Abstract
This paper aims to assess the effectiveness of research self-efficacy short-term information technology (IT) skills training intervention administered to 3rd year and 4th year undergraduate students at three provincial Cambodian universities. The training intervention was conducted at the universities' computer centers where the internet could be accessed. The training lasted three weeks for 60 hours in total and covered topics such as using statistical analysis software, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), and referencing software. The participants were 461 undergraduate students at universities during the 2018 academic year. The survey method used for this study was based on the “Research Self-Efficacy Scale” by Phillips and Russell (1994), which was administered before and after the training. The research used descriptive statistics and paired sample t-test for data analysis. The findings of the study revealed that the participants’ research self-efficacy perceptions increased after conducting the intervention. The results showed that there was a significant increase in mean score after intervention based upon a 5-point scale from 2.10 (SD = 0.68) before the intervention to 3.57 (SD = 0.54) afterward. These findings suggest that IT training intervention is beneficial for undergraduate students at provincial universities in Cambodia resulting in an improvement in research self-efficacy.
Highlights
Cambodia is one of the ten countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which consists of the other member states Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Brunei
This paper aims to assess the effectiveness of research self-efficacy short-term information technology (IT) skills training intervention administered to 3rd year and 4th year undergraduate students at three provincial Cambodian universities
These findings suggest that IT training intervention is beneficial for undergraduate students at provincial universities in Cambodia resulting in an improvement in research self-efficacy
Summary
Cambodia is one of the ten countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which consists of the other member states Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Brunei. The main task of ASEAN is to improve the stability of the region, is for member countries to collaborate actively and cooperate on issues of mutual concern in scientific and administrative fields within and outside the region (ASEAN, 2019b). Through joint training and research activities covering educational, technical, administrative, and professional spheres (ASEAN, 2019a). Cambodia’s total surface area is 181,035 square kilometers and is located next to its neighbors: Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Cambodia ranks seventieth and seventh in the ranking of countries by world population and in ASEAN, respectively, according to Countries in the world by population (2019). As claimed by the Cambodia Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport (MoEYS), the students enrolled in the universities in 2018 reached 211,484, which is almost double the number compared with enrollment data in 2008 (Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport [MoEYS], 2019)
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