Impact of technology self-efficacy on online learning effectiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic
ISSN: 0368-492X
Article publication date: 24 January 2023
Issue publication date: 7 July 2023
Abstract
Purpose
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic provides the scope to conduct online classes in the university teaching methods. This study aims to investigate the impact of technology self-efficacy on students' behavioral intention on the effectiveness of online learning.
Design/methodology/approach
This study was conducted with 323 university students using the online survey platform. Data analysis was acquired by implementing the partial least squares technique to obtain the results.
Findings
The findings revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic affects technology self-efficacy. Technology self-efficacy has a significance on perceived usefulness (PU) and ease of use, which influences students' behavioral intention to use online learning effectively. The results identified that user innovativeness facilitated the relationship between PU and behavioral intention to use online learning efficiency.
Originality/value
This study has a significant insight into the higher educational institutes and academia that lessons from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on technology self-efficacy toward online learning effectiveness.
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Citation
Rahman, M.K., Bhuiyan, M.A., Mainul Hossain, M. and Sifa, R. (2023), "Impact of technology self-efficacy on online learning effectiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic", Kybernetes, Vol. 52 No. 7, pp. 2395-2415. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-07-2022-1049
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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