Asian Association of Open Universities Journal: Volume 18 Issue 1 , Open Access

The impact of self-efficacy beliefs of employees on contextual issues of online learning: with reference to the banking sector in Sri Lanka

Kushan Rathnasekara, Namali Suraweera, Kaushalya Yatigammana

The paper aims to clarify the relationship between perceived contextual issues and the self-efficacy beliefs of the employees with e-learning engagement for their competency…

Is STEM a better adaptor than non-STEM groups with online education: an Indian peri-urban experience

Aakash Ranjan Das, Asmita Bhattacharyya

The existing literature contains few references on the better adaptors of online distance education amongst STEM (read as science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and…

Development of an instrument to assess independent online learning readiness of high school students in Indonesia

Tian Belawati, Daryono Daryono, Sugilar Sugilar, Udan Kusmawan

The paper reports a study that was intended to develop a self-assessment instrument to measure high school students' readiness for pursuing independent online learning.

Psychometric properties of the university student engagement inventory among Chinese students

Long She, Fatemeh Khoshnavay Fomani, João Marôco, Kelly-Ann Allen, Hamid Sharif Nia, Pardis Rahmatpour

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in China, student engagement in online learning has been a critical issue for all educational institutions. The university student…

Development of indicators of happiness in learning of Thai open university students

Thanyasinee Laosum

This paper aims to develop indicators of happiness in learning of the Thai open university (TOU)'s undergraduate students.

Development of self-regulated lifelong learning (SR3Ls) model in the era of IR4.0 for post-pandemic economy

Fei Ping Por, Balakrishnan Muniandy

To continue to stay relevant in the era of Industry Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0) alongside the unprecedented disruption of COVID-19, the importance of lifelong learning is indisputable…

Impact of COVID-19 on open universities worldwide: case studies from Asia, Africa and Europe

Songyan Hou

The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 has had a profound impact on education institutions at all levels. Open universities, with their privileged delivery method, have been in an…