The Relationships between Infrastructure Access towards adoption of online learning in TVET institutions

Abstract

This study is to examine the relationships between infrastructure access provided by the organizations toward online learning platforms during Covid 19 pandemic. The pandemic Covid-19 has hit the world, which resulting face-to-face learning and teaching being converted to online learning.  This scenario suddenly becomes a burden for lecturer as Politeknik Mukah Sarawak (PMU) is one of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions strengthen more on practical's and skills. The paper's hypotheses are generated using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Cross-sectional data from the questionnaire were collected from 98 lecturers in PMU. Hence, the present study aimed to revisit the infrastructure access provided by institutions to lecturers using the approach in PLS-SEM. The Infrastructure Access and adoption of online learning were constructed as a reflective measurement model. The survey findings further revealed that infrastructure access is significantly associated with the adoption of online learning among lecturers in PMU. This research's outcomes can benefit decision-makers such as institutions, regarding funding and promoting successful online learning overall.