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

fYear

2008

fDate

1-5 July 2008

Firstpage

222

Lastpage

224

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies, 2008. ICALT '08. Eighth IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Santander, Cantabria

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3167-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2008.103

Filename

4561670