The Effect of Virtual Laboratory Perceived on the Interest of Indonesian and Malaysian Students

The development of online changed the way of educating. Researchers developed virtual laboratory broadcasting media to achieve learning goals in academia. but there has been no research linking the benefits and ease of use of virtual laboratories in attracting students' attention to using virtual laboratories. The purpose of this research is figure out the effect of perceived usefulness and perceived of ease to gain the attention to use virtual laboratory in Malaysia and Indonesia. The accepted technology model is used to find out the student's interests based on perceived the technology dimension. The population are students of the mass communication in the Malaysian and Indonesia university. Eighty-seven respondents joined a survey after receiving a lecture from the Bina Nusantara virtual laboratory broadcast and using virtual laboratory for the first time. This study shows that perceived ease and usefulness in a virtual laboratory positively affect students' attention to use. Even though Malaysia and Indonesia have different cultures, but students find the virtual laboratory capable of increasing their knowledge of broadcasting technology.