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Authors:
Ahmed Shuhaiber
Keywords: Facilitating Conditions; Intention to use; Virtual Learning; Virtual Lectures; Synchronous Student Learning Systems
Abstract:
Virtual lectures are popular live delivery of lectures via the Internet, which have been adopted recently as alternative or adjunct to traditional lectures worldwide. Whereas the adoption and usage of virtual lectures have been studied extensively, we do not know how facilitating conditions influence students’ intention to use this technology. Therefore, this research aimed to fill this knowledge gap by studying the dimensions of the facilitating conditions that could influence students’ intention to use virtual lectures. A quantitative approach was followed, by obtaining 204 survey responses at a Jordanian university, and statistically testing the dimensions of the ‘facilitating conditions’ construct adapted from the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) models. Results revealed that students’ familiarity, online support, course fee and course nature suitability can significantly influence students’ intention to use virtual lectures, whereas technical resources availability and system compatibility showed insignificant impact on usage intention. Research implications and future work were specified afterwards.
Pages: 68 to 75
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016
Publication date: May 22, 2016
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4030
ISBN: 978-1-61208-473-2
Location: Valencia, Spain
Dates: from May 22, 2016 to May 26, 2016