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Effects of learning accessibility as a mediator between learning styles and blended learning in higher education institutions during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Fazilah Razali1, Tajularipin Sulaiman2, Ahmad Fauzi Mohd Ayub3, Noraziela Abdul Majid4.
Technology has been rapidly implemented in the learning process during the COVID-19
pandemic. It gives rise to new challenges, especially in higher learning institutions, in planning and
mobilizing a sustainable learning environment. Initiatives have been taken to introduce different
learning methods using the Learning Management System (LMS), that provide students with a more
convenient and flexible way of learning. Thus, this study aims to determine the effects of learning
accessibility as a mediator between learning styles and blended learning among students of higher
education during the COVID-19 pandemic. A quantitative method using instruments from the Visual,
Aural, Read and Kinaesthetic sensory (VARK) model has been selected. A total of 208 students from
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) have been randomly chosen as respondents who have fully utilized
the LMS during the pandemic. Findings reveal that learning accessibility poses a partial mediation effect
between learning styles and blended learning among students of higher education. This finding is
significant and has achieved the Goodness-of-fit index (GFI). Therefore, it is proven that there are
positive effects among students of higher learning institutions in Malaysia with a learning accessibility
lean toward the LMS platform that increases blended learning and adaptability, prompted by the
changes in the learning environment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Jalan Universiti 1, Serdang, 43400 Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Jalan Universiti 1, Serdang, 43400 Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Jalan Universiti 1, Serdang, 43400 Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Jalan Universiti 1, Serdang, 43400 Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia, Malaysia
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