Tracing Students Attendance During Covid-19 Pandemic by Applying Location Detection Technology

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic outbreak has initiated the learning process to switch from face-to-face learning methods to open distance learning. The open distance learning is a concept of students assessing the lectures from different venues.  Among the activities that are affected by that change, are the process of recording student’s attendance and engagement during the online lectures, as opposed to the normal method of being in the same classroom during the lecture. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a global navigation satellite system that provides location and time synchronization. This approach can assist lecturers in tracking the position of their students throughout the learning session. The operation of the GPS is based on the trilateration method where the position is determined from the distance measurement to satellites. Therefore, iHadir has been proposed to overcome the issue of tracking the students’ attendance. The iHadir is a mobile-based application system that can detect student’s location during the learning session. This application can be used as a new alternative in monitoring the student’s attendance during online learning. The iHadir will help in increasing the effectiveness of attendance’s record during online learning.