E-Learning Framework of TVET Practical Skills Courses

Abstract

Online teaching and learning (TnL) is one of the transformation of education towards digital it is a necessity now especially during a pandemic. The TnL in Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) institutions prioritizes on the practical, which is one of the Malaysia Education Development Plan 2015-2025 (Higher Education). The implementation of TnL is less effective if the practical course is conducted online without a guide specially designed for the practical subject. Thus, this study will develop an TVET e-learning framework for practical courses offered in TVET institution. The objective of this study is to identify components in the TVET e-learning framework of practical skills courses and test the acceptance of the framework through application prototypes. Respondents for this study are specialist lecturers from Nilai Polytechnic Retail Management Diploma who implement TVET teaching and learning. This study is divided into two phases which is identify elements from the previous study and the second phase is the assessment of the acceptance of the framework by ten experts in the field which aims to see the suitability and acceptance of the framework to be used as a guide by TVET teaching staff. The results of the study were analyzed to meet the objectives of the study. This research framework is based on the Community of Inquiry model and the Malaysian Qualifications Framework (MQF) also use of augmented reality. The results of the analysis show that experts agree on the elements used for the learning framework. From analysis,this framework can be implemented in the online TnL process and is capable of helping TVET instructors to implement practical skills teaching in addition it functions as a guide for lecturer to increase creativity, engagement and communication of students with lecturer.