Cloud computing adoption and usage in community colleges

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-240

  Behrend, Tara S ^a   Wiebe, Eric N ^b   London, Jennifer E ^b   Johnson, Emily C ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Federal Management Partners Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

cloud computing; community college; educational technology; higher education; Technology Acceptance Model

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COLLEGE; COMPUTING PLATFORM; COMPUTING SKILLS; COSTS AND BENEFITS; EASE OF USE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HIGHER EDUCATION; INDIRECT EFFECTS; RESEARCH AGENDA; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; URBAN COMMUNITY;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 79951918985     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2010.489118     Document Type: Article

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