Mediating Effect of Digital Readiness on the Relationship between Online Peer Collaboration, Psychological Motivation and Online Engagement in Malaysian Online Distance Learning Higher Institutions

Zahir Osman, and Liana Mohamad, and Ratna Khuzaimah Mohamad, (2021) Mediating Effect of Digital Readiness on the Relationship between Online Peer Collaboration, Psychological Motivation and Online Engagement in Malaysian Online Distance Learning Higher Institutions. ASEAN Journal of Open & Distance Learning (AJODL), 13 (2). pp. 21-31. ISSN 2232-0814

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Abstract

This study consolidates online peer collaboration, psychological motivation, digital readiness, and online engagement to examine the influence of digital readiness as a mediator in the relationship between online peer collaboration and psychological motivation and online engagement among online distance learning students in Malaysian higher education institutions. For research hypotheses testing, an online survey involving students from different online distance learning higher education institutions in Malaysia was administered, yielding 307 clean data that was used in data analysis. This study adopted the Structural Equation Modeling for data analysis. The statistical software SPSS ver. 23 and SmartPls ver. 3.0 were used. Results revealed that online peer collaboration and digital readiness have a positive and significant direct relationship with online engagement. Digital readiness was a significant mediator in the relationship between online peer collaboration and psychological motivation and online engagement of online distance learning students in Malaysian higher education institutions. This study also revealed the important role of digital readiness in ensuring the effectiveness of online engagement in the online distance learning environment. This study has made a significant contribution to online distance learning higher institutions, lecturers, and students in examining the effectiveness of engagement among online students. (Abstract by authors)

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Uncontrolled Keywords: digital readiness, indirect effect, online distance learning, online engagement, online peer collaboration, psychological motivation
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Divisions: Faculty of Business & Management
Depositing User: Shahril Effendi Ibrahim
Date Deposited: 06 Aug 2022 03:29
Last Modified: 06 Aug 2022 03:29
URI: http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/id/eprint/1472

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