Mastering Principles of Risk Management, Insurance, and Takaful: A Comprehensive UiTM Massive Open Online Course

Abstract

The need to integrate technology into the education system has always been on the rise in the 21st century. The emergence of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has further increased the need for web-based education since educational institutions have to temporarily close to curb the spread of the virus. Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) has also chosen to migrate its face-to-face classroom teaching and learning approach to open and distance learning (ODL). UFUTURE is a platform developed by UiTM for lecturers and students to have online learning through the development of massive online open courses (MOOCs) which can also be accessed by anyone who wants to self-learning. Principles of Risk Management, Insurance and Takaful course has also been transformed into MOOC to assist anyone especially UiTM students in learning this course remotely. This paper will discuss the design of ASC173 in the UFUTURE platform that implements various types of learning materials and evaluate the usability of the platform using the System Usability Scale (SUS) test among the students who took this course in the semester March 2022. The obtained SUS score 92/100 indicated that respondents were satisfied with the form of the proposed MOOC and it is acceptable to be implemented for anyone who wants to learn this course.