Online learning is no longer a foreign term in today’s education landscape. Online learning is deemed to be a positive manner of learning where students can be independent due to its accessibility, affordability and flexibility. Many universities including in Malaysia have adopted online learning especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. This quantitative study aims to investigate the perception of learners on online learning using the theory of social constructivism. The instrument used is a replicated survey from Martin & Bollinger (2018) that was adapted to fit Vygotsky’s (1978) social constructivism. There was a total of six sections and 21 items in the instruments. This survey collected responses on demographic profile, experience, communication, understanding and its relationship from 104 respondents. The data was analysed using SPSS. The findings revealed that there is a positive relationship between experience and communication, experience and understanding, as well as communication and understanding. This study is important in shedding lights to understand and improve online distance learning.
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