e-learning readiness - Asia Pacific Region - Open University Malaysia

to purchase computers or pay for Internet access. This is supported by theresponses such as the following.“Untuk e-pembelajaran yang lebih berkesan, harga untukkomputer dan Internet perlu dikurangkan. Disini kerajaan perlumemain peranan yang besar terutamanya untuk menolong rakyatluar Bandar”“Reduce the price for computer or other Internet access”5.3 Perceptions of ReadinessAn overall picture of receivers’ readiness is shown in Table 68 and Table69. On the readiness scale of 1 to 10, where 1 indicates a complete lack ofreadiness and 10 indicates total readiness, learners indicated the highestlevel overall readiness. From Table 68, a majority of the receivers gave amoderate to high level of readiness to learner, content, technical, culturaland financial readiness. This pattern indicate that receivers are ready toembark on and willing to change or adapt to E-learning. In terms ofenvironmental readiness, receivers gave a moderate to low level ofreadiness and (lowest mean, 5.39). This perhaps shows that receivers feltthat government agencies, companies and organisations should moreactively promote the benefits of learning through E-learning.Table 69 and Figures 23 through 29 further illustrate the overall readinessamong receivers.TABLE 68. Mean Score of Overall Readiness among ReceiverArea of ReadinessMean Standard Deviation(N=4625)Learner Readiness 6.33 2.085Content Readiness 5.88 2.004Technical Readiness 5.59 2.046Environmental Readiness 5.39 1.882Cultural Readiness 5.99 1.930Financial Readiness 6.06 2.250Table 69 and Figures 23 through 29 further illustrate the overall readinessamong receivers. The perception is that receivers are largely moderatelyready in the areas of readiness surveyed.Joint Study by MEWC and OUM 85