Factors Influencing Pupils' Acceptance of an E-Learning System for Secondary Schools

Autor/inn/en	Friedrich, Helmut Felix; Hron, Aemilian
Titel	Factors Influencing Pupils' Acceptance of an E-Learning System for Secondary Schools
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Computing Research, 42 (2010) 1, S.63-78 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0735-6331
Schlagwörter	Electronic Learning; Secondary Schools; Management Systems; Self Efficacy; Learning Modules; High School Students; Computer Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Computer Uses in Education; Gender Differences; Integrated Learning Systems; Foreign Countries; Multiple Regression Analysis; Factor Analysis; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarschule; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Learning module; Lernmodul; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Computernutzung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; Faktorenanalyse; Deutschland
Abstract	The present study aims at investigating which factors are significant for pupils' acceptance of an E-Learning system introduced into secondary schools. The E-Learning system consisted of interactive learning modules for several school subjects and a Learning Management System (LMS). Research on IT acceptance and attitudes guided the specification of independent variables as predictors of acceptance. Survey data were collected from 125 pupils from 8 German high schools in January and July 2005. Results from a three-step hierarchical regression reveal that perceived usefulness was a significant positive predictor of pupils' acceptance, with perceived usefulness of the LMS having the greatest weight. Computer related attitude, self-efficacy, and gender had negligible or no influence on acceptance. The final regression model accounted for approximately 51% of the variance in the outcome measure. The findings indicate the critical importance of perceived usefulness in predicting pupils' acceptance of the E-Learning system, as is likewise known from acceptance research on IT at the work place. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10