Primary Pupil Parents Conducting Digital Learning at Home During Pandemic Covid 19: A Technology Acceptance Model Approach

The schools in Malaysia have been closed for more than a year due to the outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which leads to remote learning as the best method for teachers in imparting knowledge to students. However, in Malaysia, this transition can be an obstacle when there is often unavailability of proper devices, internet access and a conducive environment that can make the online learning process more challenging. Most parents of these school students also reportedly prefer traditional methods of classes. In relation, this study aims to examine the parents’ level and the relationship between perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, intention and behaviour while determining the mediating role of intention in the relationship between perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use with behaviour. This study has used a quantitative research method an approach that made use of an online survey questions as a means for collecting data from the participants. This online survey was conducted in Perak with a sample size of 435 respondents. A stratified random sample was employed where only parents or guardians that have children aged 7 to 12 years’ old that are still schooling at primary schools during the Movement Control Order were selected as respondents. Descriptive analysis, one sample t-test and Structural Equation Model were used to analyse the data. Findings show positive levels of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use towards digital learning. In general, the SEM analysis result shows that the theoretical framework is valid. In addition, perceived usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, Intention and Behaviour have a significant relationship. This study also confirmed that parents’ intention was also found to play a significant mediating role between perceived usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use with behaviour in facilitating learning at home during Movement Control Order. Thus, all the three researched objectives are achieved. This study can help the curriculum developers, policy makers, teachers and parents to plan and implement the ideas of leaning beyond the school walls