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The acceptance and use of whatsapp mobile instant messaging for learning support
Alias Deraman1, Mohd Shukor Abd Rahman2.
: This study is based on the previous work that had done by So, S. (2016) at a university
in Hong Kong with three main research’s objective including test the performance of WhatsApp
acceptance, determine of the main predictor of change, and establish and testing model of
acceptance and use. The performance was measure by given the academic pre-test and posttest both to the experiment and control group of students. Besides the traditional classroom
learning for both groups, the experimental group was also supported with softcopy materials
and the interaction via WhatsApp outside face-to-face hours. Meanwhile, the participants of
the control group used WhatsApp only for academic communication. Pre-test scores were used
as the covariate. The marginal means on the post-test scores showed that the participants in
the experimental group performed better than those in the control group. The intervention of
WhatsApp improved the learning achievement of the participants. The determination of main
predictor of change was identify by performing the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to the
sub divided of WATQL provided by So, S. (2016) which classified 4 main component including
Perceived of Usefulness (PU), Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU) and Effort Expectancy (EE) as
Independent Variable (IV) and acceptance of WhatsApp for learning support (ACCEPTANCE)
as dependent variable (DV). The questionnaire was administered at the end of the study by
given the Google Form link through CSC134 students WhatsApp group in volunteer mode. The
Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) analysis had used to do the hypothesis testing, which found
that there were exist enough evidence to conclude that all the IV components were predicting
the DV, therefore the model is accepted and useful to predict the acceptance and used of
WhatsApp to support learning.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia
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