HOW READY ARE WE? INVESTIGATING THE LEVEL OF BYOD IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AT MALAYSIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

BYOD concept has been around for almost 30 years; however, the real importance of the concept has not been realized until recently. The re-emergence of BYOD concept is spearheaded by several factors; such as long pandemic of COVID-19, economic downturn, reduction of government and private fundings, political instability, and cross-border issues. Thus, in response to these issues, organizations, especially non-profit government agencies had to turn to BYOD concept as a response to decrease funding. However, since the BYOD concept is on the rise again, the is a dearth of research on the level of BYOD among Malaysian public universities. Therefore, this study provide insight into the current state of BYOD adoption and implementation in Malaysia. A quantitative research method was adopted and a total of 476 valid responses were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26. Finding indicated that the current BYOD level among Malaysian educational institutions is slightly high.