A. Ismail et al., International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering, 9(2), March - April 2020, 2234 – 2240 2234 ABSTRACT Online supervision is seen as a practical medium in connecting the student with their supervisor especially when the supervisors are away from the faculty. It is particularly during project-based supervision, input from supervisor is a must, but types of inputs have been unclear if interaction occurs in online mode. Therefore, this paper determines students’ perception of social interaction needed in online supervision that was conducted via Facebook, e-mails and Skype, including the effective input from their supervisor. The result, important supports needed by the students are Project Input, Academic Input, Managerial Input, Technical and Innovation Input, and Interpersonal Input. Findings could guide the supervisor to provide useful information and guidance to their students to achieve effective supervision, as well as enhance the supervisory practices in order to promote fine products while improving the study completion rates. Key words: Student-supervisor, exploratory factor analysis, online supervision, effective supervision. 1. INTRODUCTION Over the past few decades, communication technology such as social media and internet had undeniably transformed the dynamics of interaction, interactivity and social relationships between students and supervisor. Directing the supervision process through face-to-face meeting involves bigger commitment while doing so by replacing this relationship through online medium is more facile. The supervision requires specific communication skills and feedback, especially possessing a good literacy skills and specific feedback approach [1]. Previous study had proven that an ineffective supervision practices would result in student failure [2]. Therefore, to control the frequency and commitment in supervision practice then it requires an appropriate and relevant tool. The success of supervision practice is supported by the consistent interaction between student and their supervisor [3]. Moskvichevaa, Bordovskaiab and Darinskaya [4] explains that in a supervision practice, the interactions and contents of a discussion between student and their supervisor is important to ensure a meaningful supervision. A study conducted by Bender and Dykeman [5] found that traditional supervision and online supervision had same efficiency. This shows that, the quality of online supervision is similar to traditional supervision. This is because the key of a supervision practice is the subject matter discussed by student and their supervisor, whether it is via electronic media or traditional, it still refers to the mode of communication in supervision practice. The development of supervision provision via electronic media requires a strong, project-based and good input towards its effectiveness. The student and supervisor’s relationship that develops during this process is a valuable initiative to transform the education to long distance education. According to Caroll[6], essential components of ethical supervision comprises of assessment, evaluation, and feedback; thus, it should not be neglected even by using online medium. Supervision practice is the process of discussions between student and their supervisor to discuss various matters related to the research project from research planning, research process and final report of the research results [7]. Online supervision practice is important and relevant today [8], especially for technical and vocational education and training. This is to facilitate teaching prosecutions, providing guidance to a project based, and supervision in online supervision practices. Therefore, this paper primarily focuses on the interaction between student and their supervisor based A. Ismail 1 , A. Masek 2 , S. Hashim 3 , A. W. Abdul Rahman 4 , A. H. AhmadShakir 5 1 Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia, affero@uthm.edu.my 2 Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia, aliasmasek@uthm.edu.my 3 Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia, suhaizal@uthm.edu.my 4 Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia, wafi@uthm.edu.my 5 Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia, afhm.hzq@gmail.com Enhancing Online Supervision Practice for Improving Final Year Industrial Based Project in Technical Programs ISSN 2278-3091 Volume 9 No.2, March - April 2020 International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering Available Online at http://www.warse.org/IJATCSE/static/pdf/file/ijatcse202922020.pdf https://doi.org/10.30534/ijatcse/2020/202922020