Student Teachers’ Perception Towards the Use of Online Learning During Covid-18 Movement Control Order (MCO)

Abstract

The study was aimed at identifying the level of acceptance and factors that influenced the acceptance of online learning (OLL) among students during COVID-19 at a Teacher education institute in Bangi, Selangor. Four factors involved in this study were the notion of usefulness (TK), easy-to-use (TMG), lecturers ' characteristics in PdP OLL as well as the issue of OLL implementation during COVID-19 MCO. A total of 313 students in various disciplines namely Islamic education, Arabic language, English language, Malay language, mathematics and Early Childhood Education (PAKK) for the preparatory programme for Bachelor of Teaching (PPISMP) and Bachelor of Teaching (PISMP) programmes that have been using OLL are involved as respondent in this study. The instrument of study used is made up of a set of questionnaires containing 32 items of question and using the scale of Likert. The findings of the study are analysed using descriptive statistics which include the frequency distribution, mean, and standard deviation. The results of the overall study showed that the notion of usefulness (mean = 3.20, SP = 1.153), easy-to-use impression factors (mean = 3.40, sp = 1.156), the factors of lecturers ' characteristics in OLL T&L (mean = 3.96, sp = 0.854) and current execution issues COVID-19 (min = 3.34, sp = 0.518) affecting the acceptance of OLL among the teachers. The findings of the study showed that the acceptance of student students against OLL during COVID-19 MCO was influenced by the benefits and ease of use derived from OLL, time saving and easy course content in accordance with the assignment.