Students’ perceptions on the implementation of e-learning: Helpful or unhelpful?

E-learning is an essential part of today's education. This article reports a design research conducted to develop an e-learning web-based module at the Primary Education Department of Syiah Kuala University in Indonesia. The study employed the Four-D Model of instructional development which consisted of Define, Design, Develop, and Disseminate. This article focuses on the Develop stage where the users' perception was assessed regarding the implementation of the module. A number of 19 third semester students participated in the study. The data was collected using a questionnaire and interview. The questionnaire was constructed based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) which suggested that two factors influencing someone's acceptance of technology were perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. The result showed that the students perceived the e-learning web-based module to be useful in improving their understanding, independence, self-discipline, motivation to learn, and interactions with each other and with the teacher. The students also agreed that the e-learning web-based module was easy to use. This study implies that the inclusion of technology in education at the university is beneficial.