Looking under the Bonnet: Factors affecting student adoption of E-learning systems in Jordan

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-25

  Abbad, Muneer Mahmood ^a   Morris, David ^b   de Nahlik, Carmel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E learning; Middle east; Structural equation modelling; System adoption; Technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549128229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v10i2.596     Document Type: Article

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