INNOVATION OF DPA6013 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 4 LEARNING SYSTEM USING HYBRID APPLICATION FA4v1

Abstract

ABSTRACT
This innovation developed due to an observation of past research where accounting students prefer to have a modern and technology base teaching method compared to the traditional method. For this study, the researchers had developed an application for Finacial Accounting 4 (FA4) that supports IR 4.0, the hybrid FA4v1 application which focuses on the use of Cloud Computing technology, one of the cores of IR 4.0 as a teaching and learning (TnL) application. This application used concepts of m-learning which is part of e-learning that integrates cloud and mobile phone applications. In General, the purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of adapting e-learning using self-developed hybrid applications FA4v1 based on IR4.0 technology for an accounting course in Politeknik Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah (POLISAS). The two main objectives of this study are (1) to investigate the perceptions of the students (application user) on the hybrid FA4v1 usage and (2) to make a comparison between the conventional method and by using the FA4 v1 application tool in teaching and learning. Two instruments had been used to measure effectiveness. Instrument 1: Students from 5th-semester Diploma in Accounting program are required to answer questionnaires in evaluating the effectiveness of the learning system based on their perceptions toward the FA4v1 application. Instrument 2: comparative evaluation of time, equipment and cost between the usage of FA4v1 application and the conventional TnL methods. The result revealed that all the respondents have positive perceptions of the application. All the respondents agreed that the FA4v1 apps effective and efficient in TnL process. All the satisfaction measured is a high level of satisfaction which is more than the score means of 4.00. This finding also showed TnL by using FA4v1 is more effective and efficient compare than conventional TnL in term of time-saving, can measure students understanding in real-time and cost-effective.
CCS Concepts
• Applied computing➝ E-learning • Applied computing➝ Interactive learning • Applied computing➝ Collaborative learning