Title :
Assessment of an Online Learning Community from Technology Acceptance Model in Education
Author :
Liu, I-Fan ; Chen, Meng Chang ; Sun, Yeali ; Wible, David ; Kuo, Chin-Hwa
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Manage., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei
Abstract :
Online learning communities are gradually altering the traditional learning style of people because of the pervasiveness of the Internet. The environment of the online learning community has been formed gradually as more and more people join Web sites and learn from each other. A total of 436 senior high school students in Taiwan participated in this research. To test the hypotheses of this research, we use structural equation modeling (SEM) method for validation. All hypotheses we proposed were supported. Finally, we list several implications of this research results as guidelines for developing an online learning community for future study.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; distance learning; Internet; online learning community; structural equation modeling method; technology acceptance model; Cities and towns; Computer science; Educational technology; Electronic mail; Information management; Information science; Internet; Predictive models; Sun; User interfaces; Online learning community; TAM; Web-based learning;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2008. ICALT '08. Eighth IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Santander, Cantabria
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3167-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2008.103
