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Acceptance of E-Learning Post-COVID-19: A Case Study on Pondok School Institution

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During the pandemic of COVID-19, the education sector has been heavily hit, forcing the educational institutions to close. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Malaysia’s education system placed heavy emphasis on online learning to substitute direct conventional instruction. The aim of the research is to determine student acceptability of e-learning implementation following COVID-19 in a Pondok school in Kelantan. This study intended to ascertain the implications of students’ characteristics and technology acceptance models on their future behavioural intentions to use e-learning continuously. This quantitative research included 100 students from a Pondok school in Kelantan. Self-administered questionnaires were used to gather data and Partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used in the data analysis. Outcomes from this study showed that students’ characteristics are positively affected by students’ motivation, students’ mindset and computer competency. Perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness positively affect technology adoption. On the other hand, economic deprivation negatively affects technology adoption. Furthermore, students’ characteristics and technology adoption positively affect the behavioural intent to continuously engage in e-learning in the future.

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This research project is funded under the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan Society Impact Research (UMK-SIR) grant.

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    Azira Hanani Ab Rahman, Mohd Rushdan Yasoa, Siti Fariha Muhamad, Azwan Abdullah, Siti Rohana Mohamad, Nur Syafiqah A. Samad & Norzalizah Bahari

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Ab Rahman, A.H. et al. (2023). Acceptance of E-Learning Post-COVID-19: A Case Study on Pondok School Institution. In: Hamdan, A., Shoaib, H.M., Alareeni, B., Hamdan, R. (eds) The Implementation of Smart Technologies for Business Success and Sustainability. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 216. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10212-7_48

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