: The purpose of this study is to examine how problem-based learning (PBL) is adapted in an online teaching medium using Microsoft Teams and then utilized in Aviation English classrooms at a Malaysian aviation-based technical institution with the purpose of testing for any discernible effect. Using Microsoft Teams, lecturers guided ﬁnal-year Aircraft Maintenance undergraduates into self-directed study and peer instruction for ﬁve consecutive weeks. A study was performed to determine the inﬂuence of online PBL instruction on learners’ exam results. The paired sign test was used to analyze the non-normal data in SPSS—the mixed results showed that additional studies should be carried out for additional areas of study/curricula when pursuing PBL-Institute prestige in order to enhance the online PBL implementation processes and choose the most appropriate online PBL framework for each area of study.

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Problem-Based Learning (PBL) during Online Teaching

: The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the livelihood of many ever since its ﬁrst detection nearly a year ago. Up until now, almost every domain of societal norms has been drastically impacted—particularly education. Many people immediately opted for Internet-based apps and programs within their capabilities and ﬁnancial means to cope with the learning progress for themselves and the people around them. Learning institutions and teaching staffs worldwide quickly adopted these technologies and later adapted everything within online contexts. From there, extensive changes had been made to cope with the teaching/learning issues caused by the global pandemic. By utilizing an adapted questionnaire, this study discussed and evaluated the practicality of online assessments that had been implemented posthaste to assess an Aviation English course for aircraft maintenance undergraduates in ﬂipped classrooms. The discussion ﬁndings indicated that while there were certainly a number of issues that can be quickly improvised in the near future, the whole implementation was deﬁnitely a success—especially with the ongoing limitations experienced by both educators and students.

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Practicality of Ad Hoc Online Assessments for Teaching ESP in Online Flipped Classrooms during COVID-19

With extended reality (XR) technology on the rise in aviation education, we evaluated the perceptions of Thai students on an inexpensive and classroom-friendly virtual reality (VR) system and software combination, as an introduction to flying an aircraft. In addition to cost-effectiveness, consumer grade technology also provides greater portability than traditional full-flight simulators. Third year aeronautical engineering and commercial pilot undergraduate program international students were exposed to a brief VR experience using a PlayStation 4 console (PS4) with PlayStation VR (PSVR) and Ultrawings software. Subsequently, in-depth qualitative interviews were analyzed via thematic coding. The student responses were mostly positive and enthusiastic, but also identified issues with hardware and software (screen door effect, limited peripheral vision, less than optimal interaction controls, and lack of haptic feedback). Using thematic coding, responses were categorized into; head mounted device, controls and controllers, plausibility illusion, place illusion, embodiment illusion, academic value and entertainment value. Following respondents’ positive responses on certain identified critical points, we recommend further study using other hardware and software combinations.

https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/201912.0078/v1/download

Perceptions of Thai Aviation Students on Consumer Grade VR Flight Experiences

The purpose of this project is to create a method of improving presentation and communication skills through an entertaining game. Improving students’ speaking skills is crucial; an innovative card game is one of the best methods to do so as it can be used by students of different proficiency levels and background knowledge as an in-class teaching aid or a casual game outside class. The initial processes of creating this game were a combination of writing down prompts/tasks for the cards, drafting the basic rules and regulations to play the game, and crafting the exterior designs. Afterwards, the digital documents of each work were printed by a third-party – a printing company. The result was a finished product complete with its own set of playing rules aptly named “Cartedinal” that can be deemed as a comprehensive and handy card game which had been priced at RM20 per deck. Following the completion of this innovative card game, a pilot study involving university students playing this card game in-class and outside class is in the works. Future results and discussions of the pilot study will be published in a separate article once it has been completed and extensively reviewed.

https://hrmars.com/papers_submitted/16402/innovating-a-card-game-to-teach-eap-post-covid19.pdf

Zuriana Abdul Rahman

Papers

Developing a Virtual Reality (VR) App for Theory of Flight & Control as a Teaching & Learning Aid