Weerasena Asanka, Jayathilaka Ruwan
SLIIT Business School, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, New Kandy Road, Malabe, Sri Lanka.
Department of Information Management, SLIIT Business School, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, New Kandy Road, Malabe, Sri Lanka.
Educ Technol Res Dev. 2023 Jan 30:1-20. doi: 10.1007/s11423-023-10201-8.
This research investigates rural area students' online adoption during the fourth wave of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The main objective of this study was to identify the factors affecting the adoption of online education in rural areas in Sri Lanka. This case study was carried out based on data gathered from the online survey during the pandemic covering 16 districts in Sri Lanka. Using the ordered probit regression model through the stepwise technique, the study investigates the factors affecting the adoption of online education in rural areas in Sri Lanka. According to the results generated, attitude, perceived use, awareness, and new technology adoption have a positive impact on student adoption of online education in Sri Lanka. Online education so far is one of the effective and feasible solutions for providing education in a pandemic situation in any country. These findings are helpful for responsible educational institutions to address and contribute to key issues such as low perceived use, poor attitude, low awareness, and poor technology adoption. The study will also assist policymakers in preparing a roadmap, at the policy level with the perceived benefits of online education during similar future crises in Sri Lanka.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11423-023-10201-8.
本研究调查了2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行第四波期间农村地区学生的在线学习采用情况。本研究的主要目的是确定影响斯里兰卡农村地区在线教育采用的因素。本案例研究基于大流行期间从斯里兰卡16个地区进行的在线调查收集的数据展开。通过逐步技术使用有序概率回归模型，该研究调查了影响斯里兰卡农村地区在线教育采用的因素。根据所得结果，态度、感知有用性、意识和新技术采用对斯里兰卡学生采用在线教育有积极影响。到目前为止，在线教育是任何国家在大流行情况下提供教育的有效且可行的解决方案之一。这些发现有助于负责的教育机构解决并应对诸如感知有用性低、态度差、意识淡薄和技术采用不佳等关键问题。该研究还将协助政策制定者在政策层面制定路线图，以应对斯里兰卡未来类似危机期间在线教育的预期益处。
在线版本包含可在10.1007/s11423-023-10201-8获取的补充材料。
