Factors Affecting Students' E-Learning Activities Using Exploratory Factor Analysis

Abstract

With the advent of technology, learning becomes more accessible. With the pandemic brought about by Covid 19, the educational system in the Philippines shifted from traditional face-to-face to online learning. Not being prepared for the sudden shift, many students are being affected. In this study, significant factors affecting students’ e-learning are determined. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used to determine the factors that affect University students’ e-learning. This statistical technique used to reduce data to a smaller set of summary variables and investigate the phenomenon's underlying theoretical structure, and determine the form of the variable-respondent relationship. Data sets were gathered through Google Form with twenty-two (22) observable variables. A subset of the entire data is the factors affecting students' e-learning activities. Based on the results, there are three underlying factors namely (F1) App Used, Course Content and Design, and Faculty/Student’s Capability Factors, (F2) E-learning, Mental Health and Home Environment Problems, (F3) Social/Media Influence and Student’s Mannerism Factors. Different goodness of fit tests was employed to validate the final model. The final model satisfies all the criteria needed for model validation. Hence, the model is accurate and fits with the variables considered in the study.