Impact of Pandemic COVID-19 to the Online Learning: Case of Higher Education Institution in Malaysia.

Abstract

The aims of this study is to examine and evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on education systems, which is implementation online learning (OL) during Movement Control Order (MCO) to higher learning education institution in Malaysia. A questionnaire was developed, and random sampling of data was performed. Three hundred and fifty-two samples were collected using the SmartPLS-Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique to analyze the results. The study shows that acceptance, usability, satisfaction and technical skills play a pivotal role in inspiring online learning effectiveness for the institution of higher education. Such consideration allow the entire higher education institution in Malaysia to recognize the importance of online learning in education in a consistence way. All the factors influence the sustained positive efficacy except acceptance of online learning. The present study covers only the institutions of higher learning. Entire elementary and secondary school students also participate in online learning, so this group can also be included for further studies. The study will help improve the online learning system and the study higher education institution are increasingly adopting learning as both an alternative channel for existing student to traditional classroom learning and as a way to expand their reach to new student. Adopting online learning and its technologies requires significant investment in the staff, resources, energy and space that administrators and those in educational leadership need to be justifiable. Just a few have explored the effect of COVID-19 on the education system and how online learning conducted during MCO and using Smart PLS is a novel concept and it is a research of its kind from first hand.