F/BERC 1 (2021)

FERC/BERC 1

Faculty/Branch Ethics Review Committee

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Ethics Approval Application Form for Undergraduate or

Postgraduate by Coursework
Borang Permohonan Kelulusan Etika bagi Pelajar Sarjana Muda atau
Pasca Siswazah Kerja Kursus

This application is for the purpose of obtaining approval to conduct research involving
the human subject.
Please attach a copy of the Research Proposal.
Permohonan ini dikemukakan untuk tujuan kelulusan menjalankan penyelidikan melibatkan
manusia sebagai subjek kajian.
Sila lampirkan salinan kertas Cadangan Penyelidikan.

Part A: Details of Researcher

Bahagian A: Maklumat Penyelidik

Title of Research Project: The Readiness of Hybrid Learning Implementation

Tajuk Penyelidikan: among UiTM Undergraduate Students

Name of Student: Arash Aiman Bin Suhaimi

Nama Pelajar:

Name of Supervisor: Fariza Hanis Abdul Razak (Assoc. Prof. Dr)

Nama Penyelia:

Faculty/Academy/Branch: Fakulti Sains Komputer Dan Matematik

Fakulti/Akademi/Cawangan:

Contact No/ Email: +60108936054

No.Telefon/ Emel:

Undergraduate / Sarjana Muda

Postgraduate by Coursework/ Pasca Siswazah Kerja Kursus

Does the research require an external Research Ethics Committee approval? (e.g.
MREC)
Adakah penyelidikan ini memerlukan kelulusan Jawatankuasa Etika Penyelidikan Luaran?
(contoh MREC)

Yes / Ya External Committee Name:

No / Tidak

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Research funding: Yes/ No

Dana Penyelidikan: Ada/ Tiada

If Yes, please complete section C.

Jika Ada, sila lengkapkan bahagian C.

Part B: Research Details

Bahagian B: Maklumat Penyelidikan

Part B1
Bahagian B1
Interviews Case study
Temubual Kajian kes

Focus groups Intervention study

Kumpulan terfokus Kajian intervensi

Questionnaires Personal records

Soal selidik Rekod peribadi

Action research Secondary data analysis

Kajian tindakan Analisis data sekunder

Observation Others (provide details):

Pemerhatian Lain-lain (nyatakan):

Part B2
Bahagian B2
1. Background:
Latar belakang:

In consistent with current situation, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has highlighted the need
for all the sectors in concern to be prepared and adapt with changes of highly non-
anticipated nor inevitable endemic. Having that to be accounted for, a push or rather
changes to hybrid learning may be made a primary or perhaps a main alternative to be part
in the portfolios for our educational systems (Govindarajan, V. & Srivastava, A. 2020).

Hybrid learning, also rather known as blended learning are the combined mode of face-to-
face learning and online learning (Ma, L., & Lee, C. S., 2021). Such integration has the
ability to perform and subsequently provides benefits afforded by the traditional way of
learning in order to deliver the core context holistically (Broadbent, J., 2017). This
inference may be observed through the disadvantages of online learning in the sense of its
absence of interaction, communication, feelings of introverted, lack of instant or
spontaneous feedback (Ma, L., & Lee, C. S., 2021). These notions however became a
positively demanded values even further under the hybrid learning to be benefited in terms
of its aim in accessibility, independence, and personalization (Blieck et al., 2019). Hence,
the efficiency and flexibility of hybrid learning is growing rapidly in higher education and
may become a “new normal” and methodology especially during and post-pandemic
(Agarwal, S. & Dewan, J., 2020).

Another highlighted problem that can be observe is that most of the time, the online
learning ecosystem has only put a measurement in terms of the student effectivity based
on a single dimension. Holistically, the quality of learning has to be examined through
multi-dimension including but not limited to learning behaviour, emotional control, cognitive
engagement (Deng, R., et. al., 2019). Therefore, this paper will attempt to fill the research

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gaps by evaluating the readiness of UiTM undergraduate students towards the concept of
hybrid learning based on objective and subjective approach.

Problem statement (Less than 100 words):

Penyataan masalah (Kurang dari 100 patah perkataan):

Along the downtrend cases of Covid-19 starting from last quarter of 2021 with the
high number of vaccinations among the population, government is planning to
declare the virus as an endemic. With this news, some university has planned to
start the implementation of the hybrid learning. UiTM is not excluded as one of
them, however, there are still concerns in terms of hybrid learning implementation
in UiTM. Some of the concerns that were highlighted were in terms of its
efficiency, communication, the student independency and flexibility.

Scope of Research:

This research will focus on the implementation of hybrid learning among UiTM
undergraduate students within the scope of the influential factors to the
implementation and the level of readiness towards the implementation.

References:
Rujukan:

Ma, L., & Lee, C. S. (2021). Evaluating the effectiveness of blended learning using the
ARCS model. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 37(5), 1397-1408.
Agarwal, S., & Dewan, J. (2020). An analysis of the effectiveness of online learning in
colleges of Uttar Pradesh during the COVID 19 lockdown. Journal of Xi’an University
of Architecture & Technology, ISSN, 1006-7930.
Deng, R., Benckendorff, P., & Gannaway, D. (2019). Progress and new directions for
teaching and learning in MOOCs. Computers & Education, 129, 48-60.
Broadbent, J. (2017). Comparing online and blended learner's self-regulated learning
strategies and academic performance. The Internet and Higher Education, 33, 24-32.
Blieck, Y., Kauwenberghs, K., Zhu, C., Struyven, K., Pynoo, B., & DePryck, K. (2019).
Investigating the relationship between success factors and student participation in
online and blended learning in adult education. Journal of Computer Assisted
Learning, 35(4), 476-490.
Govindarajan, V., & Srivastava, A. (2020). What the shift to virtual learning could mean for
the future of higher ed. Harvard Business Review, 31(1), 3-8.

2. Research objectives (enumerate):

Objektif penyelidikan (senaraikan):

1. To identify factors that influence the hybrid learning implementation among UiTM
undergraduate students.
2. To measure the level of readiness for UiTM undergraduate students on the hybrid
learning implementation.

Research Questions (enumerate):

RQ1: What are the factors that influence the Hybrid Learning Implementation
among UiTM undergraduate students?
RQ2: What is the level of readiness in Hybrid Learning Implementation among
UiTM undergraduate students?

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3. Expected benefits (Less than 100 words):

Faedah yang dijangka (Kurang dari 100 patah perkataan):

All the data and analysis composed would materialize and includes the factors that
influence the hybrid learning implementation among UiTM undergraduate students
that directly will provide an extensive information in order to assists the notion of
studies among UiTM students. In the same proposition, such data analysis would
become an imperative tool to examine and observe the level of readiness in hybrid
learning system implementation of particularly for UiTM undergraduate students
within the application of digital platform.

4. Date of research commencement-end:

Tarikh penyelidikan bermula-berakhir:

March 2022 - July 2022

5. Expected date of initial data collection:

Jangkaan tarikh pengumpulan data bermula:

May 2022

6. Location of research:
Lokasi penyelidikan dijalankan:

Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, UiTM Shah Alam

7. Research design dan methodology:

Rekabentuk penyelidikan dan metodologi:

RQ 1: Literature Review
RQ 2: Survey/Questionnaire

8. Inclusion and exclusion criteria:

Kriteria kemasukan dan pengecualian:

Inclusion criteria:
Kriteria kemasukan:
• UiTM Undergraduate Students

Exclusion criteria:
Kriteria pengecualian:
• UiTM Postgraduate Students
• Other University Students
• UiTM Alumni
9. Sample size:
Saiz sampel:

Quota Sampling – 50 participants.

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10. Research flowchart:

Carta alir penyelidikan:

11. Statistical analysis:

Analisa statistik:
Briefly describe the data analysis and statistical analysis sotfware that will be utilized.
Huraikan secara ringkas analisis data dan perisian analisis statistik yang akan digunakan

• MaxDiff Analysis

Part C: Funding details

Bahagian C: Maklumat Dana

* If not applicable please write ‘-NA-’ in the spaces provided.

Jika tiada kaitan sila tulis ‘-NA-’ di ruangan disediakan.

1. Grant / Source: -NA-

Geran / Sumber:

2. Grant Registration No. (IRES): -NA-

No. Pendaftaran Geran:

3. Total allocation: -NA-

Jumlah peruntukan:

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4. Duration of grant: -NA-

Jangkamasa peruntukan:

5. Others: -NA-
Lain-lain:

Part D: Agreement to conduct the research project.

Bahagian D: Pengesahan persetujuan menjalankan penyelidikan.

To be completed and signed by the following members of the research group.

Perlu dilengkapkan dan ditandatangani oleh ahli-ahli berikut dalam kumpulan penyelidikan.

1. Student
Pelajar

Student ID: 2020404154

No. Pelajar:
Mobile phone:
0108936054
Telefon bimbit:
Email:
arashaiman.work@gmail.com
Emel:

2. Supervisor
Penyelia

Staff ID/No.Staf/

Mobile phone: Telefon

010 840 6282
bimbit:
Email:
fariza@fskm.uitm.edu.my
Emel:

3. Co-Researcher
Penyelidik Bersama

Name: -NA-
Nama:
Staff ID/Student ID: -NA-
No.Staf/No. Pelajar:
Affiliation: -NA-
Jabatan:
Mobile phone: Telefon
-NA-
bimbit:
Email:
-NA-
Emel:
Signature: -NA- Date:
Tandatangan: Tarikh:

Part E: Research Risk Classification

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Bahagian E: Klasifikasi Risiko Kajian

PLEASE ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS BELOW.

If your answer is ‘Yes’ to any of the following questions, please include a brief
information in the space provided.

SILA JAWAB KESEMUA SOALAN DI BAWAH.

Sekiranya jawapan anda ‘Ya’ kepada mana-mana soalan di bawah, sertakan maklumat
ringkas di ruang yang disediakan.

PARTICIPANT PROFILE No Yes Brief description (If YES)

1. Are the participants under 18 years
old?
Adakah peserta berumur di bawah 18
tahun?
2. Are the participants from a particular
vulnerable group? (e.g. with mental
disorder, mentally challenged,
disabled, minority, disadvantaged
group etc.)
Adakah peserta daripada golongan
rentan? (cth: kecelaruan mental, kelainan
keupayaan intelektual, berkeperluan khas,
minoriti dan sebagainya.)
3. Are any of these participants/patients
in terminal care?
Adakah peserta/pesakit ini memerlukan
rawatan terminal?
4. Are any of these participants unable
or are incapable of giving consent?
(i.e. consent will be obtained indirectly
from a legal guardian etc.)
Adakah peserta tidak boleh atau tidak
berupaya memberi izin?
(spt: izin akan diambil secara tidak
langsung daripada penjaga sah dan
sebagainya.)
5. Are the participants given any form of
emolument to participate?
Adakah peserta diberi upah untuk
menyertai kajian?
PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY No Yes Brief description (If YES)
6. Does any of the data collected have
the potential to cause discomfort,
embarrassment, or psychological
harm to the participants?
(e.g. sexual orientation etc.)
Adakah data yang dikumpul berpotensi
untuk menyebabkan rasa tidak selesa,
keaiban atau gangguan psikologi kepada
peserta? (cth: orientasi seksual dan
sebagainya.)

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7. Does your research involve measures

undeclared to the participants?
(e.g. covert observations etc.)
Adakah penyelidikan anda melibatkan
langkah-langkah yang tidak dimaklumkan
kepada peserta?
(cth: pemerhatian rahsia dan sebagainya.)
8. Will the collected data be made
available to other parties not involved
in the research? (e.g. government
agencies)
Adakah data yang dikumpulkan akan
didedahkan kepada pihak lain yang tidak
terlibat dalam penyelidikan? (cth. agensi
kerajaan)
RISK OF HARM No Yes Brief description (If YES)
9. Will you be collecting biological
samples e.g. body fluids?
Adakah anda akan mengumpul sampel
biologi contohnya. cecair badan?
10. Do you have access to any
information that will allow the
identification of individual human
participants?
Adakah anda mempunyai akses kepada
apa-apa maklumat yang akan
membolehkan pengenalpastian peserta
secara individu?
11. Is the collection method invasive and
has the potential to cause harm, pain
or discomfort?
(except finger, heel, ear prick.)
Adakah kaedah pengumpulan invasif dan
berpotensi menyebabkan kemudaratan,
kesakitan atau ketidakselesaan?
(kecuali tusukan jari, tumit, telinga.)
12. Will the participants be subjected to
vigorous physical tests or exercise
regime?
(if ‘No’, go to Question 15.)
Adakah peserta akan melalui ujian fizikal
atau senaman berintensiti tinggi?
(jika 'Tidak', teruskan ke Soalan 15.)
13. Are the participants non-athletes or
patients with chronic illnesses?
Adakah peserta bukan atlet atau pesakit
dengan penyakit kronik?
14. Will they be subjected to maximal
exercise intensity?
Adakah mereka akan melalui senaman
berintensiti maksimum?
15. Is there any form of procedure/
medication involved?
Adakah terdapat sebarang prosedur/
penggunaan ubat yang terlibat?
16. Is there any drug or device used with
an unapproved indication?
Adakah terdapat ubat atau peranti yang

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digunakan tanpa indikasi yang diluluskan?

17. Can the informed consent be obtained
from anyone other than the
patient/participant?
Adakah keizinan kajian boleh diperoleh
daripada sesiapa selain pesakit/peserta?
18. Is there any kind of risk to the
participant if he/she chooses to
withdraw?
Adakah terdapat sebarang kemudaratan
kepada peserta jika dia memilih untuk
menarik diri?
19. What type of biological samples will
be collected?
(Please indicate amount and
frequency.)
Apakah jenis sampel biologi yang
dikumpul?
(Sila nyatakan jumlah dan kekerapan.)

20. Will the biological samples obtained

be stored for future research?
Adakah sampel biologi yang dikumpul
akan disimpan untuk penyelidikan di
masa hadapan?
21. Do you propose to analyse the
sample outside of the original purpose
for which it has been collected?
Adakah anda bercadang untuk
menganalisis sampel bagi tujuan selain
daripada tujuan asal ia diperoleh
22. If ‘Yes’ to No. 21, will you obtain
consent from participants for this
purpose?
Jika 'Ya' pada No. 20, adakah anda akan
mendapatkan persetujuan daripada
peserta untuk tujuan ini?
OTHER ETHICAL ISSUES No Yes Brief description (If YES)
23. Are there any other ethical issues not
stated in this checklist?
Adakah terdapat sebarang isu etika lain
yang tidak dinyatakan dalam senarai
semak ini?

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Part F: Applicant Checklist

Bahagian F: Senarai Semak Pemohon

Terms of Submission of Ethics Approval Application

1. Please ensure that the named research team members have signed the
application.
2. Please ensure that the application has been signed and endorsed by the
Department or Postgraduate Research Committee.
3. All required documents must be submitted at least two (2) months before the
data collection.
4. Any data collection instruments that require completion by
respondents/participants shall be prepared in the Malay and English languages,
and other language(s) understood by the participants.
5. Please ensure that you have obtained the necessary permission or paid the
stipulated fee for use of survey questionnaires and/or statistical analysis
software, if and when necessary.

ITEM YES NO
PERKARA YA TIDAK
1 Have you presented your proposal at the Department or
Postgraduate Research Committee?
Adakah anda telah membentangkan proposal anda di
Jawatankuasa Penyelidikan Jabatan atau Pascasiswazah?
2 Have you completed the F/BERC 1 form?
Adakah anda telah melengkapkan Borang F/BERC 1?
3 Have you completed the F/BERC 2 and/or F/BERC 3 form?
Adakah anda telah melengkapkan Borang F/BERC 2 atau dan
borang F/BERC 3?
4 Has your supervisor checked your application form?
Adakah penyelia anda telah menyemak borang permohonan
anda?
5 Has the form been signed by all researchers?
Adakah borang ditandatangani oleh semua penyelidik?

Additional comments (if any):

Komen Tambahan (Jika Ada):

25 February 2022
ArashSuhaimi

Applicant’s Signature Date

Supervisor’s Signature Date

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Part G: Verification from Department or Postgraduate Research Committee

Bahagian G: Pengesahan Jawatankuasa Penyelidikan Jabatan atau Pascasiswazah

We have deliberated on the application and propose as below:

Kami telah meneliti permohonan ini dan mencadangkan seperti di bawah:

•Minimal risk research. Recommended for approval without presentation.

Penyelidikan melibatkan risiko minima. Dicadangkan untuk mendapat kelulusan
tanpa pembentangan.

•More information or presentation at BERC/FERC required.

Perlu maklumat tambahan atau pembentangan ke BERC/FERC.

•More than minimal risk research. Recommended to be forwarded to UiTM REC.

Penyelidikan melibatkan risiko melebihi minima. Dicadangkan untuk dihantar kepada
UiTM REC.

Comment if any:
Ulasan jika ada:

Signature Tandatangan: Official stamp: Date:

Undergraduate / Postgraduate / Cop rasmi: Tarikh:
Research Coordinator Koordinator
Peringkat Pra-siswazah/Pasca-
siswazah/Penyelidikan

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FERC/BERC 2

Faculty/Branch Ethics Review Committee

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Participant Information Sheet

Research Title
The Readiness of Hybrid Learning Implementation among UiTM Undergraduate Students.

Introduction of Research
In consistent with current situation, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has highlighted the
need for all the sectors in concern to be prepared and adapt with changes of highly
non-anticipated nor inevitable endemic. Having that to be accounted for, a push or
rather changes to hybrid learning may be made a primary or perhaps a main
alternative to be part in the portfolios for our educational systems.

Hybrid learning, also rather known as blended learning are the combined mode of
face-to-face learning and online learning. Such integration has the ability to perform
and subsequently provides benefits afforded by the traditional way of learning in
order to deliver the core context holistically). This inference may be observed through
the disadvantages of online learning in the sense of its absence of interaction,
communication, feelings of introverted, lack of instant or spontaneous feedback.
These notions however became a positively demanded values even further under the
hybrid learning to be benefited in terms of its aim in accessibility, independence, and
personalization. Hence, the efficiency and flexibility of hybrid learning is growing
rapidly in higher education and may become a “new normal” and methodology
especially during and post-pandemic.

Another highlighted problem that can be observe is that most of the time, the online
learning ecosystem has only put a measurement in terms of the student effectivity
based on a single dimension. Holistically, the quality of learning has to be examined
through multi-dimension including but not limited to learning behaviour, emotional
control, cognitive engagement. Therefore, this paper will attempt to fill the research
gaps by evaluating the readiness of UiTM undergraduate students towards the
concept of hybrid learning based on objective and subjective approach.

Purpose of Research
Along the downtrend cases of Covid-19 starting from last quarter of 2021 with the
high number of vaccinations among the population, government is planning to
declare the virus as an endemic. With this news, some university has planned to start
the implementation of the hybrid learning. UiTM is not excluded as one of them,
however, there are still concerns in terms of hybrid learning implementation in UiTM.
Some of the concerns that were highlighted were in terms of its efficiency,
communication, the student independency and flexibility.

Research Procedure
This research will use the questionnaire as a method of data gathering.

Participation in Research
Your participation in this research is entirely voluntary. You may refuse to take part
in the study or you may withdraw yourself from participation in the research at any
time without penalty.

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Benefit of Research
(State the benefit to participants)

All the data and analysis composed would materialize and includes the factors that
influence the hybrid learning implementation among UiTM undergraduate students
that directly will provide an extensive information in order to assists the notion of
studies among UiTM students. In the same proposition, such data analysis would
become an imperative tool to examine and observe the level of readiness in hybrid
learning system implementation of particularly for UiTM undergraduate students
within the application of digital platform.

Confidentiality
(Include the confidentiality clause provided below)

Your information will be kept confidential by the investigators and will not be made
public unless disclosure is required by law. By signing this consent form**, you will
authorize the review of records, analysis and use of the data arising from this
research.

If you have any question about this research or your rights, please contact (state the
name of the investigator) at (state the direct telephone number of the said investigator)

**If you are using an online survey form (obtaining signature of participants are not feasible),
please include these statements at the beginning of the survey document:

By participating in this survey, I agree that:

1. I am 18
years old and above
2. I authorize
the review of records, analysis and use of the data arising from this research.
3. I
understand the nature and scope of the research being undertaken.
4. I have
read and understood all the terms and conditions of my participation in the research.
5. I
voluntarily agree to participate in this research and follow the study procedures.
6. I may at
any time choose to withdraw from this research without giving any reason.

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Consent Form1
To become a participant in the research, you or your legal guardian are required to
sign this Consent Form.
I herewith confirm that I have met the requirement of age and am capable of acting
on behalf of myself / as2 a legal guardian as follows:

1. I understand the nature and scope of the research being undertaken.

2. I have read and understood all the terms and conditions of my participation
in the research.
3. All my questions relating to this research and my participation therein have
been answered to my satisfaction.
4. I voluntarily agree to take part in this research, to follow the study
procedures and to provide all necessary information to the investigators as
requested.
5. I may at any time choose to withdraw from this research without giving any
reason.
6. I have received a copy of the Participant Information Sheet and Consent
Form.
7. Except for damages resulting from negligent or malicious conduct of the
researcher(s), I hereby release and discharge UiTM and all participating
researchers from all liability associated with, arising out of, or related to my
participation. I agree to hold them harmless from any harm or loss that may
be incurred by me due to my participation in the research.

___________________________________________________________________
___
Name of Participant/Legally authorized representative (LAR) Signature
___________________________________________________________________
___
I.C No Date
___________________________________________________________________
___ Name of Witness3 Signature
___________________________________________________________________
___
I.C No Date
___________________________________________________________________
___
Name of Consent Taker Signature
___________________________________________________________________
___
I.C No Date

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