Students' perceived ease of use of an eLearning management system: An exogenous or endogenous variable?

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-307

  Pan, Cheng Chang ^a   Sivo, Stephen ^b   Gunter, Glenda ^b   Cornell, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 33745795345     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/7M4G-R742-W9FT-JX1J     Document Type: Review

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