Intention to continue using online learning among Malaysian university students / Lubna A. Hussein and Mohd Faiz Hilmi

Online learning acceptance and continuance by students is crucial for Malaysia’s national agenda of 2015-2025 in making the transition to globalized online education. Moreover, online learning is deemed important in educational institutions as universities have been forced to close their doors upon the sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this sudden change in the delivery of curriculum tends to raise student’s concern of their ability to fulfil the demand of the curriculum, possibly hindering students’ intention to continue online learning. Hence, the goal of this study is to better understand learners' intention to continue using online learning by looking into its influencing factors. Using the Technology Acceptance Model and PLS-SEM analysis on a sample of 251 respondents, findings indicate that curriculum is a significant factor in addition to perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. Thus, to encourage students’ intention to continue online learning, among others, it is recommended that steps be made by the university and faculty for enhancing existing curriculum and improving curriculum online delivery towards strengthening students’ belief of their curriculum fulfilment through online learning.