1. Learning Methods
SBIT’s Physical Classroom
- No course video provided
- Students can only listen to the teacher in the classroom
- Easy to miss course content
- Provide course videos
- Students can watch the details course video repeatedly to learn
- It can also pause and replay to the previous part to learn
2. Time
SBIT’s Physical Classroom
- Travel time when going and come back from the college
- Must get up earlier to dress up
- Avoid traffic congestion during peak hours
- No need to get up so early
3. Cost
SBIT’s Physical Classroom
- Need to pay for transportation fees, petrol, breakfast and lunch daily expenses, etc
- Students living in KL or Selangor can save up to RM500.
4. MCO delays learning progress
SBIT’s Physical Classroom
- If a student or staff is diagnosed or has been in close contact with a COVID-19 positive person. Our college must be closed for 14 days following the SOP, and all of them must self-quarantine.
- During this period, if the above situation occurs, the student’s graduation date will be postponed indefinitely, even later than other students of the same age.
- Free from offline learning conditions and environment restrictions, students can complete learning anytime, anywhere.
- There is complete equipment in the student's home. Therefore, the student can repeat the study and make himself more proficient after class.
- During the MCO, two batches of students have graduated without class suspension!
5. Safety of individuals and family members
SBIT’s Physical Classroom
- Taking public transportation to class will increase the risk of contracting the virus
- Easy to take the virus home without knowing it
- Unable to predict whether some students living in the accommodation will bring the virus to the classroom
- No need to go out, reducing the risk of infection.
- Protect yourself and your family members.
6. Comprehensive course equipment
SBIT’s Physical Classroom
- Cannot take the equipment home for practice.
- After class, you can’t practice when you return home.
- Unlike in the online vocational classroom, you can practice more with the equipment at home.
- The college will arrange all the sanitized learning equipment to be sent to the students' homes.
- After class, students can also practice disassembly and assembly until practice makes perfect.
7. Enhance student communication and interaction
SBIT’s Physical Classroom
- You need to wear a mask in the college and keep a social distance of at least 1 to 2 meters with your classmates. Therefore, you should use shouting when speaking, which will cause a dry mouth and sore throat.
- Can't see the facial expressions of classmates or trainers, and it is challenging to communicate.
- The online discussion session allows every student to have an opportunity to communicate and get to know each other without wearing a mask.
- Just like a video call, students can talk easily and without stress.
After the above comparison, we can see that SBIT's originalities of online vocational classroom 3.0 can protect everyone's safety and help them learn more effectively.