ACCEPTANCE OF GOOGLE CLASSROOM AMONG COLLEGE LEARNERS DURING THE PANDEMIC
The learning environment changed drastically from face to face to virtual due to the pandemic because of this a free platform, Google Classroom became the tool of the teachers in the teaching and learning. In this regard, the acceptance of the students in using the Google Classroom was surveyed using an adopted instrument with the permission of the author. There were 6,871 respondents who were randomly chosen by convenient sampling. Descriptive correlational design was employed to determine the acceptance of the respondents on the Google Classroom. Both PE (Perceived ease of Use) and PU (Perceived Usefulness) have a beneficial impact on respondents' behavioral intentions when they perceive Google classrooms to be simple and practical, and they are highly motivated to use such pedagogical tools into their learning process. As recommended, Higher education institutions should provide students with training opportunities so that students' capacity to discover the comprehensive and effective features of Google classrooms is more apparent and widely used.
Google Classroom, LMS, E-learning, TAM