Title :
Impact of web portals on e-learning
Author :
Tella, A. ; Bashorun, M.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Libr. & Inf. Sci., Univ. of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
Abstract :
The study examined the undergraduate students´ satisfaction with their web portals, consider the benefits of using the portal and the problems they are encountering using the portal in order to identify levels for improvement. A pure quantitative method using descriptive survey approach was embarked upon. Questionnaire was used for data collection. A statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) was used to code the data while methods of analysis included: percentages and frequency count; multiple correlation and regression. The results revealed that students were generally satisfied with the e-portal system at the University. Overall, 89.3% were adequately satisfied, satisfied, and moderately satisfied; while on the other hand, 11.1% were less satisfied or not satisfied. Information/content quality, system quality, ease of use and other dimensions were indicated to have the capacity to determine users´ satisfaction with e-portal system. Furthermore, the results demonstrated that the entire user satisfaction dimension positively and significantly correlate with and adequately predicted satisfaction with e-portal.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; educational institutions; portals; statistical analysis; Web portals; descriptive survey approach; e-learning; e-portal system; pure quantitative method; statistical package for social sciences; undergraduate student satisfaction; university; Education; Instruments; Integrated circuits; Information system; Internet; Intranet; Nigeria; Undergraduate students; University of Ilorin; Users´ satisfaction; Web portal;
Conference_Titel :
Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT), 2011 Fourth International Conference on the
Conference_Location :
Stevens Point, WI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9824-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICADIWT.2011.6041424