sharifah nadiyah razali

ABSTRAK Berdasarkan kepada pola enrolment pengambilan pelajar ke Kolej Komuniti, masih terdapat lagi Kolej Komuniti yang tidak mencapai norma pengambilan pelajar. Bagi meningkatkan enrolmen pengambilan pelajar, Kolej Komuniti telah menambah bilangan pengambilan pelajarnya dari dua kali kepada tiga kali setahun iaitu dari sesi Januari dan Julai kepada sesi Mac, Julai dan Januari setiap tahun. Kajian ini dijalankan untuk melihat implikasi pengambilan tiga kali setahun terhadap enrolmen pengambilan pelajar di Kolej Komuniti Selandar. Kajian menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan menggunakan kaedah analisa dokumen dan temubual bertulis menggunakan teknik SW.O.T. Data pengambilan pelajar dari Unit Pengambilan, Kolej Komuniti Selandar dianalisa secara deskriptif. Manakala temubual bersama pengarah, timbalan pengarah akademik, timbalan pengarah pengurusan, pegawai pengambilan dan empat orang ketua program dianalisa berdasarkan tema. Hasil analisis menunjukkan pola peningkatan enrolmen pengambilan pelajar bagi pelaksanaan pengambilan tiga kali setahun dari tahun 2014 hingga 2016 berbanding pengambilan dua kali setahun menunjukkan pola penurunan dari tahun 2008 hingga 2010. Dari segi pola enrolmen pengambilan pelajar berdasarkan program menunjukkan pengambilan yang tinggi bagi pengambilan Julai berbanding pengambilan Mac dan November. Berdasarkan hasil analisa, pihak pengurusan kolej ingin mengekalkan sesi pengambilan tiga kali setahun iaitu pada sesi Mac, Julai dan November. KATA KUNCI: pengambilan pelajar, norma pelajar, sesi pengambilan

Collaborative Learning (CL) has been proven to promote soft skills and has widely implemented in teaching and learning. However, initial study found the lack of soft skills issue among Malaysian Polytechnic graduates causing the students to face unemployment. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Online Project Based Collaborative Learning (OPBCL) model in enhancing students’ soft skills. This study involves both qualitative and quantitative methods. This study has been divided into three phases which are (i) Analysis; (ii) Design and Development; and (iii) Implementation and Evaluation. In the analysis phase, all factors and elements that affect the effectiveness of Online Collaborative Learning (OCL) were identified through document review and validated by experts. At the end of this phases, an OCL model was proposed. In the design and development phase, OPBCL was designed and developed based on the proposed model. Besides that, three testing ins...

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Interest in collaboration is a natural outgrowth of the trend in education toward active learning. Many researchers have found that the advantages of collaborative learning; improves academic performance, promotes soft skills development (i.e., communications, collaboration, problem-solving and critical thinking skills), and increases satisfaction in the learning experience. Nevertheless, several studies have reported the complete opposite. In that respect, based on previous findings, three elements that are involved in the effectiveness of Online Collaborative Learning Environments are; Learning Environment, Learning Task, and Learning Interaction. This report proposes to determine the elements that can clarify all of the previously identified factors. Using the same approach as prior work, this study was conducted qualitatively; in the form of a document review. The outcome of this work suggests that (i) the learning interaction factor consists of learner-learner interaction and l...

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