scholarly journals Exploring Barriers Contributing towards an Effective Online Learning among Undergraduates’ Students using PLS-SEM

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (15) ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
Nurul Aien Abd Aziz ◽  
Noreen Noor Abd Aziz ◽  
Mohd Hafizan Musa ◽  
Shaherah Abdul Malik ◽  
Rusnani Mohamad Khalid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Technology Skills ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
Learning Institutions

In March 2020, the world was first hit by Covid-19 that started to have negative impact on all sectors including education. Most of the higher learning institutions had a shift to use the technology in imparting knowledge and conducting online learning for students. This paper analyzed the effect of attitude, interruption, personal skills and technology skills towards effective online learning. A total of 375 valid questionnaire responses was coded and analyzed using PLS-SEM analysis. The findings showed the attitude and technology skills were significant factors to the barriers of effective online learning among students. Keywords: Online Learning; Technology; Education learning; Technology skill eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i15.2511.

scholarly journals Favorable Working Environment in Promoting Safety at Workplace

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Ima Ilyani Ibrahim ◽  
Sarina Muhamad Noor ◽  
Noraini Nasirun ◽  
Zulaiha Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Organizational Policies ◽  
Safety Awareness ◽  
Management Commitment ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Learning Institutions

Occupational safety is important as it affects the well-being of organizational members and its visitors. This study attempts to investigate the safety awareness among staff of higher learning institutions (HLI) in the Northern part of Malaysia. The objective is to investigate the relationship between office environment, management commitment, staff’s attitudes and organizational policies with safety at the workplace. The data were analyzed using correlation and multiple regressions. The findings indicate there is a significant relationship among the studied variables. The study suggests that it is vital for the management to install and promote a safety culture in the office. Keywords: awareness; safe workplace; commitment ; management; attitudes. eISSN 2514-7528 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. https://doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v3i8.279 

scholarly journals Profiling MOOC Learners in a Higher Learning Institute in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (SI3) ◽  
pp. 199-203
Author(s):  
Yuen Fook Chan ◽  
Suthagar Narasuman ◽  
Asmahan Abd Razak ◽  
Nurul Fitriah Alias
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Data ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Flexible Learning ◽  
Massive Open Online Course ◽  
Program Of Study ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Open Access Article

The focus of this study is to explore the profile of students who subscribed to MOOCs as a flexible learning option. The study was based on an analysis of the respondent’s profile and demographic data. The findings show that students had signed up for MOOCs in their last semester because they considered it to be a flexible learning option. The study found that there were no significant differences among the users’ demographic data, particularly gender and age. The only difference was in the chosen program of course via the MOOC platform. Keywords: Massive Open Online Course, MOOC user usage, gender, age, the program of study eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5iSI3.2556

scholarly journals Online Classes during COVID-19 Pandemic in Higher Learning Institutions in Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. p1
Author(s):  
Mahona Joseph Paschal ◽  
Demetria Gerold Mkulu
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Technology System ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
Learning Institutions

During COVID-19 period students usually had to go to a physical place for learning. Nonetheless, the outbreak of the COVID-19 has birthed an array of highly creative innovations that have cut across several industries but has exposed the lack of technology in these sectors including the already fragmented education sector of African countries which needs restructuring and transforming. Many public and private Universities have had to be reactive but face steep contextual challenges in the conventional methods of creating, delivering, and capturing value in the education sector. This paper aimed to investigate online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic in different universities in Africa with a focus on five universities. The study adopted the Constructivist Theory. The research was guided by three main objectives including (1) To explore the effectiveness of online education in African Universities; (2) To assess the challenges facing online classes during COVID-19 in African universities; and (3) To determine possible strategies to curb challenges facing online education in higher learning institutions during COVID-19 and post-pandemic in Africa. The study employed a qualitative and quantitative method in data collection. The targeted population is lecture students from five Universities in African countries including Tanzania. The result of the study indicated that students learned more in less time and liked their classes more when ICT-based instruction was included. Notwithstanding, the majority of the participants demonstrated that learners in higher institutions in Africa have trouble accessing the E-learning technology system.

scholarly journals Impeding Factors Towards the Effectiveness of Online Learning During Covid-19 Pandemic among Social Sciences Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Mohamad Faizal Ramli ◽  
Muhammad Majid ◽  
Basri Badyalina
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Learning Institutions

During the COVID-19 pandemic, higher learning institutions switched from the traditional face-to-face teaching method to online based teaching. Even though the country is facing crisis due to the pandemic, teaching can still be conducted through online platform. It offers flexibility to both students and academicians. However, online learning is believed to reduce the students’ motivation, performance and lead to mental health problems. To reduce these issues, this study was conducted to determine the impeding factors towards the effectiveness of online learning. The respondents consists of 267 social sciences students. Three impeding factors were discussed which are accessibility, social and academician capability factor. The descriptive findings determined that accessibility factor was the main impeding factor towards the effectiveness of online learning. Thus, the roles of government, university and telecommunication firm are important to reduce the issues of internet access, internet data cost and lack of technology devices. Consequently, the students’ motivation and performance during online learning can be enhanced.

Students learning experiences during COVID-19: Work from home period in Malaysian Higher Learning Institutions

2020 ◽  
pp. 014473942097790
Author(s):  
Mahiswaran Selvanathan ◽  
Nur Atikah Mohamed Hussin ◽  
Noor Alyani Nor Azazi
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Major Disruption ◽  
Learning Institutions

Recently, the whole globe was affected by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which caused a major disruption in every economy sector as well as the education sector. Most of the education systems in the world shifted to a full online learning method, either conducted in a synchronous or asynchronous method. Thus, making the traditional teaching and learning methods were no longer option of learning method. This reality of online teaching and learning methods by the Malaysian education system, especially the Higher Learning Institution as an alternative teaching method is compulsory throughout the pandemic. This paper evaluates the experience of the students of higher learning institutions in Malaysia with the implementation of online learning during this pandemic.

scholarly journals Online Classes during COVID-19 Pandemic in Higher Learning Institutions in Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahona Joseph Paschal ◽  
Demetria Gerold Mkulu
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Technology System ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
Learning Institutions

During COVID-19 period students usually had to go to a physical place for learning. Nonetheless, the outbreak of the COVID-19 has birthed an array of highly creative innovations that have cut across several industries but has exposed the lack of technology in these sectors including the already fragmented education sector of African countries which needs restructuring and transforming. Many public and private Universities have had to be reactive but face steep contextual challenges in the conventional methods of creating, delivering, and capturing value in the education sector. This paper aimed to investigate online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic in different universities in Africa with a focus on five universities. The study adopted the Constructivist Theory. The research was guided by three main objectives including (1) To explore the effectiveness of online education in African Universities; (2) To assess the challenges facing online classes during COVID-19 in African universities; and (3) To determine possible strategies to curb challenges facing online education in higher learning institutions during COVID-19 and post-pandemic in Africa. The study employed a qualitative and quantitative method in data collection. The targeted population is lecture students from five Universities in African countries including Tanzania. The result of the study indicated that studentslearned more in less time and liked their classes more when ICT-based instruction was included. Notwithstanding, the majority of the participants demonstrated that learners in higher institutions in Africa have trouble accessing the E-learning technology system.

scholarly journals Creating Pro-Environmental Residents: The role of environmental knowledge

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saripah Abdul Latif ◽  
Mohd Shukri Omar ◽  
Yeop Hussin Bidi ◽  
Zainudin Awang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Environmental Values ◽  
Urban Neighborhoods ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Environmental Behaviour ◽  
International Publishing

An exorbitant rate of resource consumption has created a negative impact on the urban environment. If urban residents fail to behave pro-environmentally, a gradual but sure deterioration of the environment is due in the near future. This study examines the relation between environmental knowledge and pro-environmental behaviour of the residents, with environmental values as the mediator. Survey data was gathered from residents of five large urban neighborhoods in Malaysia. Structural equation modeling is used to analyse the data. Conclusively, environmental knowledge affects the inculcation of environmental values in the residents of urban areas, which in turn affects their pro-environmental behaviour.2398-4295 © 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK.. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Pro-environmental behaviour; environmental knowledge; environmental values; quality of life

scholarly journals Coming Back for More Quality Learning Experience

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Mazni Saad ◽  
Rosita Husain ◽  
Wan Nurul Fatimah Wan Mohamad Nawi ◽  
Nafiza Mahyuddin
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Private University ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
The University ◽  
Sectional Analysis ◽  
Quality Learning

This preliminary study investigates students’ expected learning experiences that determine their return to the same university for further studies. A cross-sectional analysis was done on 190 undergraduate students in a private institution of higher learning. Their opinions were sought regarding the present quality of services offered by the university. Their concern was for quality teaching, lecturers and facilities, and especially course fees, technology, and support systems. The study highlights the need to look again at some of the students’ major complaints, which could guarantee their return to the university’s doorstep.Keywords: Satisfaction; learning experience; quality services; private university; Malaysia.eISSN 2398-4279 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

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