THE READINESS OF MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITY TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VIRTUAL MOBILITY

Abstract The university needs to endure some drastic changes in teaching and learning due to the challenges and changes in educational system parallel to the Revolutionary Industry 4.0 and pandemic Covid-19. Besides, the implementation of co-curriculum activities and mobility program ought to be streamlined so that the aim of university to produce students with soft skills can be achieved. Since virtual mobility has not been implemented yet in Malaysia. Thus, a preliminary study needs to be conducted to identify the feasibility of the program. Hence, this study was conducted in Malaysian Public Universities to determine the readiness of lecturers in terms of their knowledge and attitudes to run virtual mobility program during this pandemic. In addition, the tools that needed to run the virtual mobility program were also examined. The study consisted of 305 university lecturers from Malaysian Public Universities who had participated in the mobility program or teaching the co-curricular courses. The findings showed that the level of knowledge and attitude readiness of lecturers to implement the virtual mobility program was at a medium level. Meanwhile, internet and the ethics of internet usage were seen as the necessary things in the implementation of the virtual mobility program. The finding was hoped to be a platform for enhanced knowledge and lecturers to implement the virtual mobility program