The Challenges and Effects of ODL-Based Learning Before and After the Endemic of Covid-19 Among Textile and Fashion Students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has given an extraordinary impact on global learners especially, in tertiary education. Teaching & Learning (T&L) methods have changed abruptly from physical mode to virtual, resulting from Movement Control Order (MCO) during the pandemic Covid-19 globally. In Malaysia, the government implemented MCO on 18th March 2020, and adjustments were made in phases according to the country’s pandemic situation from time to time. These situations gave a huge impact on the education sector. Instead of premises being ordered to close for a long period of time, the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) approach was utilized in almost all educational institutions.