The sudden transition to remote learning in response to COVID-19: lessons from Malaysia

The year 2020 was challenging for UiTM students, as they were unable to learn in-person. Nevertheless, the lecturers demonstrated unequivocal commitment to ensuring that the students enjoyed distance learning and were able to share experiences. The lecturers were committed to remote teaching and constantly enabled students’ assessments and assignments throughout the semester, which indicated increased LP.

The findings were consistent with those of previous studies, where CI positively affected LA pre- and mid-pandemic (Alasmari, 2021; Hamadi et al., 2021; James et al., 2022). As students…