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The use of Online Class (OC) in higher education has become more magnificent than before significantly during the Covid19 pandemic outbreak. This paper investigates the practice of OC among Mandarin foreign language learners for their elective courses. The purpose was to create a productive OC. The study presented students' perceptions of the productiveness of OC. The study aimed to figure out how students viewed the instructor's teaching and actions and how such aspects impacted students' expectations of the course and the OC in general. A mixed-method which involved quantitative and qualitative data collection from 65 Mandarin foreign learners' approach employed in this study. The instruction of OC carried out for seven weeks. After OC, the students were given questionnaires and interviewed to explore their experiences deeply. Data was a quantitative analysis based on the themes of Learner access, Learner Interaction, Learner response, and Learning outcomes. The emerging themes of qualitative analysis were teacher, students, content, and technology. The findings indicated that the students were active, worked more autonomously, and became more responsible for their learning. OC enabled the teachers to provide teaching materials via various online applications, better-personalised assistance, and better track student progress. Most students liked learning in the OC environment and indicated they would prefer this instructional approach more than conventional classes. The study found that instructors need to be always reflective in considering and altering the emerging positive or negative feedback with students' suggestions while integrating advanced technology in students' learning. There is a need to reflect, re-act, and re-plan in engaging generation Z with their learning preferences to achieve the learning outcomes. © IEOM Society International.
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The implementation of Movement Control Order (MCO) method to break COVID-19 chain to save the nation has affected the daily routine of the residential college students at the universities. Those who were not infected by the disease were categorized as the Non-quarantined students where they had to undergo certain rules and regulations during the crisis. This study aims to identify the perceptions of that the Non-Quarantined students at the residential colleges of a Malaysian technical public university towards communicational service provided during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 520 students residing at the residential colleges participated in the study. Five main aspects of communication at the residential college were studied: instant updates;platforms;availability of information;admin responses;and counselling service. The analysis conducted using Statistical Package for The Social Science Version 25.0 (SPSS 25) showed that the mean score for the highest aspect was on the instant updates (4.11) provided to the non-quarantined students during the Covid-19 crisis. The findings indicated that majority of the respondents were satisfied with the communication service provided where the mean score was 3.99. The respondent provided the lowest mean score (3.87) for the aspect of counselling service. Thus, this study would recommend that the residential colleges of the universities should upgrade the service of counselling sections and make them known to the students for them to utilize the services to the maximum. © 2021 Author(s).
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Malaysia is one the countries in the world that has declared Movement Control Order (MCO) method to break COVID-19 chain to save the nation from being infected by this contagious outbreak. All learning institutions were ordered to conduct distance learning classes. Students at the residential colleges were involved were separated into the Quarantined and Non-Quarantined categories and their welfare was taken care by the university management under the Department of Student Affairs. Subsequently, the food aspect was one of the crucial issues during this phenomenon. Thus, this study was conducted to investigate the Non-Quarantined residential college students’ perceptions regarding the management of food during the MCO. This quantative study was conducted at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). A survey was conducted where 520 students responded to the questionnaire distributed via WhatsApp mode. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results obtained were analyzed using Statistical Package for The Social Science Version 25.0 (SPSS 25). The findings indicated that majority of the respondents were satisfied with the food provided and there was no significant difference between the perceptions of male and female students towards the university’s management in handling food during MCO. © 2021 Karadeniz Technical University. All rights reserved.