Technology acceptance and social networking in distance learning

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 50-61

  Lee, Jae Shin ^a   Cho, Hichang ^b   Gay, Geri ^a   Davidson, Barry ^c   Ingraffea, Anthony ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Distance learning; Network analysis; Social influence; Technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242540621     PISSN: 14364522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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