The Covid-19 pandemic worldwide has forced education activities to go fully online, which has led to challenging teaching and learning experiences for both students and lecturers. Although in many developed countries, online learning and online communication were nothing new, to others, this sudden revolution of online education can be both an overwhelming and difficult experience. The lack of training, inadequate facilities such as learning tools, and reliable internet access, the lack of knowledge in handling online educational communication could make online learning difficult, particularly for the lecturers. This would reduce lecturers’ confidence in conducting and managing online learning. Hence, this study is aimed to assess the confidence level of lecturers from Universiti Teknologi MARA Melaka branch campuses in conducting teaching and learning activities during the Movement Restriction Order period. The data obtained in this study was collected randomly from 52 participants from the seven established faculties in UiTM Melaka. The questionnaire was divided into three sections, the Demographic, the Teaching and Learning Online Exposure, and the Lecturers’ confidence in Conducting Teaching and Learning through Online Basis. The results showed that the level of confidence among academicians in UiTM Melaka indicated a moderate level where the mean was in the range of 3 to 4. This is because this was the first time the academicians went through full teaching experiences of teaching and learning via online platforms. Even though there were a few of them who were quite familiar with several instruments used in the online platforms, generally most of the academicians were still new with online teaching tools. The study also found that the overall level of the lecturers’ confidence in terms of conducting and managing online learning is moderate with many academicians opting to use a basic online communication platform to execute their teaching and learning activities.
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To Cite this Article: Abd Aziz, S. H., Hassan, M. S., Ridzuan, A. N. A. A., & Abu Bakar, N. (2022). An Assessment of Lecturers’ Confidence Level in Conducting Online Teaching and Learning Activities in UiTM Melaka during the Restricted Movement Order. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences. 12(6), 1286– 1292.
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