Predicting the acceptance of MOOCs in a developing country: Application of task-technology fit model,social motivation,and self-determination theory

Online learning courses have expanded the educational landscape to distant and disadvantaged areas. Although such courses have generated extensive interest, there is as yet sparse literature evaluating the determinants of online course acceptance, especially in developing countries. Seeking to close this gap, this study examines the factors influencing students’ adoption of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in a developing country by applying an integrated framework incorporating the task-technology fit model, social motivation, and self-determination theory. In addition, the study investigates the moderating effect of perceived reputation on students’ adoption behavior. A self-administered survey was employed for data collection and valid responses from 414 participants were used for testing the proposed model. The data was analyzed using structural equation modeling through Smart-PLS. The results establish the significant contribution of task characteristics and technology characteristics in facilitating task-technology fit, and that the fit positively influences behavioral intentions. Moreover, social recognition, perceived competence, and perceived relatedness have positive and significant effects on the behavioral intentions of the students. This research also reveals that perceived reputation has an important moderating effect on the students’ usage behavior. The study results provide both practical and theoretical insights to enrich the understanding of the paradigm shift due to MOOCs and online education.     

Evaluating portal performance: A study of the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) portal

This study examines the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) portal performance. Performance is viewed in terms of user satisfaction (i.e. students perspectives). It incorporates three constructs (system, information and service quality) introduced by DeLone and McLean as well as perceived usefulness first introduced in the technology acceptance model. Empirical data was collected using a survey questionnaire administered to students in two universities in Malaysia. The study illustrated that generally the students are satisfied with the portal’s performance. It was found that perceived usefulness is the most significant factor that influences their level of satisfaction. The study would enable PTPTN to enhance the portal performance.     

Integrating guanxi into technology acceptance: An empirical investigation of WeChat

Social influence is an important research topic in the technology acceptance literature, in particular for social media. Prior empirical studies have for the most part employed social influence theory to investigate user intentions to continue with social media, while culture driven theories have been neglected. Rather than using social influence theory, we introduced guanxi theory to explore how guanxi social mechanisms (or processes) influence Chinese users’ continuance intentions in WeChat. Specifically, we developed a model that examines the role of guanxi as manifested by renqing, mianzi and ganqing in perceived usefulness, perceived enjoyment and continuance intention in WeChat. A survey research method was adopted to test the proposed hypotheses. This study found that ganqing has a positive impact on perceived usefulness and continuance intention. Mianzi exerts a negative effect on continuance intention but exhibits a positive effect on perceived usefulness. Renqing was found to have no significant impact on perceived usefulness and continuance intention. Our study advances the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) by introducing guanxi-based constructs in a Chinese mobile social-messaging application context. Our study also offers alternative insights on guanxi-based social influence processes in the Chinese technology acceptance literature.     

Adoption and Use of Computer-Based Voice Over Internet Protocol Phone Service: Toward an Integrated Model

This study examines factors influencing adoption and use of computer-based voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) phone service and attempts to integrate 2 theoretical approaches: the technology acceptance model (TAM) and the uses and gratifications framework. Using data from an online survey of VoIP users ( N = 420), structural equation modeling analyses revealed that perceived ease of use had a significant impact on perceived usefulness. In addition, perceived usefulness had a positive effect on actual VoIP use. The study further discovered that motivations for communication and instrumental use significantly affected perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and actual VoIP use. This study suggests that integration of TAM and uses and gratifications can be fruitful in understanding user acceptance of new communication technologies.     

慕课背景下高职英语教学的创新方式研究

慕课是随着信息技术的发展而形成的大型网络在线教育系统,它以传统的学习资源和学习管理系统为基础发展而来。慕课将传统的学习管理系统与更多的网络教学资源结合起来形成了新的网络教学课程体系。慕课的发展以及慕课在高职英语教学中的应用,必然对传统的高职英语教学产生深刻的影响。本文主要研究慕课的概念、特点,当下高职英语教学过程中存在的问题以及如何在高职英语教学过程中发挥慕课的积极作用。     

工程类慕课建设与应用模式研究

为了加快工程类慕课的建设和推广,本文采用发放调查问卷和收集慕课平台数据等方法,分析了目前工程类慕课的发展现状以及存在的问题,提出将互动机制和在线实验引入慕课课堂,积极促进慕课与课堂结合、与行业接轨,力争将工程类慕课打造成培养工程技术人才的新高地。     

How Do Knowledge Management Announcements Affect Firm Value? A Study of Firms Pursuing Different Business Strategies

The importance of knowledge management (KM) efforts is well recognized in the popular and academic press. However, KM efforts do not always lead to improved firm performance. This paper argues that different kinds of KM efforts may be appropriate for firms pursuing different business strategies, and the impact of a KM effort on firm performance would depend on whether the effort is aligned with the firm's business strategy. Prior literature on organizational learning, KM, and business strategy is used to develop these arguments, and also to identify the nature of KM efforts that would be most appropriate for firms pursuing Defender, Analyzer, and Prospector business strategies. An event study is used to evaluate the stock market reaction to a firm's public announcement of the KM effort. The empirical results, based on 103 KM announcements from 1995 to 2002, are consistent with the theory-based expectations, showing alignment between the KM effort and business strategy to be positively associated with impact on firm value. Some of the implications of these results for practice and future research are examined.     

Social acceptance of location-based mobile government services for emergency management

Location-based services deployed by governments can be used to assist people manage emergencies via their mobile handsets. Research delineating the acceptance of public services in the domain of emergency management has been scantly investigated in information systems. The main aim of this study is to assess the viability of location-based mobile emergency services by: (i) exploring the issues related to location-based services and their nationwide utilisation for emergency management; (ii) investigating the attitudinal and behavioural implications of the services; and (iii) examining the social acceptance or rejection of the services and identify the determinants of this acceptance or rejection. The results reveal that both attitude and perceived usefulness demonstrate a good prediction power of behavioural intention. Although perceived ease of use was found not to be a predictor of attitude, the results affirm its influence on perceived usefulness. The results also demonstrate the role of trust as the most influential determinant of individual perception of the usefulness of the services. Further, the results indicate that only the collection of personal location information, as a perceived privacy concern, had a significant negative impact on trust. Implications and future research are also discussed.     

问题导向式教学在“测控电路”的实践

针对学生在“测控电路”课程的学习过程中,对课程中出现的过度性抽像公式、复杂电路以及与工程实践紧密关联的重要指标参数接受能力差的问题,提出问题导向式教学模式并应用于教学实践,诱思性地分别进行理论推导、理实结合分析和指标参数的方程求解,让学生逐步克服习惯性过滤重点难点,消除惰性的被动接受,激发自主性学习的动力,弥补学生理论认知较差,实践能力薄弱的缺陷。     

Business undergraduates’ perceived use outcomes of Moodle in a blended learning environment: The roles of usability factors and external support

This study was designed to explore the effects or roles of usability factors (i.e., perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and satisfaction) and external support (i.e., teacher and peer support) on undergraduates’ use outcomes of Moodle in a blended learning environment. The research hypotheses derived from relevant constructs taken from the technology acceptance model, information systems continuance model, and the theory of reasoned action. The study’s dependent variable is use outcomes, which was conceptualized with factors such as academic performance, perceived learning assistance, and perceived impacts on learning. We conducted a cross-sectional survey and collected data from 126 undergraduate students attending a university in the Maritime region of Canada. The partial least squares technique was used to test the hypothesized relationships in the proposed research model. We found that usability factors have positive effects on students’ use outcomes; contrarily to predictions teacher and peer support did not. The findings of the study offer useful insights that can help HE administrators gain an understanding of antecedent factors likely to enhance students’ use outcomes of Moodle.     

Circuits and systems education: viewpoint of GOLD and industry

This paper discusses Circuits and Systems (CAS) education, its strengths and shortcomings, and areas that need improvement from the perspective of two GOLD (graduates of the last decade) members and one industry member. The GOLD members highlight the need for hardware experiments, and active education methods such as self-learning through practices, and the importance of lab work to relate theory to practice, and also discuss the impact of new emerging technologies on educational reforms, also suggesting ways to get industry involved in the formulation of a new multidiscipline education curriculum. The GOLD members also discuss the impact of globalization on the CAS education in less- developed countries and the role of the IEEE CAS Society on the subject matter. The author from industry discusses the importance of CAS education, and contrary to the general belief, points out the importance of understanding the fundamentals of electrical engineering in industry. The author also discusses the importance of being flexible in a work environment, and establishing a broad knowledge in engineering to have a positive impact in the company.     

Analysis of the essential factors for the adoption of mobile learning in higher education: A case study of students of the University of Technology

This paper analyzed the adoption of using mobile learning (m-learning) in higher education. Mobile Learning as a model of e-learning refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitudes by utilizing mobile technologies. With the increasing coverage of mobile networks, learning services can play the increasing and effective role in education at any time and place. Continuous access via mobile devices creates special facilities like sending and saving the learning content to learners etc, it is accompanied with continuous education. This paper, with a study of “what is the impact of the mobile phone usage in education?” provides approaches and theories of mobile learning in training. The paper aimed to evaluate the essential factors for the adoption and application of education information system that has been created by students. The survey was based on the history of technology adoption and covered students. Furthermore, a case study from students of K. N. Toosi University in Iran was presented to indicate the performance of this method in practice. The statistical society included 300 members from Information Technology students of Iran's K. N. Toosi University of Technology. The factors related to adoption of mobile learning in higher education was classified into seven main categories as: ease of use, trust, characters and personal qualities, context, perceived usefulness of using, behavioral intention, and culture of using a research model. From the results, mobile learning could be one of the promising educational technologies for development in educational environments and culture of using. The context of applications has a significant positive effect on the ease of use factor and usefulness and the ease of use has a positive effect on the usefulness factor. The trust factor has a positive and significant effect on the behavioral intention. The personal features and characters factor have a significant positive effect on the culture of using and the culture of using the application has a significant positive effect on the behavioral intention.     

Should I scan my face? The influence of perceived value and trust on Chinese users’ intention to use facial recognition payment

While China has seen the widespread adoption of facial recognition payment, concerns over the potential risks impede the further growth of user acceptance. Drawing on the perspectives of perceived value and trust, we developed a research model to explore how the Chinese users’ trade-off between perceived benefits (perceived convenience and perceived novelty) and perceived risks (perceived privacy risk and perceived financial risk) influences their usage intention. Based on survey data from 1,200 Chinese mobile payment users, this study uses structural equation modeling to examine the hypotheses. Our results show that perceived convenience positively influences perceived value, while privacy risk and financial risk negatively influence perceived value and trust. Although perceived novelty has no significant effect on perceived value and trust, perceived value positively influences trust, and both of them have a positive effect on the intention to use. Furthermore, our moderation analysis indicates that the influence of perceived value on the intention to use is stronger among users who consider facial information to be more sensitive. The theoretical implications for research as well as the practical implications for practitioners are also discussed.     

“自动控制原理”混合式教学实践

本文介绍了“自动控制原理”课程开展的线上线下混合教学模式改革实践。通过让学生自主学习线上的慕课教学资源,释放线下课堂教学的时间和内容,引导学生自主掌握学习节奏,体现“以学生为主体,教师为主导”的教学理念;同时结合“基于问题学习”的教学法,以问题为主线贯穿线上线下的各个环节,通过问题布置,问题讨论,汇报点评,帮助学生深入理解学习内容,灵活运用所学知识,增强分析问题解决问题的能力。本文还介绍了“自动控制原理”课实行线上线下混合教学模式的具体实现过程,对该方法在教学过程中的经验进行总结。     

An Integrated Adoption Model of Mobile Cloud Services: Exploration of Key Determinants and Extension of Technology Acceptance Model

This study identifies and investigates a number of cognitive factors that contribute to shaping user perceptions of and attitude toward mobile cloud computing services by integrating these factors with the technology acceptance model. A structural equation modeling analysis is employed on data collected from 1099 survey samples, and results reveal that user acceptance of mobile cloud services is largely affected by perceived mobility, connectedness, security, quality of service and system, and satisfaction. Both theoretical and practical implications of the study’s findings are discussed.     

Modeling the user acceptance of long-term evolution (LTE) services

With an integrated framework, this paper aims to analyze user perception and acceptance toward long-term evolution (LTE) services, focusing on factors that may influence the intention to use. We conducted a web-based survey of 1,192 users to test our research model. We employed structural equation modeling (SEM) as the analysis method. The results of the integrated model analysis indicate that system satisfaction is a core determinant of intention to use LTE services. The model also found that other factors, including perceived usefulness and system and service quality, significantly affect intention to use these services. In addition, both perceived adaptivity and processing speed significantly influence perceived usefulness and service quality, respectively. These factors also play key roles in determining users’ attitudes. This paper is of value to researchers and engineers designing and improving LTE services for use via mobile phones.     

Adoption of ERP systems: Does information transparency matter?

Research on the adoption of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems has drawn much attention in the information systems (IS) research. This study extends previous research on ERP adoption by examining the direct and indirect effects of perceived information transparency that result from the adoption of ERP systems. Based on the extensive review of literature grounded in the technology acceptance model and theory of reasoned action, a research model is proposed. The proposed model is validated by a survey of 106 ERP users. The results of this survey confirm that perceived information transparency of the ERP system has significant direct effects on perceived usefulness, ease of use, and indirect effects on attitude and adoption. Moreover, the perceived usefulness fully mediates the relationship between information transparency and the attitude toward using the ERP system. This study expands the existing body of knowledge on the adoption of ERP systems, and benefits ERP providers and vendors when formulating their business models.     

Moderating effect of learning styles on a learning management system’s success

This study uses the DeLone and McLean model to determine the moderating impact of learning styles on the success of learning management systems from a student’s point of view. The main objectives of this research are: (1) to evaluate the Delone and McLean model of information system success in the context of learning management systems and, (2) to determine the effect of the learning styles of students on this model. An in-person survey of 258 engineering students was used to evaluate the research model. The analysis is based on structural equation modelling, specifically partial least squares. The results indicate that the research model explains use, user satisfaction, and perceived benefits of a learning management system. In addition, the Felder-Silverman learning styles (sensing-intuitive, visual-verbal; active-reflective; sequential-global) modify the strength of the relationships between the variables of the success model.     

移动电子支付方式消费者使用意愿探析

互联网的发展,移动商务的爆发式增长使消费者对移动电子支付产生了越来越强的依赖.随着新的市场参与者的加入,移动电子支付领域的竞争也越来越激烈.因此,探究消费者使用移动电子支付的影响因素显得犹为重要.基于技术接受模型(Technology Acceptance Model,ATM)和计划行为理论(Theory of Planned Behavior,TPB)影响消费者使用移动电子支付的因素有:感知有用性,感知易用性,兼容性,个人主观规范,感知风险和感知信任.通过实证调研得出如下结论:感知有用性,感知易用性,兼容性,个人主观规范和感知信任对消费者使用移动电子支付有正向影响;感知风险对消费者使用移动电子支付有负向影响.     

PCB企业知识管理实施浅析

分析了PCB企业知识管理的必要性,它是PCB企业迎接挑战、提升竞争力的必然选择。进而分析了PCB企业知识的特点和PCB企业知识管理现状,在此基础上提出了PCB企业知识管理实施的关键因素包括领导、文化与制度三个方面,同时对PCB企业知识管理实施的步骤做了初步的探讨。