Blended Learning Mode: An Analysis of the Practices Among UiTM Pahang Lecturers

Abstract

The emergence of blended learning mode for its ubiquity has gradually replaced the conventional teaching approach in the educational contexts. In UiTM Pahang itself, majority of the academicians have adopted blended learning mode in their teaching and learning. Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)’s official Learning Management System (LMS) which is known as i-Learn portal, is widely used by both registered and unregistered blended learning instructors in conducting all blended learning activities. However, since there is no proper mechanism or tool used to check whether the blended learning practices at UiTM Pahang is achieved in terms of total time spent on i-Learn portal, it is difficult for the Head of i-Learn Unit, UiTM Pahang to gather and submit the data to UiTM Pahang’s higher authority on the number of registered blended learning instructors that have fully achieved the required total hours spent on i-Learn portal every semester. Thus, blended learning tracking form and blended learning tracking template were designed to ensure that the learning mode is fully practiced by the respective registered lecturers. Data on the usage of online learning by the registered lecturers was obtained from the distribution of blended learning tracking forms by the i-Learn representatives from all faculties. The data were then entered into the blended learning template for immediate result and analysed descriptively using SPSS version 21. The findings showed that majority of all the registered lecturers have fulfilled their online hours spent on LMS and only a small number of them failed to do so. It is hoped that by using the blended learning tracking template, the monitoring process as well as the management practices would become more efficient and systematic in the future.