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Effectiveness Factors: Prolonged study Universiti Kuala Lumpur Institut Infotech MARA E-Learning Portal. Presenter:. Zalizah Awang Long ( zalizah@miit.unikl.edu.my ) Senior Lecturer Institute Infotech MARA, Universiti Kuala Lumpur. (UniKL IIM). Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL).
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Effectiveness Factors: Prolonged study Universiti Kuala Lumpur Institut Infotech MARA E-Learning Portal Presenter: Zalizah Awang Long (zalizah@miit.unikl.edu.my) Senior Lecturer Institute Infotech MARA, Universiti Kuala Lumpur. (UniKL IIM)
Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) • 20 Aug 2002 • 1st technical university in Malaysia • A private institution of higher learning (IHL) owned by Universiti Teknikal MARA Sdn. Bhd. • 3 faculties & 8 specialised campuses • 35 diploma programmes & 13 degree programmes
UniKL IIM • A branch campus of UniKL • Specialised in IT • Four academic sections • CM, ISCN, SE, GS • Four diploma programmes • DIT, DIM, DIA & DSN • Three degree programmes • BIT (SE), BIT (CEC) & BMT (IMD)
Research Background Logo of Claroline • History of UniKL IIM E-Learning Portal • Claroline: Open Source e-Learning • Research Aim • To identify factors that determine the effectiveness of UniKL IIM E-Learning Portal • Research Stages • Preliminary stage – Management, System Administrator & Subject Matter Expert • Prolonged stage – Students of 4 different diploma programmes
Conceptual Interactions Figure 1:Conceptual interactions among entities in UniKL IIM with LMS.
Literature • The ‘richness’ of contents and systems is the critical factor for e-learning (Hsu et al, 2002). • Internet transmission speed and stability is one of the most significant factors that affects e-learning for achievement (Chen & Lin, 2002). • Five factors of effectiveness were identified including instructors’ characteristics, students’ behavior and attitude, interactive applications, technology and system and institutional factors (Poon et al, 2004) • Technical factors play dominant role in determining the effectiveness of an e-learning portal (Tan et al, 2005).
Research Methods • Qualitative Research • Socio-technical Systems Approach • Technical factors • Social factors • Economic factors • Anonymous semi-structured questionnaires
Research Methods • the anonymous questionnaires were distributed to students who are currently pursuing their second year study in one of the four diploma programmes in UniKL IIM • Population: 363 • Total sample: 216 (59.5%)
Finding: Demographic profile Table 1: Demographic profile of the respondents (n=214): frequency totals are >214 due to multiple answers.
Finding : Effectiveness Factors Table 2: Frequency of factors, grouped under the three components of socio-technical systems..
Discussion • Sampling: (sample/sub-population) • 42/132, 98/148, 16/24, 58/64 • Problematic generalisation of results • Cross-cultural differences
Conclusions • Dominant factors: Technical factors • Positive attitudes towards e-learning initiatives in UniKL IIM • Key difficulties: • Lack on help on signing in the portal. • Internet connection • Irregularly content updated discouraged the students from accessing the portal.