Students' Perception of Online Classes and Exams Held During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Engineering Faculty's Experience at Assumption University

This paper is an expansion of a previous study into the challenges and perceptions associated with online delivery of engineering courses at Assumption University of Thailand (AU) during the global Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. AU maintained continuity of its learning activities by switching program delivery across all faculties to a fully online mode from the middle of March, 2020. To measure the effectiveness of the online learning mode, AU's engineering faculty students were sent three questionnaire-based online surveys to offer their feedback on online classes and exams conducted during the emergency closure. While a majority of the online engineering courses (approximately 64%) received favorable evaluation by students, it was deemed that certain factors (e.g. infrastructure, instructor empathy, exam format, unsuitability for hands-on classes) could negatively impact students' perception of online learning. Emotional well-being of the students during the crisis was not assessed as a factor potentially influencing their survey responses, but could be included in future.