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Enhanced Learning
Technology enhanced learning was intensified globally due to the pandemic as university students heavily relied upon technology in learning and social life. Now, technology enhanced learning supersedes the once-popular terminology of “computer-based learning” and “e-learning” in education due to its reputation. Technology enhanced learning is an emerging research area with various definitions coined by scholars. This study adopted the definition of technology enhanced learning from Law et al. (2016) as “learning in an environment that is enriched by the integration of digital technologies”. Technology enhanced learning involves the integration of technologies into education to assist teaching and facilitate communication between students and instructors with online education, ubiquitous learning, mobile learning, and other types of internet-assisted or medium learning are approaches that are categorized as technology enhanced learning (Tsai, 2017).

Education in the information age nurtures thinking skills as it is imperative in determining an individual’s ability to grasp knowledge. Technology enhanced learning not only brings technology into the classroom but is also about bridging education and technology. It is flexible, interactive, and can balance the need for face-to-face (f2f) and online interaction between instructors and students (Ibrahim et al., 2015). Technology enhanced learning is in line with the inspiration of the digital native generation, hence, online education can be deemed as the pinnacle of modern education (Alshammari et al., 2016).

The pros of technology enhanced learning are continuously evolving as it is pivotal in the development of futuristic assessment (Jopp, 2020). As such, the research and application of technology enhanced learning has been accepted in Europe (Stadler et al., 2020), where universities have begun implementing technology enhanced learning extensively as an effort to cushion the impact of Covid-19 (Skulmowski & Rey, 2020). Although the same application of technology enhanced learning has been occurring outside of Europe, not much research has been conducted on this matter.