Learners' acceptance of e-learning in South Korea: Theories and results

Computers and Education

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1320-1329

  Lee, Byoung Chan ^a   Yoon, Jeong Ok ^a   Lee, In ^b  

^a Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E learning; Playfulness; Service quality; Technology acceptance

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL FACTORS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; INFORMATION AGE; LEARNER-CENTERED; LEARNING CONTENTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; ON FLOW; PARADIGM SHIFTS; PERCEIVED EASE OF USE; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; PLAYFULNESS; RESEARCH MODELS; RESEARCH RESULTS; SERVICE QUALITY; SOUTH KOREA; STUDENT POPULATIONS; TEACHING MATERIALS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL;

EDUCATION COMPUTING; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 69949099788     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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