Factors influencing student usage of an online learning community: the case of a rural South African university

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dc.contributor.authorChinyamurindi, Willie Tafadzwa
dc.contributor.authorMahembe, Bright
dc.contributor.authorChimucheka, Tendai
dc.contributor.authorRungani, Ellen
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-25T09:28:03Z
dc.date.available2018-07-25T09:28:03Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractTechnology adoption within higher education is becoming popular. This has often resulted in hubs of learning referred to as an online learning community. The success of such platforms is dependent on full system utilisation. The study draws on a quantitative empirical investigation into the factors that influence the adoption of an online learning community amongst 252 first year students at a rural university in South Africa. The results of the study show that a positive relationship exists between online course design and student ratings of perceived usefulness and perceived interaction (PI) concerning the utilisation and usage of an online learning community. Furthermore, the online learning community’s interface design was found to be positively related to ratings of perceived ease of use but not with PI. Based on these findings, interventions are proposed, which have ramifications in working within online learning communities to benefit both the student and the lecturer.en_US
dc.identifier.citationChinyamurindi, W.T. et al. (2017). Factors influencing student usage of an online learning community: the case of a rural South African university. International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 8(2/3): 116–132.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1759-5673
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3910
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherInderscienceen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author-version of the article published by Inderscience.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectFirst year studentsen_US
dc.subjectOnline learning communityen_US
dc.subjectTechnology acceptance modelen_US
dc.subjectTechnology adoptionen_US
dc.titleFactors influencing student usage of an online learning community: the case of a rural South African universityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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