E-learning towards student academic performance

E-learning (EL) is the use of Information Technology Communication e.g. Internet, Computer, Mobile phone, Learning Management System (LMS), Televisions, Radios and others to enhance teaching and learning activities. EL has become an increasingly popular learning approach in higher educational institutions due to vast growth of internet technology in Malaysia. The main purpose of establishing EL is to increase the content of the courses and their accessibility but not aimed at improving student academic performance (SAP). This study relates to the faculty of Computer Science and Information Systems in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) that uses EL to deliver the content of the courses. Postgraduate students in the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Systems are distributed to fill out a survey questionnaire that is supposed to measure the students' engagement in the EL and their academic performance (AP). The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship of EL use and student academic performance (SAP). This study uses correlation analysis to examine and present the correlation between EL use and SAP. Greater EL interaction and engagement in the EL are found to have a positive and statically significant correlation with SAP. This study proposes to establish EL not only to deliver the content of the courses but also to improve student academic achievement as a whole.