Analysis of the Technology Acceptance Model in Examining Students' Behavioural Intention to Use an e-Portfolio System

Autor/inn/en	Shroff, Ronnie H.; Deneen, Christopher C.; Ng, Eugenia M. W.
Titel	Analysis of the Technology Acceptance Model in Examining Students' Behavioural Intention to Use an e-Portfolio System
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 27 (2011) 4, S.600-618 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-5554
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Portfolios (Background Materials); Portfolio Assessment; Individual Characteristics; Intention; Adoption (Ideas); Preservice Teacher Education; College Students; College Instruction; Student Attitudes; Student Surveys; Computer Uses in Education; Technology Integration; Computer System Design; Integrated Learning Systems; Models; Use Studies; Usability; Questionnaires; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Portfoliobeurteilung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Ideas; Ideenfindung; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Collegestudent; Hochschullehre; Schülerverhalten; Schülerbefragung; Computernutzung; Analogiemodell; Benutzerschulung; Fragebogen; Hongkong
Abstract	In recent years, instructors have had an increasing interest in integrating Internet based technologies into their classroom as part of the learning environment. Compared to studies on other information systems, student users' behaviour towards e-portfolios have not been assessed and thoroughly understood. This paper analyses the "Technology Acceptance Model" (TAM) in order to examine students" behavioural intention to use an electronic portfolio system, meaning how students use and appropriate it within the specific framework of a course. An "E-Portfolio Usage Questionnaire" was developed using existing scales from prior TAM instruments and modified where appropriate. Seventy-two participants completed the survey questionnaire measuring their responses to perceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (PEOU), attitudes towards usage (ATU) and behavioural intention to use (BIU) the e-portfolio system. The results of the study indicated that students' perceived ease of use (PEOU) had a significant influence on attitude towards usage (ATU). Subsequently, perceived ease of use (PEOU) had the strongest significant influence on perceived usefulness (PU). The research further demonstrated that individual characteristics and technological factors may have a significant influence on instructors to adopt e-portfolios into their courses. Results suggest that TAM is a solid theoretical model where its validity can extend to an e-portfolio context. (Contains 2 figures and 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10