Learning management systems and cloud file hosting services: A study on students' acceptance Articles uri icon

authors

  • STANTCHEV, VLADIMIR
  • COLOMO PALACIOS, RICARDO
  • SOTO ACOSTA, PEDRO
  • MISRA, SANJAY

publication date

  • February 2014

start page

  • 612

end page

  • 619

issue

  • 1

volume

  • 31

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0747-5632

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1873-7692

abstract

  • The aim of this paper is to investigate the motivations that lead higher education students to replace several Learning Management Systems (LMS) services with cloud file hosting services for information sharing and collaboration among them. The research approach is based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). More specifically, the model is devoted to identifying barriers and enablers to the acceptance of these technologies. A questionnaire comprising three factors (Attitude toward using technology, Perceived ease of use and Perceived usefulness) was applied to a sample consisting of 121 higher education students. Results show that the perceived ease of use of cloud file hosting services is above that of LMS tools and services and that cloud file hosting services presented higher levels of perceived usefulness than standard learning management tools. In addition, attitude toward using cloud file hosting services is well above that of using LMS tools. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

keywords

  • attitude toward using technology; learning management systems; perceived ease of use; perceived usefulness; technology acceptance model; file hosting services; higher education students; information sharing; learning management system; learning managements; perceived ease of use; perceived usefulness; technology acceptance model; information management; tools; students