Antecedence of Readiness for Online Learning in Social Science Discipline
A. Bharathy
Department of Management, Pondicherry University Community College, Lawspet, Puducherry – 605 008, India.
R. Gayathiri *
Department of Management, Pondicherry University Community College, Lawspet, Puducherry – 605 008, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Globally, the evolution of the Internet as a platform to deliver learning has recently seen a surge and post-pandemic decade-long growth has occurred in just two years. This paper highlights the growing demand and capacity mismatch in educational institutions while education is transcending as lifelong learning, and there is also an urgent need to improve education quality. The information dissemination would motivate educational institutions to power up the delivery system to meet capacity constraints and beat the escalating costs in higher education while making it sustainable for all. This paper presents an abstract model based on a theoretical examination of linking the students’ motivation to accept the latest technologies with their readiness to engage in online learning. The researchers studied the model developed on a sample of 200 undergraduate students. This study significantly impacts ushering the diffusion of digital learning tools to meet the learning gaps. It demands agility among education institutions in playing the role of technology enablers, as any strategy used to increase ease of use will be a force multiplier towards readiness for learning online.
Keywords: Homosporous pteridophytes, Technology acceptance intention (TAI), palaeopolyploidy, readiness for online learning (RFOL), neopolyploidy, effort expectancy (EE), evolutionary biology., computer self efficacy (CSE)
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