Engagement in Action: Enhancing Students’ Interaction Through Face-to-Face Learning

Abstract

Engagement in action: enhancing students’ interaction through face-to-face learning is a pedagogical approach based on the innovative learning aids created by the lecturers purposely to encourage students' active involvement in the lecture class, instead of assigning them for their independent completion after the class session ends. This study explores the application of this learning aids approach in the Introduction to Public Policy (ADS514) course, aimed at Bachelor of Administrative Science, second year students, from the Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies (FSPPP) at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). The main objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of an active learning strategies approach in enhancing students' comprehension of public policy concepts and fostering their deeper engagement with the course syllabus. To facilitate this, the instructional framework in the lecture integrated some interactive methods introduced such as short introductory videos, formative assessment in the form of simple quizzes, and tutorial questions tailored to each chapter of the course. These approaches were deliberately implemented to assist students in grasping important concepts quickly, reinforce understanding through repetition in every lecture class, and support more effective revision practices in order to understand the course better. By promoting regular student engagement during class lessons, the activities not only improved students' interest and attentiveness but also contributed to their development of critical skills and improved long-term knowledge retention, and became a fun group learning via the class session. The result from the study conducted suggests that Interactive Student Learning Engagement is a valuable method for helping to enrich the learning experience and enhance academic performance in higher education practice.