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A Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of e-Learning at a Malaysian University

Jowati binti Juhary

Abstract

This proposal for future research aims to analyse the effectiveness of e-learning in higher education by looking at students’ academic achievement. This means that examinations will be used as the yard stick to measure effectiveness of e-learning. It is vital to investigate this issue because many higher learning institutions spend a huge amount of money on perfecting their e-learning operations. The research design proposed in this study concentrates on three randomly selected groups of students undergoing different treatments in an elective course of English language. Questionnaires, simple experiments and structured interviews are used to gather data for analysis and discussion. It is expected that students who use almost 100% e-learning will excel in their academic performance and thus reaffirms the belief that e-learning brings lot of advantages.