Abstract
In 21st century education, it is imperative for educators to exploit technology in order to meet the evolving education needs of the current generation through greater access to knowledge. The researchers cum educators supplemented the conventional-based classrooms teaching of entrepreneur education with a customized home-based and interactive e-learning platform, ECOPRENEUR, to increase learner participation, engagement and achievement. The research employed a mixed method approach to elicit data from 385 undergraduates from an established public university in Malaysia to determine the efficacy of the e-learning platform as a supplementary learning tool in the teaching of Technology Entrepreneurship. Findings reveal that the intervention supplementary learning platform improves students’ overall grades in Technology Entrepreneurship: m = 44.04 in the pre-test and m= 53.63 in the post-test. Paired sample test results demonstrate a statistically significant grade outcome (t = 28.679; n=385; p=.000). Further findings reveal that the male students in the study secured higher grades with a mean of 55.72 compared to female students with a mean of 52.26 (p=.000) in the post-test. Both pre and post-test scores show that students from the Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics outperformed (pre-test mean with 45.76 and post-test 56.69) students from the Faculty of Plantation and Agro Technology (pre-test m=42.29 and post-test m= 50.51), thus indicating that motivation and expertise in information and communication technology to navigate the platform play a major role in determining its efficacy.
Highlights
Effective learning must incorporate 21st century skills that develop competencies such as collaboration, communication, digital literacy, critical thinking, and problem-solving to help students transition from learning institutions into the workforce
This study adapted Hannafin and Peck’s Model [17] which incorporates a three-phase process (Figure 1). This model helped to design the contents of the course, set the learning environment and gauge the effectiveness of the module (ENT600) on an e-learning platform
A mixed-method approach in the teaching and learning of this subject has produced a higher number of students who achieve ‘pass’ or mastery’ level
Summary
Effective learning must incorporate 21st century skills that develop competencies such as collaboration, communication, digital literacy, critical thinking, and problem-solving to help students transition from learning institutions into the workforce. The e-learning method, relevant to teaching and learning (T&L), is described as learner-centric as it involves a system that is interactive, self-directed, and customizable. With an open-learning environment, learners are encouraged to seek out information that will help them strengthen their understanding of a given topic. This learner-centric model parallels the learning pedagogies revolving around constructivism and cognitivism that stress the notion students learn best when they can rigorously participate in their own learning endeavours and knowledge building, rather than become passive beneficiaries of information [6, 7]
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