E-learning motivation and educational portal acceptance in developing countries

Online Information Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-85

  Maldonado, Ursula Paola Torres ^a   Khan, Gohar Feroz ^b   Moon, Junghoon ^c   Rho, Jae Jeung ^b  

^a Ministry of Transportation and Communications   (Peru)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acceptance sampling; Developing countries; E learning; Information technology; Peru

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE SAMPLING; DATA ANALYSIS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FACILITATING CONDITIONS; GENERALISATION; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES; PERU; POLICY MAKERS; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SURVEY METHODS; TEST REGIONS; UNIFIED THEORY OF ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY;

DATA REDUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; E-LEARNING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOTIVATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 79953898132     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521111113597     Document Type: Article

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