Cross cultural analysis of the use and perceptions of web Based learning systems

Computers and Education

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1762-1774

  Arenas Gaitán, Jorge ^a   Ramírez Correa, Patricio E ^b   Javier Rondan Cataluna F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Cross cultural projects; Distance education and telelearning; Post secondary education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL PROJECTS; CULTURAL ANALYSIS; CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TELELEARNING; E-LEARNING PLATFORMS; E-LEARNING TECHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; LATIN AMERICA; ONLINE COURSE; POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION; TAM MODEL; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; TERTIARY STUDENTS; WEB-BASED LEARNING PLATFORMS; WEB-BASED LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; STUDENTS; USER INTERFACES;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 79955158665     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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