The Effectiveness Learning Materials and Activities in e-Learning Portal

The article seeks to present the effectiveness of the learning materials and activities provided in the e-learning portal of the School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia. The analysis involved a sample of 1,080 students based on age, gender, ethnicity, place of Internet access and frequency of the e-learning portal usage. Questionnaires were administered to the students and completed during the two weeks of the intensive course. The results indicated that all of the learning materials had contributed to the effectiveness of the portal with the respondents strongly agreeing that assignments had the highest correlation compared with other learning materials. The students were more comfortable with receiving the assignments through an e-learning portal. They also agreed that feedback about their assignments had to be included in the portal. The e-learning portal helped them to keep pace with their studies. By using the e-learning portal, learners could easily get any information that they needed for their learning.