Implementation and Effectiveness of UPLI Google Site for Internship Student Learning and Document Management

Abstract

TVET education is playing an important role in enhancing sustainability in the country through its academic programs. The COVID 19 pandemic has changed the education system and its implementation as a whole and technology applications have been widely used to facilitate teaching and learning. Therefore, this study aims to see the level use of UPLI Google Sites implementation as a document management medium among internship students. This level of implementation can be seen from four aspects which are Ease of Use, Perceived Usefulness, Attitude Towards Using Technology and Behavioral Intention. The research instrument is a set of questionnaires containing 14 items and had used Likert scale as measurement. The respondents consisted of 77 students from Session II:2021/2022 and Session I: 2022/2023. All respondent is from Diploma in Tourism Management and Diploma in Banking and Finance. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for The Social Science (SPSS) version 21 software to obtain percentages and mean scores. The results of the analysis show that the level use of UPLI Google Sites as a document management medium by industrial training students obtained a high overall mean. The Google Sites-based learning which was developed by the Unit of Industrial Training (UPLI) in Politeknik METrO Betong Sarawak had delivery the informative information easily and also had make the students easily get the information just thought google site. Clearly, the Google site can be used as an intermediate medium between students and the Industrial Relations and Training Unit (UPLI). The findings of this research are “80% of the internship participants indicated that they considered Google Sites beneficial for obtaining the most current and pertinent internship information.