries endorsed online learning to ensure the continuity of the education sector during the pandemic. This study was conducted during the pandemic period of COVID-19 to investigate the students’ online learning challenges and discuss the readiness of students in aspects such as personal behavior, technological, resource, and environment. The study is quantitative in nature, taking 123 respondents through an online survey via Google Form who are majoring in Diploma of Electrical Engineering, Diploma of Accountancy and Diploma of Secretarial Science. This study is focused on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Education Institution since limited information is available in another research. The findings revealed that the online learning challenges of TVET students was the learning environment at home, $\bar{x}=3.06$ with social media as their main distractions. The findings further revealed that TVET institution challenges are akin to universities and the outcome can be further raised to HE in closing the loop.