INFORMING ONLINE PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES VIA PEDAGOGICAL PARTNERSHIP APPROACH : A CASE STUDY

• Main Author: Lee, Charis Enqing
• Format: Final Year Project Report
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2021
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34962/1/INFORMING%20ONLINE%20PEDAGOGICAL%20PRACTICES%20VIA%20PEDAGOGICAL%20PARTNERSHIP%20APPROACH%20-%2024%20pgs.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34962/4/Charis%20Lee%20Enqing%20ft.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34962/

Pedagogical partnership approach is an emerging practice implemented in the West to encourage the collaboration between instructors and students. This case study was to examine the pedagogical partnership approach in the Eastern online educational settings in University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) during the COVID-19 pandemic. It involved the joint-effort of an instructor and a student partner (not enrolled in the focal course) to co-create the online learning experience for 66 university students enrolled in a course. Qualitative research method was used to observe student’s online learning behaviour and experience with the support of the quantitative data obtained from the Learning Management System of UNIMAS, eLEAP. The findings show that both good and bad students’ learning behaviour as well as learning experience can be explained by the Eastern deep-rooted culture, importance of sense of presence and community, reliable technology and students’ personalities. The case study also offers valuable information on the role as a student partner in the partnership as well as challenges faced. It also provides some research ideas and suggestions to obtain a deeper understanding of this pedagogical partnership approach.