The continuous intention to use e-learning, from two different perspectives

Abstract

During the recent vast growth of digitalization, e-learning methods have become the most influential phenomenon at higher educational institutions. E-learning adoption has proved able to shift educational circumstances from the traditional face-to-face teaching environment to a flexible and sharable type of education. An online survey was conducted, consisting of 30 teachers and 342 students in one of the universities in the United Arab Emirates. The results show that teachers’ and students’ perceived technology self-efficacy (TSE), ease of use (PEOU), and usefulness (PU) are the main factors directly affecting the continuous intention to use technology. Instructors’ technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) and perceived organizational support (POS) positively affect the intention to use the technology, whereas students’ controlled motivation (CTRLM) has a greater influence on their intention to use the technology, due to the type of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation that they have and which they can develop throughout the process of learning. The findings support the given hypotheses. In addition, they provide empirical evidence of a relationship between perceived organizational support and perceived pedagogical content knowledge. In fact, they are considered the key factors that support the use of technology continuously. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

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Perceived ease of use Perceived usefulness E-learning platform PACK Perceived organizational support and technology self-efficacy

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Author Affiliations

English Language & Linguistics Department, Al Buraimi University College, Al Buraimi, Al Buraimi, Oman

College of Education, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

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The continuous intention to use e-learning, from two different perspectives

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