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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

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 method...

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Main Authors: Razali, Fazilah, Sulaiman, Tajularipin, Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi, Abdul Majid, Noraziela
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Published: UiTM Press 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101185/
https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/AJUE/article/view/18189
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1011852023-12-15T23:40:45Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101185/ Effects of learning accessibility as a mediator between learning styles and blended learning in higher education institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic Razali, Fazilah Sulaiman, Tajularipin Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Majid, Noraziela 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. UiTM Press 2022-04-30 Article PeerReviewed Razali, Fazilah and Sulaiman, Tajularipin and Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi and Abdul Majid, Noraziela (2022) Effects of learning accessibility as a mediator between learning styles and blended learning in higher education institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Asian Journal of University Education, 18 (2). 569 - 584. ISSN 1823-7797 https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/AJUE/article/view/18189 10.24191/ajue.v18i2.18189
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description 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.
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author Razali, Fazilah
Sulaiman, Tajularipin
Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi
Abdul Majid, Noraziela
spellingShingle Razali, Fazilah
Sulaiman, Tajularipin
Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi
Abdul Majid, Noraziela
Effects of learning accessibility as a mediator between learning styles and blended learning in higher education institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic
author_facet Razali, Fazilah
Sulaiman, Tajularipin
Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi
Abdul Majid, Noraziela
author_sort Razali, Fazilah
title Effects of learning accessibility as a mediator between learning styles and blended learning in higher education institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic
title_short Effects of learning accessibility as a mediator between learning styles and blended learning in higher education institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic
title_full Effects of learning accessibility as a mediator between learning styles and blended learning in higher education institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Effects of learning accessibility as a mediator between learning styles and blended learning in higher education institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Effects of learning accessibility as a mediator between learning styles and blended learning in higher education institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic
title_sort effects of learning accessibility as a mediator between learning styles and blended learning in higher education institutions during the covid-19 pandemic
publisher UiTM Press
publishDate 2022
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101185/
https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/AJUE/article/view/18189
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