Textbook websites: User technology acceptance behaviour

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-159

  Jonas, Gregory A ^a   Norman, Carolyn Strand ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behaviour; education; technology acceptance; textbook websites

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOUR; COURSE MANAGEMENT; COURSE MATERIAL; HIGHER EDUCATION; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; SURVEY DATA; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; USER TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; STUDENTS; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY; TEXTBOOKS;

TEACHING;

EID: 79951901349     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290903353021     Document Type: Article

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