VOL. 10, NO. 23, DECEMBER 2015 ISSN 1819-6608 ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences ©2006-2015 Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN). All rights reserved. www.arpnjournals.com 17705 REGRESSION ANALYSIS ON E-ASSESSMENT ACCEPTANCE BY LECTURERS FROM SECURITY PERSPECTIVE Kavitha Thamadharan, Nurazean Maarop, Ganthan Narayana Samy, Rasimah Che Mohd Yusoff, Rosmah Ali, Yazriwati Yahya and Roslina Ibrahim Advanced Informatics School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur E-Mail: nurazean.kl@utm.my ABSTRACT The role of technology in education system has enriched the teaching and learning process, be it from preschool to higher universities education. The development of online education systems such as e-learning and e-assessment provide many advantages to the users especially the flexibility in teaching and learning. The online education system has the capability to improve the quality of delivery education. However, security risks have been the major weakness in the acceptance of technology in education field which limits the user acceptance of the online education system. Even though there are other studies providing solutions for identified security threats in online education usage, there is no particular model which addresses the factors that influences the acceptance of e-assessment system by lecturers from security perspective. The aim of this study is to explore security aspects of e-assessment in regard to the acceptance of technology by lecturers. A conceptual model of secure acceptance of e-assessment is proposed considering both human and perceived security aspects. The data for this study was collected through online survey and paper-based survey. The conceptual model is analyzed using multiple regressions to identify the predictive power between dependent variable and independent variable. The final result of this study demonstrates how security factors influence lecturers’ attitudes towards the acceptance of e-assessment from security perspective with a strong significant contribution to the e-assessment acceptance by lecturers. This study will be useful in providing more insightful understanding regarding the factors that influence the lecturers’ acceptance of e-assessment system from security perspective. Keywords: technology acceptance, education technology, regression analysis. INTRODUCTION Technology had made a lot of changes in human lives and helped us to improve our life style in many ways. The role of technology in education system has enriched the teaching and learning process, be it from preschool to higher university education. The ways of learning has changed from traditional classroom setting to online learning [1]. The entry of ICT into educational field provides a valuable chance for performing some modifications and innovations which promotes in efficiency and more effects on education system. The role of technology in education promotes effective teaching and learning and it contributes to two main field which are learning and assessment in education [2]. There are many security issues associated to e-assessment system. Yao and Ji [3] describe that online learning system developed mostly focuses on the quality of the education compare to the system security. Security elements in online learning system is important as when it comes to certify the students with certifications on the course, it is important to ensure the right students are certified for the course [4-5]. There are many factors need to be taken into consideration when designing e-assessment system especially from security perspective on how users will be able to accept the system as security factors are important in promoting user acceptance. This study firstly finds out the factors that affects lecturers’ acceptance of e-assessment in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and to propose and evaluate the conceptual model of secure acceptance of e- assessment. LITERATURE REVIEW E-assessment E-assessment as computer assisted testing (CAT), computer-based testing (CBT), e-exam, computerized testing and computer-administered testing which has grown rapidly ranging from all sectors which includes academic to professional circles [5]. According to Gusev et al. [6], e-assessment is a process of evaluating the student skills and knowledge by using Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools. This explains that e-assessment is the use of ICT tools to facilitate testing and evaluation of learning of the learners and then to grade the learners accordingly. E-assessment is also used for the recording purpose of the grading evaluation. Prakash and Saini [7] defines e-assessment as the end-to- end electronic assessment processes where ICT is used for the presentation of assessment activities and the recording of responses. The use of e-assessment benefits the higher education in many ways. It helps to increase in number of assessments that encourage students to learn and participate more and helps teachers to develop different ways of assessment methods to assess the students [8]. Security in E-assessment Computer security is the process of preventing and detecting the unauthorized actions by users of a computer system [9]. In previous studies, it was proven