e-learning readiness - Asia Pacific Region - Open University Malaysia

addressed. Further, enablers felt that there is little or no readiness in asfar as technical fields are concerned. They cited examples such asmedicine, architecture, engineering and technical or science basedsubjects. Finally, there was a strong voice indicating a lack of readiness inreplacing book-based and face-to-face learning with the E-learning modeof instruction.TABLE 38. Enablers’ Perceptions of Content ReadinessDescriptionYesn(%)Non(%)Missingvaluen(%)Variety of E-learning 733 209 35materials(75.0) (21.4) (3.6)Content for E-learning issufficientContent for E-learning isappropriate for the needsof the target groupContent for E-learning isusefulContent for E-learning ismeaningfulAdequate online contentsupport413(42.3)604(61.8)819(83.8)789(80.8)528(54.0)527(53.9)326(33.5)116(11.9)144(14.7)396(40.6)37(3.8)46(4.7)42(4.3)44(4.5)53(5.4)TotalN(%)977(100)977(100)977(100)977(100)977(100)977(100)Technical ReadinessAs shown in from Table 39, 67.6 percent said that theirorganisation/institution is using Intranet technology to run its dailyoperations, whereas 66.0 percent claimed that theirorganisation/institution is using Internet technology. Also, 65.2 percent ofthe enablers perceived that their organisation/institution provides thenecessary infrastructure for E-learning.By and large, qualitative data showed that enablers strongly felt that therewas little or no technical readiness as far as educational institutions,especially those offering higher education, were concerned. Oft-citedexamples supporting the lack of readiness included the lack of access toInternet, lack of software, hardware and other equipment, as well asdisruptive electrical power. In fact, one enabler said that “Malaysianswere not really prepared for E-learning” and we needed “more of thetraditional method.” Some enablers felt that readiness was directlyrelated to access to the Internet, especially for all individuals who are in E-learning programmes.Joint Study by MEWC and OUM 58