Compilation of teaching & learning innovations 2022 turning challenges into opportunities in classroom innovations / Tuan Sharifah Aini Syed Ahmad

Innovations in teaching and learning or known as classroom innovations are created based on the challenges encountered by instructors and students in the classroom. They are essential in education to enhance the teaching and learning process. In the context of teaching and learning, to innovate means to make changes or do something in the teaching and learning process by applying new approaches or creating new tools to enhance learning. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck at the end of 2019, there were many challenges encountered by instructors and students in teaching and learning. The pandemic has certainly changed the education landscape throughout the world. As for Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), classroom instruction was shifted abruptly from face-to-face and blended learning (a combination of face-to-face and online learning) to online distance learning (ODL). ODL was introduced when the first lockdown in Malaysia was imposed in March 2020. ODL provides flexible educational opportunities where education can be accessed and acquired through various ways. Most lecturers in UiTM Negeri Sembilan applied online learning during the pandemic via various learning management systems such as UFuture, Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams, and social media such as WhatsApp and Telegram. Therefore, with the support from the Deputy Director of Academic Affairs Division, Ts Dr Noorlis Ahmad, the Task Force HEA takes the initiative to compile the classroom innovations invented by instructors in UiTM Negeri Sembilan for the teaching and learning of courses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The innovations were applied in the classroom during the pandemic in 2020 to 2022. It is hoped that this compilation may help to stimulate new ideas for creating new classroom innovations in the future.