Ridwan Daud Mahande, Jasruddin Daud Malago, Nurul Mukhlisah Abdal and Yasdin Yasdin
This paper aims to identify and discuss factors affecting students’ performance in web-based learning (WBL) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to identify and discuss factors affecting students’ performance in web-based learning (WBL) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Design/methodology/approach
This study uses a quantitative method to analyze data collected using an online structured questionnaire. Responses were gathered from undergraduate students (n = 270) studying engineering education at a university in Indonesia. A measurement analysis is used to validate the instruments, and structural equation modeling is used to examine the associations among constructs.
Findings
Attitude, anxiety and motivation affected students’ performance in WBL. Motivation played an essential role in influencing WBL. The results also showed equal opportunities between men and women in WBL.
Research limitations/implications
This research may provide a foundation for future research designing WBL in higher education. This study provides valuable insights in policy formulation and an effective web-based e-learning design by considering students’ personal characteristics potentially affecting WBL performance.
Originality/value
This study identifies factors influencing students’ performance in WBL. Furthermore, it added students’ genders to explore the moderating effect on the model.
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Nurdiana Gaus, Jasruddin Daud Malago, Muhammad Basri, Mustaking Mustaking, Muhammad Azwar Paramma, Nina Maharani and Retno Angraeni
This paper aims to examine factors influencing the productivity in research and publication between science and social science.
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to examine factors influencing the productivity in research and publication between science and social science.
Design/methodology/approach
A qualitative approach with interviews for 40 academics in four public universities in Indonesia was applied to get an in-depth understanding of the issues.
Findings
The results of this study demonstrated that individual factors instead of institutional factors that contributed to the productivity of academics in science as compared to academics in social science.
Originality/value
Despite there were influential effects of institutions in which the socializing process of internalizing the values, norms and scientific roles under the auspice of qualified supervisors or advisors, there seemed to be an individual capacity that comes in between. The implications of this study are discussed in the article.