Correlations among HCU Undergraduates’ Academic Exposure, Utilization, and Satisfaction of e-learning

Abstract

The research on correlations among HCU undergraduates’ academic exposure, utilization, and satisfaction of e-learning is a quantitative study. Its objectives are 1) to examine the students’ satisfaction with e-learning, their academic exposure and utilization of e-learning, 2) to analyze correlations among their academic exposure, utilization, and satisfaction, and 3) to compare the academic exposure and the utilization to the satisfaction, based on a sample of 400 HCU undergraduates in 13 faculties. Four hundred copies of the questionnaire had been distributed and 400 copies (100%) were answered.

         The result reveals that most of the students (91.3%) have their own personal computers, and the location where they use e-learning platform most frequently (59.5%) is the place they live, followed by the university (34%), internet cafés (3.5%), and other places (3%). In the university, the most popular area for e-learning participation is at tables in various buildings (49%), followed by classrooms and dormitories (16.8%), computer labs of the university (14.5%), canteens (14.5%), and computer labs of their faculties (5%).

         The academic exposure is positively related to the satisfaction of e-learning at a significance level of 0.01, with moderate correlation (r = 0.687).

         The utilization is positively related to the satisfaction of e-learning at a significance level of 0.01, with high correlation (r = 0.810).

         The academic exposure together with the utilization is positively related to the satisfaction of e-learning at a significance level of 0.01, with high correlation

(r = 0.784).

         In comparison, among the students in 13 faculties, the levels of satisfaction of e-learning in aspects of content, presentation, test & evaluation, and facilities are different at a significance level of 0.05. Nevertheless, according to the paired comparison by Scheffe’s method, there are no significant differences.