Factors Affecting the Performance of Maritime Students on the Use of Simulator during Face-to-face Learning

A simulation may connect classroom learning with real-world applications, thus many academic programs substitute it for industrial placement. Many colleges throughout the world provide marine education simulation training. However, little study has been done on the teaching and learning aspects, principles, and effects of this program. One of the drawbacks of maritime simulation is its narrow focus on typical human errors and the responses that result from them rather than the more comprehensive application of learning that they enable Additionally, as maritime simulation programs are primarily focused on training and repetition, their academic rigor is not often assessed per general higher education principles like selfregulated, inquiry-based, shared, and applied to learn. At the end of the study, the researchers aimed to identify the advantages of using simulators during synchronous face-to-face learning modalities. Results reveal that there are positive and negative experiences, as well as challenges encountered by the maritime students on either of both set-ups, face-to-face learning, and online learning, and that maritime students still needed assistance to adapt to both set-ups. Most of the students preferred using simulators in a face-to-face set-up because they find it hard to understand and use simulators during online learning. There is a need to seek proper guidance from the professors which can be done hardly during online classes. It is recommended by the researchers that a face-to-face set-up should be fully implemented for the maritime students to learn properly and there should be some further research on some impacts or challenges to be faced during a traditional or face-to-face set-up.