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The Satisfaction Level 
of Undergraduate Engineering Students 

on Distance Learning 
Amidst COVID-19

JERECO JIMS AGAPITO
http://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-4084-6740

jerecojims.agapito@evsu.edu.ph
Department of Engineering Eastern Visayas State University

Ormoc City Campus Ormoc City, Philippines

GENARO V. JAPOS
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7627-0988

genarojapos@gmail.com
Philippine Association of Institutions for Research, Inc.

Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines

ABSTRACT

Distance learning is the primary solution of the educational system in the 
entire world. Online mode also led the undergraduate engineering students. This 
study was a prospective, cross-sectional, and observational study. There were 20 
questions, each of which was scored using the Likert scale. The data collection 
was done on an electronic platform. The data are presented in frequencies and 
percentages using Jamovi to analyze the data and the outcomes of the hypotheses. 
A total of 170 engineering students participated in the study and 2 of them 
disagreed with consent and were excluded. A total of 64 (37.76%) participants 
gave students positive responses (Very satisfied and Satisfied). A total of 71 (42%) 
participants gave a negative response to online learning (Very dissatisfied and 
Dissatisfied). A t-test provided evidence of no statistically significant difference 
in the student’s satisfaction regarding distance learning between male and female 

Vol. 45 · July 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7719/jpair.v45i1.739

Print ISSN 2012-3981 
Online ISSN 2244-0445

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons 
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7627-0988
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students. ANOVA test shows no statistically significant difference in the student’s 
satisfaction relating to distance learning between BSCE, BSEE, and BSME. Large 
engineering students were dissatisfied with the online mode of teaching due to 
various reasons. They are generally satisfied with the support and response from 
the teaching faculties and dissatisfied with the communication/technology issues 
and lack of practical or clinical learning.

Keywords — Education, Distance Learning, Online Learning, Engineering 
Students, Satisfaction, Philippines

INTRODUCTION

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) had carried the world to a 
stop. To contain the spread of the infection states guaranteed lockdown, which 
additionally incorporated the conclusion of instructive organizations (World 
Health Organization, 2019). With the inaccessibility of authoritative treatment 
and vulnerability for the finish of the pandemic, preventive measures are vital in 
saving oneself from getting contaminated from this infection. The conventional 
method of homeroom education was unimaginable as it would disregard social 
removal standards and would chance educators and the understudies. This 
contrarily affected the training framework. Along these lines, internet instructing 
was the primary choice passed on to show undergrad designing understudies to 
proceed with their expert educational program.

Distance learning is certainly not another adaption model yet has its 
foundations as correspondence (postal conveyance) learning since the eighteenth 
century (Kentnor, 2015; Pant, 2014). On the web/e-learning has been a 
discretionary and important apparatus for a significant stretch. However, with 
the advances in innovation and simpler ways of interfacing with telecom, the 
schooling framework has changed radically, and there was a colossal ascent in 
web-based learning using different computerized stages which have demonstrated 
that distance learning is a practical choice at present occasions (Agapito et al., 
2021; Alkhowailed et al., 2020; Tabatabai, 2020; Walker & Fraser, 2005).

Internet learning enjoys its upper hands over traditional showing 
techniques, such as accessibility to a more extensive populace, particularly in 
troublesome regions where up close and personal education is not plausible, 
time-productivity, adaptability to understudies, and comfort (Panchabakesan, 
2011; Tabatabai, 2020). Considering the pandemic circumstance, web-based 
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questionable as assessing student satisfaction with web-based learning systems 
has been a critical issue for researchers and academia (Chiu et al., 2005; Guy & 
Lownes-Jackson, 2015; Knapper, 1988; Roach & Lemasters, 2006; Sweet, 1986; 
Strong et al., 2012). The writing shows fluctuated results regarding the general 
inclination of understudies with on the web or online learning (Chiu et al., 2005; 
Sweet, 1986).

A couple of studies detailed instabilities among the understudies and 
dropouts from the courses with internet learning. Aside from this, different 
issues looked at by the understudies were specialized issues, web issues, helpless 
general media transmission, and so forth (Knapper, 1988; Panchabakesan, 2011; 
Sweet, 1986). In proficient courses like designing projects involve commonsense 
learning, experimentation, lab, and hardware application later in the educational 
program assume an essential part in acquiring abilities. However, the current 
condition does not warrant regular face-to-face addresses. As of now, because of 
COVID-19, we do not have numerous choices for showing the understudies, 
and henceforth online intelligent instructing is the ideal choice we have in the 
current situation. Considering such a situation, this review was planned to survey 
the fulfillment level of undergrad designing understudies and break down the 
related issues looked at by the understudies during web-based instructing. There 
are many studies about the shift from a face-to-face learning environment 
to an online learning environment but only a few studies were undertaken 
in the Philippines about the satisfaction level of the students’ vis-à-vis to 
distance learning.

The challenges of establishing online learning from the government’s 
perspective the lecturers’/facilitators’ perspectives include the following: Online 
learning development, which takes a long period, both time and money are 
required (Bahian et al., 2020; Bacow et al., 2012). Furthermore, online education 
is cost-effective. Believed to be a reduction in the fundamental values of face-to-
face instruction Innovative teaching approaches allow lecturers and students to 
collaborate indirect interaction with one another. However, some lecturers also 
feel afraid that online classes will be used as an assessment in determining their 
expertise and assessing their advancement in career paths. This is in line with 
the review results which states that the two big problems faced by lecturers in 
implementing online learning include increasing workload and time to design, 
implement, and assess online learning, and not yet mastering the best pedagogical 
approach that can combine online learning with face-to-face learning (Ma’arop, 
2016). Technical issues are one of four categories of impediments to online 
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as required management, motivation, assistance, and time to participate in online 
learning activities (Henderikx et al., 2018). These conclusions are nearly identical 
to the research findings conducted by Lloyd et al. (2021), which indicated 
that there are four key variables that become impediments to online learning, 
including interpersonal barriers to both facilitators and users, institutional 
barriers such as policies, facilities, and funds. Then there are technological and 
training limitations, as well as difficulties analyzing the costs and benefits of 
online learning.

Face-to-face learning cannot be totally replaced by online learning. Online 
learning has only one benefit: it saves time, providing rapid access to knowledge 
through the easy provision and search and can facilitate peer-to-peer learning. 
However, most other skills are better learned in person. The combination of 
several factors is the most basic barrier to online learning. Parties involved in the 
planning, development, implementation, and evaluation It is possible to assess 
the quality of online learning, but it is not simple.

 Some of these can be executed optimally to provide high-quality online 
learning. A blended learning adaptation requirements study must be conducted 
by higher education institutions (Porter et al., 2015). All stakeholders, particularly 
instructors and students, must contribute to the need’s analysis. Higher 
education institutions must determine the number of professors who can utilize 
them immediately without training and the percentage of lecturers who require 
training. Workload changes can be made for lecturers who require training so 
that they can best prepare for online learning. Furthermore, institutions can 
hire third parties to help with content production for their instructors’ blended 
learning needs. So that the display quality and the beauty of the information 
meet the users’ expectations.

Barriers experienced by the students of online learning environments have 
been reported by Markova et al. (2017). Students are generally interested in and 
challenged by the online learning environment, according to the findings of his 
research in Russia. However, the majority of them have challenges when it comes 
to creating a successful communication process in online learning. Students 
wish that lecturers can create engaging, compelling, communicative, and artistic 
content so that students feel like they can communicate with their professors 
even if they don’t meet face to face.

As outlined by Stein and Graham, various basic supporting components 
are required to provide high-quality blended learning. According to Stein and 
Graham, to produce quality blended learning, several standard supporting 
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analysis, clarity of development orientation, provision of network infrastructure, 
policy and financial support, development team reliability, and the use of 
technology. Many developers are involved, there is ongoing training, and design, 
content, implementation, and assessment standards are set for high-quality 
products. Due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the policy requiring the use of online 
learning services as an advantage and learning innovation in the management 
of learning in undergraduate engineering students at Eastern Visayas State 
University in Ormoc City  necessitates a continuous study effort aimed at 
improving every aspect of it. Undergraduate engineering students, who are at the 
forefront of content users and the learning process in online learning, must have 
their perceptions of the usage of online learning assessed. There is a slew of issues 
that need to be addressed through research. Data from research will be important 
in resolving flaws in all aspects of online learning, including infrastructure, 
networks, hardware, and software.

The goal of this study is to determine the satisfaction level of undergraduate 
engineering students at Eastern Visayas State University in Ormoc City (EVSU-
OCC). The findings of this study can be used by higher education policymakers 
to help them create policies that encourage the use of online learning on campus. 
Furthermore, the findings of this study can be used to improve online learning 
services.

FRAMEWORK

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Student satisfaction is a key way to determine how students feel about the 
distance learning implemented by CHED since the pandemic started to mitigate 
the spread of the COVID-19 virus. It can correlate to University performance 
and is directly proportional to the engineering faculty teaching performance. The 
figure above outlines four steps involved in measuring student satisfaction and 
shows that it is an ongoing process. A similar study in Singapore conducted by 
Woo et al. (2020) concluded that most of his respondents reported moderate 
satisfaction in their online learning experiences indicating indeed that they 
are more agile during the Fpandemic perhaps because the reason of internet 
connectivity in the country is incredibly fast compared to other Southeast Asian 
countries. While in the study of Surahman (2020) in Indonesia reported most 
of the students are dissatisfied with the online learning environment. Limited 
internet access and low lecturer attachment and direction are two characteristics 
that contribute to dissatisfaction.

The reason that needs to assess is very simple: students do not learn what 
teachers teach and the assessments are the best way to determine whether 
students have learned something. The difficulty is when the teacher uses 
those results to serve several different functions. Although the assessment 
process is very simple, teachers give students stuff to do, then evaluate what 
they did and draw conclusions. However, the difficulty was drawing lots of 
different conclusions, and sometimes those purposes conflict, and that is why 
assessment is such a contentious area assessment that looks justifiable for one 
perspective. From a different perspective, the important way to navigate this 
difficult terrain is to shift the focus. Right now, researchers focus on data-
driven decision-making. The trouble of data-driven decision-making ends 
up hoarding vast amounts of data and having very little idea what to do with 
it; there is a need to focus on decision-driven data collection (Sumner & 
Tribe, 2008). A focus on improving educational preparation programs at the 
engineering programs and the successful retention of students participating 
in these programs have become increasingly important. Appropriate student 
evaluative feedback can aid in helping to identify program strengths 
and weaknesses. Listening to student comments and concerns allows for 
pedagogical progress. 

This study constitutes the first formal step in identifying the collective 
perceptions of undergraduate engineering students who have participated in 
three main engineering courses, which are the Bachelor of Science in Civil 
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and Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) of Eastern Visayas 
State University in Ormoc City (EVSU-OCC). This study endeavored to aid 
University in evaluating, from the students’ perspective, the program’s ability 
to meet designed expectations and achieve program goals in a manner that 
was reasonable for and relevant to student participants. The study’s researchers 
conducted a survey to determine the satisfaction level of the undergraduate 
engineering students at EVSU-OC. Learning their satisfaction level entails 
providing the greatest alternative learning mode for students and faculty 
members, as well as discovering the best recommendations from them, while 
now participating in COVID-19’s E-learning Modality. 

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The study aimed to determine the satisfaction level of the undergraduate 
engineering students at Eastern Visayas State University in Ormoc City (EVSU-
OCC). 

METHODOLOGY

Research Design
This study was a prospective, cross-sectional, observational study conducted 

on undergraduate engineering students receiving online teaching for their 
professional program due to the lockdown imposed given the current pandemic 
of COVID-19 across Philippines. The study was led during the time of March 
14, 2021 to August 28, 2020. The study was led utilizing a semi-organized 
survey created and adjusted from the past couple of studies (Roach & Lemasters, 
2006; Strong et al., 2012; Walker & Fraser, 2005). It was validated to assess 
logical consistencies, clarity, comprehensibility, a chronology of items, and 
refined accordingly to facilitate better comprehension and organization of the 
questionnaire. The first section of the questionnaire was for the sociodemographic, 
and the second was the satisfactions questionnaire with a total of 20 questions 
scored on a five-point Likert scale which 5 with a qualitative equivalent of 
Strongly Agree, 4 for Agree, 3 for Neutral, 2 for disagree and 1 for Strongly 
Disagree. The Overall Satisfaction Rate (OSR) of each participant was calculated 
using the following formula:

The questionnaire was controlled through a web-based mode by getting 
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dispersed through different internet-based stages, for example, messages and 
informing applications to undergrad designing understudies at Eastern Visayas 
State University in Ormoc City (EVSU-OCC). 

Ethical Statement
Before the data gathering, the researcher secured a formal endorsement letter 

from EVSU-OCC and the Office of Research, Planning, and Development 
(RPDO) to conduct this study. The researcher then sent a letter of permission 
to the Campus Director. The approved letter was presented to the engineering 
faculty. A letter stating the intent of the researcher in conducting the study was 
attached to the questionnaire. Informed consent was also requested from the 
participants, and they were also assured of the confidentiality of their responses. 
The questionnaires were administered online through Google Forms and personal 
meetups. The participants’ answers were checked, tallied, presented in tables, 
analyzed, and interpreted by the researcher.

Statistical Analysis
The information was recorded into Microsoft Excel and examination was 

performed utilizing jamovi version 1.6.23. Classification factors were introduced 
as mean and standard deviation (SD) in view of the dissemination, frequency, 
and proportions for classification variables. The satisfaction rate among 
engineering programs, gender, and electronic devices was analyzed using the 
overall satisfaction rate formula.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Table 1. Summary of Sociodemographic Profile of Students

Sociodemographic Characteristics Number of participants (%)

Age, (n=168) 18-20 years
21-23 years
24-28 years
29-above

41.1%
49.4%
7.1%
2.4%

Gender, (n=168) Male
Female

62.7%
37.3%

Professional Engineering 
Program, (n=168)

BSCE
BSEE
BSME

51.8%
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Year of Program, (n=168) First Year
Second Year
Third Year

Fourth Year
Fifth Year

33.9%
4.2%
14.9%
44.6%
2.4%

Type of Electronic Device, 
(n=168)

Mobile Phone
Laptop
Tablet

Desktop

88.7%
9.5%
0.6%
1.2%

Abbreviation: n, number of total participants
 
A total of 170 engineering students participated in the study and 2 of them 

disagreed with consent and were excluded. Finally, in the study, 168 (98.8%) 
participants participated. The dominant age group is 21–23 years (49.4%). The 
gender of the male participants was dominant with 62.2%. The majority were 
civil engineering students (51.8%) and fourth-year students were the majority 
(44.6%). The commonest device used for online classes was a mobile (88.7%), 
followed by laptops (9.5%). The details of the sociodemographic profile is 
summarized in Table 1.

Table 2. Perception of Engineering Undergraduate Regarding Distance/Online 
Learning

Questions SA, n (%) A, n (%) N, n (%) D, n (%) SD, n (%) Mode

1. With the online classes, 
I felt more comfortable 
introducing myself to 
the faculty compared to 
conventional classroom 
teaching. 

6 (3.6%) 42 (25%) 91 
(54.2%)

24 
(14.3%),

5 (3%) 3

2. While teaching online, the 
faculty met the goal or 
objectives of each of the 
topics. 

12 
(7.1%)

58 
(34.5%)

80 
(47.6%)

16 
(9.5%)

2 (1.2%) 3

3. During online classes, the 
content of the class was 
communicated effectively. 

8(4.8%) 53 
(31.5%)

70 
(41.7%)

31 
(18.5%)

6 (3.6%) 3

4. The faculty used class time for 
the online teaching well.

30 
(17.9%)

70 
(41.7%)

60 
(35.7%)

7 (4.2%) 1 (0.6%) 4

5. During online classes, the 
faculties were supportive and 
responsive in resolving my 
queries. 

49 
(29.3%)

65 
(38.9%)

47 
(28.1%)

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6. The response time from faculty 
was quick enough to ask any 
doubt during online classes.

33 
(19.8%)

67 
(40.1%)

60 
(35.9%)

7(4.2%) 0% 4

7. While teaching online, the 
faculty made learning an 
active process by motivating 
us, helping to develop 
thought, encouraging us to 
participate in the discussion.

41 
(24.6%)

67 
(40.1%)

56 
(33.5%)

3(1.8%) 0% 4

8. This style of communication 
enabled me to get engaged 
with the faculty during class 
discussions.

10 (6%) 44 
(26.2%)

98 
(58.3%)

12 
(7.1%)

4(2.4%) 3

9. The communication and 
discussion with other 
students were easier during 
online classes

8 (4.8%) 22 
(13.1%)

82 
(48.8%)

44 
(26.2%)

12 
(7.1%)

3

10. With the online teaching, I 
felt more engaged with my 
studies.

7 (4.2%) 30 (18%) 90 
(53.9%)

24 
(14.4%)

16 
(9.6%)

3

11. During online classes, I felt 
I had more opportunities 
to interact with the faculty 
than conventional classroom 
teaching.

7 (4.2%) 29 
(17.3%)

81 
(48.2%)

37 (22%) 14 
(8.3%)

3

12. With online teaching, I felt 
it was easy to ask questions 
to the faculty and clear 
my doubts compared to 
conventional classroom 
teaching.

7 (4.2%) 32 
(19.2%)

85 
(50.9%)

29 
(17.4%)

14 
(8.4%)

3

13. With online teaching, I feel 
that it is easier to manage my 
studies than conventional 
classroom teaching.

5 (3%) 36 
(21.4%)

83 
(49.4%)

32 (19%) 12 
(7.1%)

3

14. During online classes, the 
quality of the teaching 
material projected or taught 
was the same or comparable 
to the one used during 
conventional classroom 
teaching.

7 (4.2%) 37 (22%) 91 
(54.2%)

21 
(12.5%)

12 
(7.1%)

3

15. An interactive online 
discussion along with a 
PowerPoint presentation is 
an effective way of learning.

28 
(16.7%)

56 
(33.3%)

73 
(43.5%)

11 
(6.5%)

0% 3

16. I prefer online teaching 
and feel online education is 
worth my time.

7(4.2%) 26 
(15.6%)

73 
(43.7%)

38 
(22.8%)

23 
(13.8%)

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17. The faculties during online 
classes helped to build 
discussion and recognize 
problem areas in my studies.

16(9.6%) 55 
(32.9%)

83 
(49.7%)

12 
(7.2%)

1 (0.6%) 3

18. I got constructive (positive 
and negative) feedback 
from the faculty on my 
assignments.

15(9.1%) 34 
(20.6%)

100 
(60.6%)

14 
(8.5%)

2 (1.2%) 3

19. These online classes have 
helped me to gain knowledge 
regarding technology and 
being technically sound.

23 
(13.7%)

54 
(32.1%)

70 
(41.7%)

16 
(9.5%)

5 (3%) 3

20. Overall, how will your grade 
your experience with online 
teaching? (For this question, 
strongly agree on means 
immensely great experience 
and Strongly Disagree means 
extremely poor experience)

11(6.5%) 45 
(26.8%)

84 
(50%)

22 
(13.1%)

6 (3.6%) 3

Abbreviations: SA = strongly agree; A = agree; neutral; D = disagree; SD = 
strongly disagree; Mode

The majority of the faculty used the class time well and response time 
was quick enough to ask any doubt during online classes. The faculties were 
supportive, responsive, and quick enough to resolve the queries. The faculties 
made the learning active by motivating and encouraging them to participate in 
discussions (Mode = 4). The details of the responses are shown in Table 2.

Overall Satisfaction Rate (OSR)
Overall Satisfaction rate was determined by the number of participants with 

positive or negative responses/total number of responses multiplied by 100. A 
total of 64 (37.76%) participants gave positive responses (Very satisfied and 
Satisfied), out of which 30 were BSCE, 21 BSEE, and 13 BSME students. A 
total of 71 (42%) participants gave a negative response (Very dissatisfied and 
Dissatisfied) to online learning; out of these, 29 were BSCE, 25 BSEE, and 17 
BSME students. However, major of the students filled the survey with an answer 
“neutral,” which implies that they are not sure whether they learned something 
or not. Some studies show that if a participant chooses neutral, they are not 
interested in the questions or with the topics. They filled it up perhaps for the 
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A t-test provided evidence of a not statistically significant difference in 
the student’s satisfaction regarding distance learning between male (M=3.17, 
SD=0.885) and female (M=3.25, SD=0.869) Students; t (0.551) =166, 
p=0.583. Cohens d add support to the result with a value of 0.0884 effect size. 
In the findings of this research, there is no statistically significant difference in 
satisfaction regarding distance learning vis-a-vis gender differences. However, 
in the literature, they agreed that there is a need for more research on gender 
debate about differences and similarities from learning strategies to performance 
and even with satisfactory measurement (Bidjerano, 2005; Price, 2006; Rovai & 
Baker, 2005).

ANOVA Test shows that there was no statistically significant difference in 
the student’s satisfaction relating to distance learning between BSCE, BSEE, and 
BSME at the p<0.05 level [F (2,41.2) =0.852, p=0.434] in Welch’s and even in 
Fisher’s, the output was significantly related at the same benchmark alpha level 
of 0.05 [F (2,165) =0.861, p=0.424]. The result shows that all programs in the 
engineering department of EVSU Ormoc City have the same satisfactory level 
vis-à-vis in distance learning. Two of the reasons for this were the study conducted 
in one University only and in terms of disciplines or programs were only three. 
Perhaps this outcome provides us with the idea that we need to expound this study 
to other states and colleges with more categorized disciplines. There are elements 
of students’ satisfaction based on the study of Ke and Kwak (2013) identified the 
five elements which are: learner relevance, active learning, authentic learning, 
learner autonomy, and technical competence. Kuo et al. (2013) determined 
that learner-instructor interaction and learner-content interaction combined 
with technology efficacy are valid indicators of students’ positive perceptions. 
However, Battalio (2007), using a criterion approach, argued that a positive 
course rating requires effective learner-instructor interaction.

CONCLUSIONS

Distance virtual internet learning is a fundamental option in a circumstance 
like COVID-19 that causes a pandemic and should play a corresponding part in 
designing engineering understudies, especially in the experiment and laboratory 
aspects. This study features the issues pivotal in web-based learning and helps 
comprehend the fundamental changes to be made to defeat the hindrances in 
showing the expert designing curriculum. The curriculum amendments and 
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students at Eastern Visayas State University in Ormoc City will empower 
them to functional classes. They can work on the viability of the web-based 
classes, consequently further developing fulfillment levels among understudies. 
This review was led to survey the fulfillment of designing understudies with 
virtual classes after disturbance of actual instructing because of the COVID 19 
pandemic. The dominant students who participated in the study were Bachelor 
of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE) students, followed by Bachelor of 
Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical 
Engineering (BSME). Large engineering students were dissatisfied with the 
distant learning pedagogy because of some irregularities. They were generally 
pleased with the teaching faculty’s assistance and reaction but disappointed with 
communication/technology difficulties and the absence of practical learning. 
There are so many studies about the satisfaction level of students and they have 
a common denominator of conclusion, distance learning was not effective, 
especially to those programs that require experiment and hands-on application 
to learn.

RECOMMENDATION

In professional courses such as engineering, traditional face-to-face education 
is regarded as a regular pattern of routine learning. Learners’ attention is drawn to 
face-to-face meetings, which also anchor the focus through additional interactions 
and brainstorming exercises. The overall satisfaction rate of students was low and 
most of them were dissatisfied. Because of the unexpected transition to virtual 
education, several students have reported stress and health issues. Another study 
believed that the physical classes could be a better platform than virtual classes 
even if the virtual classes were well adapted. There should be a guideline for 
the arrangement of the students if face-to-face class proceed. If the pandemic 
gets worst, there should be a continuity plan of distance learning. There should 
also be an improvement of the learning pedagogy of teachers, especially to those 
instructors handling engineering laboratory subjects. For that to implement, the 
University should invest in a license simulator for the engineering students. Even 
though they cannot experiment in the actual laboratory, but somehow at least 
they can experience it in simulations.

A combination of distance learning and traditional teaching can proliferate 
the student’s satisfaction. One of the promising teaching techniques, like the 
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Quizzes method (SMAQ), addresses the shortcomings of virtual teaching. The 
learning is integrated web-based teaching with a small group, delivering online 
educational resources alongside interactive classroom lectures and hands-on 
practical lessons in the blended learning style.

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