Students’ attitudes towards ICT-based learning in UITM Terengganu

Abstract

ICT-based learning has been implemented earlier in developed countries including Malaysia as it is believed that technology and this new technique of teaching and learning have many benefits to the people involved. E-learning is a learning practice that is being applied in student-centred learning, which has been the central focus in teaching and learning process in higher education with the significant use of ICT during the learning process. However, some students seem not to bother with this implementation as they prefer to have face-to-face interaction. This shows the students’ unreadiness for the implementation. Their differences in accepting e-learning had gained the researcher’s concern. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the students’ attitude in learning English language through the use of ICT and e-learning based on Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). The population for this study was 100 first year engineering students of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Terengganu who were randomly selected. It was found that the students’ overall attitude towards the use of ICT and e-learning was slightly high. There was no relationship between the higher education students’ demographic background and their attitude towards e-learning while control belief was identified as the most significant factor that affected the students’ attitude. It is recommended that observation sessions be carried out during formal classroom settings to observe the students’ skill in using a computer when they are engaged in a formal classroom instruction.