Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of e-Learning system based on the usage, perception and satisfaction among Postgraduate students in relation to the differences between race, gender, department and level of computer usage experiences. The study was conducted in university, Kuala Lumpur. The questionnaire was distributed to 67 postgraduate students. E-learning is composed of three main factors, the usage, perception and satisfaction of e-Learning between department and access duration. The results of this study showed that most (always) of the student used e-learning to upload lecture notes (28%) and submit assignment (30%). The use of the e-learning system by lecturers might increase student perception that e-learning system has made studying life easier. Postgraduate students from different departments have similar levels of computer usage experience; sources of awareness of e-learning similar number of times accessing e-learning in a week and have similar reasons for using the e-Learning system. There was significance difference of the reasons using e-Learning for group discussions and download lecture notes between department. In conclusion, the usage of e-Learning among postgraduate student was low and mainly to download lecture notes.

Keywords:

E-learning , perception, post-graduate , satisfaction , usage,

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