THE SUCCESS OF ONLINE LEARNING APPROACH OF VIRTUAL MOBILITY: A CRITICAL STRATEGY

Abstract

Malaysia has been implementing blended learning into the teaching and learning practices. However, the implementation of non-academic activities including mobility program is still taking place in the conventional way. In the era of Revolution Industry 4.0, mobility program should have a new approach using technology as the medium for implementation. This study aims to identify the suitability of the implementation virtual mobility program, the level of students’ knowledge towards the implementation of virtual mobility, the factors that motivated students to join virtual mobility programs and the types of medium that students expect to use when joining the virtual mobility. A total of 343 Malaysian university students were involved as a sample in this study. The findings showed that virtual mobility can be seen as an alternative for conventional mobility and it still has an impact on students’ soft skills. Besides, the data showed that the level of students’ knowledge towards the implementation of virtual mobility is moderate and majority of the respondents decided to join the virtual mobility program because they could develop their information technology skills. Meanwhile, most of the respondents expected to use internet as a main medium to join the virtual mobility program.