Teknostres dalam kalangan Warga Pendidik di Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Raja Melewar ketika Pandemik COVID-19

Abstract

Teknostres merupakan satu jenis penyakit adaptasi moden yang disebabkan oleh ketidakupayaan seseorang individu untuk menampung keperluan teknologi komunikasi terkini secara sihat dan betul. Ia adalah satu gejala yang boleh dialami oleh mereka yang terdedah kepada teknologi pada suatu jangka masa tertentu. Soal-selidik telah diedarkan kepada warga pendidik secara dalam talian pada tahun 2021 (n=148) untuk mengenalpasti faktor pencetus kepada berlakunya teknostres dan tahap teknostres dalam kalangan warga pendidik di Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Raja Melewar (IPGKRM) ketika pandemik COVID-19. Data yang diperoleh dianalisa secara diskriptif dan inferential. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa majoriti warga pendidik yang dikaji berada pada tahap teknostres yang tinggi. Faktor ketidakpastian teknologi dilihat menjadi faktor penyebab utama yang mendorong kepada berlakunya teknostres ketika pandemik COVID-19. Faktor teknostres seterusnya adalah pencerobohan teknologi, bebanan teknologi, kerumitan teknologi dan ketidakselamatan teknologi. Hasil kajian turut menunjukkan bahawa terdapat empat faktor berada pada tahap min skor yang tinggi dan faktor ketidakselamatan teknologi berada pada tahap min skor yang sederhana dari semua faktor teknostres yang terlibat. Hasil ujian-t sampel bebas menunjukkan bahawa tidak ada perbezaan teknostres yang signifikan berlaku terhadap warga pendidik mengikut status perkahwinan dan lokasi penggunaan teknologi komunikasi pada tahap signifikan .05. Ujian anova sehala mendapati terdapat perbezaan teknostres yang signifikan mengikut faktor umur dalam kalangan warga pendidik. Teknostres dapat dikesan melalui individu yang semakin menunjukkan kebergantungan yang kuat terhadap teknologi komunikasi muktahir ini.

Kata kunci: Teknostres, tekno-phobia, pengajaran dan pembelajaran, teknologi maklumat, COVID-19

Abstract: Technostress is a type of modern adaptive disease caused by the inability of an individual to meet the needs of the latest communication technology in a healthy and proper manner. The symptom can be experienced by those who are exposed to the technology over a period of time. This study aimed to identify the triggering factors to the occurrence of technostress and the level of technostress among educators at the Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Raja Melewar during the COVID-19 pandemic. Questionnaires were distributed to a group of respondents in 2021 (N = 148) through online survey. The data obtained were analyzed descriptively and inferentially. The results showed that the majority of the educators was at a high level of technostress. The techno-uncertainty is seen as the main creator that led to the occurrence of technostress during the COVID-19 pandemic. The other technostress creator is techno-invasions, techno-overload, techno-complexity and techno-insecurity. The results show that there are four creators was at a high mean score level and the techno-insecurity was at a moderate mean score level of all the technostress creators involved. Independent sample t-test results show that there is no significant difference in technostress for educators according to marital status and place of communication technology used at a significant level of .05. One-way ANOVA test found that there were significant differences in technostress according to age factor among educators. Technostress can be detected through individuals who are increasingly showing a strong dependence on this cutting -edge technology.

Keywords: Technostress, techno-phobia, teaching and leaning, information technology, COVID-19

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