Assessing the Attitude of University Students towards E-learning: A Case Study of Tezpur University

The main purpose of the study is to examine the attitude towards e-learning, among the university students. In addition, the focus is to determine the differences and relationship (á = 0.05) between the means of university students’ attitude towards e-learning that may be due to gender, habitat, age, education level, stream of study, time management regulation, technical self efficacy, time dedicated in e-learning per day, academic performance and level of satisfaction. In this study the researcher has adopted a normative survey research design. All the undergraduate and postgraduate students studying in the university were considered as the population for this study. Out of the population, 260 university students studying in Tezpur University were selected using random sampling technique. A 5-point Likert questionnaire (Dimpal Rani’s Attitude towards e-learning scale) comprised of 65 items was used to collect the data. The scores ranged from 65 to 325. There was no significant difference in the attitude towards e-learning among the university students with respect to gender, habitat, stream of study, education level, time management regulation, age, time dedicated in e-learning per day, academic performance and level of satisfaction. However, there was a significant difference in the technical self-efficacy for using online platform and the attitude towards e-learning among the university students.