Abstract
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has resulted in the complete disruption of the learning ecosystem across the world. The sudden shift from the class room learning to the use of virtual platforms has not only made an unprecedented impact on the learning style of the students, but has also resulted in the problem of adoption of the same. Thus, with the significant surge in the usage of e-learning mechanism, the researchers even tend to predict the continued usage of the digital learning platforms post pandemic due to its accelerated usage and adoption by the learners and teachers as well across the age and gender. Therefore, the present research seeks to study the factors influencing e-learning adoption by the students in the context of the pandemic. Further, it would examine the moderating influence of age and gender for the adoption of e-learning using the UTAUT model with extended constructs like computer anxiety, attitude, and technology anxiety.
Highlights
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease which was first reported in December 2019 in the Wuhan city of the central Hubei provinces of China (Holsueet al., 2020) created unprecendeted health crisis across the globe
H9: Age and gender moderate the influences of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions on the behavioral intentions to accept e-learning in the Indian context
Based on the previous studies on UTAUT, our research has tried to examine the factors affecting the adoption of e-learning in a specific context
Summary
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease which was first reported in December 2019 in the Wuhan city of the central Hubei provinces of China (Holsueet al., 2020) created unprecendeted health crisis across the globe. The pandemic forced educational institutions to adopt digital platforms to reach out to the students. This e-learning, has played crucial role in planning, delivering and tracking the learning process effectively. The learners tend to prefer the online form due to its flexibility and other benefits Based on these premises, the present study seeks to explore the factors affecting the adoption of e-learning during this difficult times. Technology facilitates the design of e-learning content and helps in developing the perception and preference of the learners to accept and adopt online pedagogical platforms for making the learning process more interactive, engaging, productive, and useful. This study adopts the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) to study the factors that influence the students to adopt e-learning during an unprecedented situation of COVID-19
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