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Digital tools acceptance in open distance learning (ODL) among computer science students during Covid-19 pandemic: a comparative study
Rajeswari Raju1, Nur Hidayah Md Noh2, Siti Nurul Hayatie Ishak3, Zeti Darleena Eri4.
The present new norm driven by the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us to remain at home
and carry our everyday activities. This pandemic has seriously made a radical shift to the Malaysian
education sector as well. Educators instantly begin to adopt Open and Distance Learning (ODL).
However, issues arise in courses that need a conventional setting. In ODL, students and lecturers rely
on digital tools, social media, pre-recorded video, and video conference to assist the learning process.
Nonetheless, there are some concerns about how successful digital tools are among students in an online
learning environment, particularly among computer science students. Thus, a study is being conducted
to compare the acceptance of digital tools among computer science (CS) and non-computer science
(NoNCS) students by adapting the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). A quantitative research
method of convenient sampling was undertaken. Questionnaires were distributed through an online
survey among UiTM Terengganu students at three campuses in Dungun, Bukit Besi and Kuala
Terengganu. A sample of 367 students who responded from different diploma and degree programs was
collected. Findings of the study revealed that all relationships in TAM are significant for both CS and
NoNCS students, where both acquire positive perceived usefulness, attitude, and use intention. Thus,
the acceptance of digital tools in ODL are justified. However, it appears that NoNCS students had a
more positive attitude than CS students, contradicting the study's initial general assumption. More study
is needed to discover why NoNCS students have a better attitude than CS students in the acceptance of
digital tools during ODL.
Affiliation:
- UiTM Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, Malaysia
- UiTM Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, Malaysia
- UiTM Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, Malaysia
- UiTM Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, Malaysia
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