2023
DOI: 10.55667/10.55667/ijede.2023.v38.i1.1266
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First-Year Student's E-Readiness to Use Learning Management System: COVID-19 Realities

Ramashego Shila Mphahlele,
Phumza Makgato-Khunou,
Geoffrey Tshephe
et al.

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted higher education institutions worldwide, prompting a rapid shift towards online learning environments. This study aims to assess the e-readiness of first-year students in using the Learning Management System (LMS) in the context of COVID-19. The researchers used the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) framework to understand the first-year students’ acceptance and adoption of technology, focusing on perceived usefulness and ease of use. This study employed a concurre… Show more

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic (2019COVID-19 pandemic ( -2022 resulted in explosive growth in online higher-educational delivery as many universities were forced to deliver their entire course catalogue in this way. While, remarkably, institutions and individual instructors rose to this challenge and students generally responded well, the experience raises questions about what it means to deliver high-quality online learning opportunities and the strategies necessary to support them (Mphahlele et al, 2023). Under the pressure of a pandemic, it seems likely that developing online courses and ensuring students have access to them was given higher priority than coming up with the best possible design.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The COVID-19 pandemic (2019COVID-19 pandemic ( -2022 resulted in explosive growth in online higher-educational delivery as many universities were forced to deliver their entire course catalogue in this way. While, remarkably, institutions and individual instructors rose to this challenge and students generally responded well, the experience raises questions about what it means to deliver high-quality online learning opportunities and the strategies necessary to support them (Mphahlele et al, 2023). Under the pressure of a pandemic, it seems likely that developing online courses and ensuring students have access to them was given higher priority than coming up with the best possible design.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%