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Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, majority of universities in Malaysia commonly implement the teaching and learning practices on physical face to face basis. However, the pandemic had drastically changed the norm of the teaching and learning practices into online teaching and learning as one of the measures to curb the spread of the virus among the community. The drastic move had greatly affected the academic communities particularly the students. Some of the possible factors influencing online learning difficulties faced by the students include poor internet accessibility, lack of self-motivation, lack of active interaction with lecturers and peers, lack of conducive learning environment and poor time management. In this paper, the technique of Fuzzy DEMATEL is employed in analyzing the level of influence and relationships of the aforementioned factors in contributing to learning difficulties particularly among fifty mathematic students at a public university in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The cause-and-effect analysis that take into consideration the interactions or interrelationships between factors discovered that poor internet accessibility was classified in the cause group whereas the remaining factors which are lack of self-motivation, lack of active interaction with lecturers and peers, lack of conducive learning environment and poor time management were in the effect group. The results indicate that poor internet accessibility has the highest degree of relation in terms of influencing other factors. Based on the prominence value, the lack of self-motivation turns out to be the leading factor contributing to online learning difficulties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to implement Fisher-Yates Shuffle Algorithm (FYSA) for randomization Math Exam in Computer Based-Test with fast execution time and can be generated without repetition and duplication. This study case in Management and Science University (MSU) Malaysia. This study used ADDIE model and develop based on a website framework using PHP as a back-end programming language, Java script as a client-side programming language, and MySQL as a database. The target population of this study was students in Bachelor Level at Management and Science University (MSU) Malaysia in Mathematics Subject. The subject will be focused on probability and statistics in one focus group. Mathematics lecturer also involved as expert in this study. There are seven questions set with a total questions N=15 on each set. The probability value of randomization the question set is 1/7 = 0.14285714. The permutation obtained from the randomization of Fisher Yates Shuffle is 15! = 1.307674368 x 1012. Based on the results of the quality test, it can be seen that all items of category regarding accessibility, helpful tools, and CBT content have an average percentage score 76.94%, these results mean that all CBT items are works well. That means the system will produce different random permutations each time students take question. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]