University Students’ Self-efficacy in Online Learning due to COVID-19

Abstract

the pandemic COVID 19 shocked the world; it changes everybody's life, especially in education and online learning becomes a new culture. Hence, this study will identify the correlation between learners' motivation, computer anxiety, and social support with self-efficacy on online learning technology due to COVID 19 pandemic. Besides, to determine if there are any gender and age differences in their perception of online learning technology. 166 students in a university were using online learning for the first time participated in this study. The correlation analysis and chi-square are used to answer the objective of the study. The result indicated that online learning technology experience, learners' attitudes, learners' motivation, computer anxiety, and social support correlate with self-efficacy on online learning technology. Furthermore, the finding revealed that male and female respondents and different ages have similar opinions on the factors that contribute to online learning technology.

An Empirical Investigation of University Students’ Behavioural Intention to Adopt Online Learning: Evidence from China

“…With the rapid development of internet technologies, online learning is becoming increasingly popular with higher education. Furthermore, the outbreak and widespread coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) also influenced the education system [ 1 ], and a growing number of universities around the globe have rapidly transitioned from offline to online courses [ 1 , 2 ]. According to survey data, 1454 colleges and universities offered 12.26 million online courses, and approximately 1 million teachers and over 17 million students participated in online learning between February and June 2020 in China [ 3 ].…”