The Acceptance of Google Meet as a Platform for Virtual Learning among Undergraduate Students

Abstract

As the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) caused a global lockdown for two years from the year 2019, most institutions utilized virtual platforms to continue teaching and learning as effectively as possible. One of the most common virtual platforms used was Google Meet; an online medium to conduct mass video calls for presentations, meetings, events etc. However, many researchers were keen to focus on perceptions rather than the acceptance of this virtual platform by students (Abdul Halim & Abu Bakar, 2022). This research aims to understand students’ acceptance towards the use of Google Meet in higher education by using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model. This research method used a questionnaire that was distributed to 50 students from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). The result analyzed showed Effort Expectancy (EE) was the most important factor as the students find it easy to access and utilize Google Meet and Performance Expectancy (PE) was perceived as the least important factor. All in all, lecturers should use all types of medium in order to make online and offline learning easier and most effective to their students.