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study, the students’ experience using Google Classroom acts as the dependent
variable and five independent variables were included such as ease of access, course
resources, lecturers’ contribution, usefulness and students’ satisfaction.

The target population for this study was students who took a first degree course
in an IPG in Sarawak. These students were from PISMP and PPISMP groups of four
different teaching programs: Malay Language, Mathematics, Moral Education and
Islamic Education. A purposive sampling was applied in choosing the sample because
the students were the groups taught by the researchers and it was easier to collect
data. Questionnaires were distributed using online survey to collect data for examining
the students’ experience using Google Classroom.

The instrument was developed based on the objectives of the study and
previous review. The survey used online questionnaire which consisted of 25 items.
These items were adapted from previous studies such as Izwan Nizal Mohd
Shaharanee, Jastini Mohd Jamil and Sarah Syamimi Mohamad Rodzi (2016), Annita
Muslimah (2018), Almio Susetyo Harjanto. (2019), Cristiano and Triana (2019). The
instrument also included questions on demographics such as gender, age, program,
course, location accessing Google Classroom and experience using Google
Classroom. The questionnaire was developed based on five constructs of students’
experiences such as ease of access, course resources, lecturer contribution,
usefulness and students’ satisfaction. It will be measured in a 5-point Likert scale
ranging from 1 Strongly Disagree (SD) to 5 Strongly Agree (SA).

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

Students’ Experience
Descriptive statistics of the constructs in Table 1 shows that the students’ experience
using Google Classroom was strongly influenced by lecturer contribution (M=4.46, SD
= 0.54) and ease of access to Google Classroom (M = 4.40, SD = 0.53). This means
that the features and advantages of Google classroom can fulfill and satisfy the needs
of the students as well as provide the fastest access to use the system.

Table 1
Descriptive Statistics of Constructs

Constructs Mean Std. Deviation

Ease of access 4.40 .53

Course resources 4.15 .57

Lecturers’ contribution 4.46 .54