The effectiveness of using e-learning in Malaysian higher education: A case study universiti Teknologi Malaysia

E-Learning is a fairly recent word used to define a form of learning that can be performed via websites online learning. The impact of contingent factors on the relationship between six predictors and e-learning effectiveness was investigated. The development and implementation of e-learning today h...

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Main Authors: Al-Rahmi, Waleed Mugahed, Othman, Mohd. Shahizan, Mi Yusuf, Lizawati
Format: Article
Published: Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research 2015
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58929/
http://dx.doi.org/10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n5s2p625
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Summary:E-Learning is a fairly recent word used to define a form of learning that can be performed via websites online learning. The impact of contingent factors on the relationship between six predictors and e-learning effectiveness was investigated. The development and implementation of e-learning today has become an important phases in university. This study is centered on evaluating the e-learning effectiveness in UTM. And in this study, the critical factors affecting e-learning effectiveness were investigated through a survey conducted on students as participants. A total of 268 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) (undergraduate students) students were used in the survey. Several factors have been found to correlate with e-learning effectiveness which includes self-efficacy, interface, community, usefulness, students’ satisfaction and intention to use elearning. The results show that e-learning use positively and significantly related to students' satisfaction, usefulness that is impact intention to use in turn affect e-learning effectiveness.