Developing and Validating an Instrument to Assess the E-learning Environment at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia
As Knowledge, Communication and Technology (KCT) plays crucial role in the restructuring of the educational system in this new millennium, e-Learning is seen as an effective means to stimulate this process, especially on the teaching and learning aspect. The introduction of e-Learning has become an...
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| description | As Knowledge, Communication and Technology (KCT) plays crucial role in the restructuring of the educational system in this new millennium, e-Learning is seen as an effective means to stimulate this process, especially on the teaching and learning aspect. The introduction of e-Learning has become an important factor in reshaping the educational environment, particularly in the Higher Education System (De Boer et al, 2002). In order for e-learning systems to take advantage of these technologies so as to be successful, effective and of a quality comparable with the well received traditional learning systems, the e-learning systems must be designed and constructed with care, using a thoroughly scrutinized approach which embraces well-designed procedures and techniques (Colette, 2001).This paper describes the development and validation of the instrument to assess the e-learning environment at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). The blueprint of the e-Learning project was thoroughly studied to ensure that the instrument is comprehensive in assessing the e-learning environment. This is complemented with a series of focus group interviews with students. The instrument was answered by a total of 226 randomly selected students from USM. Factor analysis, both exploratory and confirmatory, was performed on the data and the result indicate that in assessing the E-Learning environment there are six distinct factors: technology, course content, teaching and learning material, teaching and learning environment, learning strategies, and support. The psychometric properties of the instruments are as follows; GFI=0.88, AGF=0.87, RMSEA = 0.061, NFI = 0.88, CFI=0.89, PNFI = 0.77, and PGFI =0.84. (Authors' abstract) |
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| spelling | my.oum.2602013-05-27T05:30:34Z Developing and Validating an Instrument to Assess the E-learning Environment at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia Lee, Nagarajah Rozinah, Jamaludin LC Special aspects of education LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education As Knowledge, Communication and Technology (KCT) plays crucial role in the restructuring of the educational system in this new millennium, e-Learning is seen as an effective means to stimulate this process, especially on the teaching and learning aspect. The introduction of e-Learning has become an important factor in reshaping the educational environment, particularly in the Higher Education System (De Boer et al, 2002). In order for e-learning systems to take advantage of these technologies so as to be successful, effective and of a quality comparable with the well received traditional learning systems, the e-learning systems must be designed and constructed with care, using a thoroughly scrutinized approach which embraces well-designed procedures and techniques (Colette, 2001).This paper describes the development and validation of the instrument to assess the e-learning environment at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). The blueprint of the e-Learning project was thoroughly studied to ensure that the instrument is comprehensive in assessing the e-learning environment. This is complemented with a series of focus group interviews with students. The instrument was answered by a total of 226 randomly selected students from USM. Factor analysis, both exploratory and confirmatory, was performed on the data and the result indicate that in assessing the E-Learning environment there are six distinct factors: technology, course content, teaching and learning material, teaching and learning environment, learning strategies, and support. The psychometric properties of the instruments are as follows; GFI=0.88, AGF=0.87, RMSEA = 0.061, NFI = 0.88, CFI=0.89, PNFI = 0.77, and PGFI =0.84. (Authors' abstract) 2009-08-12 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/260/1/developing_ici9.pdf Lee, Nagarajah and Rozinah, Jamaludin (2009) Developing and Validating an Instrument to Assess the E-learning Environment at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia. In: ICI9 - International Conference on Information, 12-13 August 2009, Kuala Lumpur. (Submitted) https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/260/ |
| spellingShingle | LC Special aspects of education LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education Lee, Nagarajah Rozinah, Jamaludin Developing and Validating an Instrument to Assess the E-learning Environment at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia |
| title | Developing and Validating an Instrument to Assess the E-learning Environment at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia |
| title_full | Developing and Validating an Instrument to Assess the E-learning Environment at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Developing and Validating an Instrument to Assess the E-learning Environment at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing and Validating an Instrument to Assess the E-learning Environment at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia |
| title_short | Developing and Validating an Instrument to Assess the E-learning Environment at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia |
| title_sort | developing and validating an instrument to assess the e-learning environment at a public higher education institution in malaysia |
| topic | LC Special aspects of education LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education |
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