http://swrc.ontoware.org/ontology#Misc Acceptance of distance learning among academicians and students in conventional universities in Malaysia en H1N1 Distance learning Conventional university Huck Khoon Ch'ng Pei Ling Goh Shanmugam Nakesvari Distance education The consequence of the outbreak of H1N1 flu in Malaysia has forced many conventional educational institutions to close down temporarily and this has impacted the continuous delivery learning process of respective institutions. As a new initiative to bring in the distance learning to our culture, this research is carried to further understand the acceptance level of this learning by using questionnaire and improved methodology from Karakoyun and Kavak (2009). The survey was sent out directly to the academicians and students from Malaysian Conventional universities, and only 53 academicians and 110 students’ respond to the questionnaire. The results found, showed that 55% of the academicians and 17% of students were experienced distance learning before. Besides that, they believe the teacher is necessary in learning and distance learning should be a supportive method, a total replacement is very challenging. 24th AAOU Annual Conference (27-28 October 2010; Hanoi, Vietnam) 1-10 2010-10 Asian Association of Open Universities Electronic Wawasan Open University