creators_name: Zahir Osman, 
creators_name: Shishi Kumar Piaralal, 
creators_name: Nurliza Ahmad, 
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2022-03-17 07:12:08
lastmod: 2022-03-17 07:12:08
metadata_visibility: show
corp_creators: Open University Malaysia (OUM)
title: Enhancing Motivation among Online Distance Learning Students
during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Malaysia
ispublished: pub
subjects: LC5800
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
keywords: Peer Influence, Tutor Performance, Self-Efficacy, Motivation,
Online Distance Learning, Covid-19 Pandemic
abstract: The study was undertaken to assess the essential peer influence and tutor
performance as key drivers in students’ motivation with the role of self-efficacy
as a mediator in online distance learning higher education institutions in
Malaysia during the Covid-19 pandemic. For data collection, the previously
developed scales of peer influence, tutor performance, self-efficacy, and
motivation in the context of online distance learning higher education
institutions in Malaysia were distributed among the students in online distance
learning higher education institutions. In total, 231 completed surveys were
collected from the respondents and 12 outliers were detected through data
screening using the Mahalanobis distance technique in SPSS, which left 219
clean data samples ready for analysis. The results from data analysis have
shown that peer influence has no significant direct relationship with motivation
but has significant indirect relationship with motivation, with self-efficacy as a
mediator. Tutor performance has a significant direct relationship with
motivation and also a significant indirect relationship with motivation, with selfefficacy
as a mediator. Moreover, the implications of the findings were
discussed, and future directions were recommended.
date: 2021
date_type: published
pagerange: 317-329
event_title: ICE 2021 : Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Education
event_location: Virtual Conference
event_dates: 20-21 September 2021
event_type: conference
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Zahir Osman,  and Shishi Kumar Piaralal,  and Nurliza Ahmad,   (2021) Enhancing Motivation among Online Distance Learning Students during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Malaysia.  In: ICE 2021 : Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Education, 20-21 September 2021, Virtual Conference.     
document_url: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1406/1/library-document-1406.pdf