Attitude， Perception and Use of E─Learning at Open University Malaysia

To ensure the success of the e─learning initiatives， OUM has developed its own e─learning management system， known as myLMS. Since its introduction， many modifications and improvements have been introduced to increase its effectiveness. It is now timely that OUM take stock of its students’ attitudes towards e─learning. Thus， a survey was conducted on about 1，000 students at one of OUM’s own learning centres， that is， the Kelantan Regional Centrel. The study indicated that generally the teacher cohort had a somewhat neutral attitude towards e─learning. The use of e─learning was more specifically aimed at achieving short term goals of obtaining good coursework and examination grades by capitalizing on the use of the Discussion Board and Courseware. A closer examination reveals that the females prefer the Discussion Board while the males prefer the Courseware. Learners in the Engineering and English programmes had more positive attitudes towards e─leaning compared to learners in the Mathematics and Science progrmmes. Learners with CGPA＞3.0. Age difference， learners’ income per month， learners’ Internet and e─learning habits were also fund to be predictors of attitude towards e─learning.