Students Perceptions about Learning Environment of a Distance Course Based on Technology Acceptance Model A Descriptive Study

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2013-01-01

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Uzun, Erman
Yıldırım, Ali
Özden, Muhammet Yaşar

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Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is a measure to assess the underlying reasons about the use of a technology. In this study an extended version of TAM were used. This extended version composed of three factors. These are “perceived motivation towards learning environment”, “perceived usefulness” and “perceived ease of use”. In this study, the learning environment of a distance course was investigated to see students’ perceptions. This distance course was delivered from one university to the other university via video-conferencing with ITL Learning Gateway content management system during the whole semester. The participants were the 32 first year vocational higher education institution students. The descriptive findings revealed that each factor of TAM perceived by students as having moderate advantages. It is believed that the underlying reason of this situation was based on the students’ low computer competency and e-learning experiences.

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Technology acceptance model, Perceived motivation, Video conferencing, distance education, Perceived usefulness, Perceived ease of use

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/74711

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Mersin Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi

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E. Uzun, A. Yıldırım, and M. Y. Özden, “Students Perceptions about Learning Environment of a Distance Course Based on Technology Acceptance Model A Descriptive Study,” Mersin Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, pp. 1033–1048, 2013, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/74711.