USER ACCEPTANCE OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY: A CAMPUS-WIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF BLACKBOARD'S MOBILE (TM) LEARN APPLICATION

    Authors

    B. Y. Chen; S. Sivo; R. Seilhamer; A. Sugar;J. Mao

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Educ. Comput. Res.

    Keywords

    GOODNESS-OF-FIT; INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY; MODELS; SERVICES; ADOPTION; EASE; Education & Educational Research

    Abstract

    Mobile learning is a fast growing trend in higher education. This study examined how an extended technology acceptance model (TAM) could evaluate and predict the use of a mobile application in learning. A path analysis design was used to measure the mediating effects on the use of Blackboard's Mobile (TM) Learn application in coursework (N = 77). The results indicate that the hypothesized model was a strong fit, chi(2) (8, N=77) = 6.84, p = 0.55. Perceived resources, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and attitude were found to be significant determinants of users' acceptance of mobile application technology. The findings of this research have implications for educational leaders, mobile application designers, course instructors, and instructional technologists who want to understand why students adopt mobile learning, how to devise practical methods for integrating mobile applications into curriculum, and ways to evaluate of the acceptance and usability of the mobile learning systems.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Educational Computing Research

    Volume

    49

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    327

    Last Page

    343

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000334900400003

    ISSN

    0735-6331

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