Evaluating Four Factors Affecting Perceptions of Students of Faculty of Laws on the Acceptance of Online Courses Using PLS-SEM Approach and MGA Analysis of Demographic Factors

• Published in: 2023 International Conference on University Teaching and Learning, InCULT 2023
• Main Author: Yiming C.; Goh Y.
• Format: Conference paper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2023
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85190714974&doi=10.1109%2fInCULT59088.2023.10482532&partnerID=40&md5=6fec9c4e31e46ba9419c0fc9f8a51fbb

This article focuses on the discussion on the four factors affecting the perceptions of students of Faculty of Laws on the Acceptance of Online Courses (AOC). These four factors are Attitude on online courses (AT), Self-regulation Skills (SRL), Self-efficacy on online courses (SE), and Facilitating Conditions for online courses (FC). The study engaged a survey among law students to examine the acceptance of online courses using the PLS-SEM approach with Smart-PLS version 4. The findings of the study have confirmed these four factors, namely Acceptance of Online Courses. These four factors are AT, SRL, SE, and FC, were having positive and significant effects on the AOC. As a whole, there are no moderating effects of socio-demographic characteristics on the proposed model in this study. Therefore, related implications and suggestions are proposed to help in enhancing the level of AOC of the students. © 2023 IEEE.