Measuring the acceptance and adoption of e-learning by academic staff

Knowledge Management and E-Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-221

  Al Alak, Basheer A ^a   Alnawas, Ibrahim A M ^b  

^a Jalan IKRAM UNITEN   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Attitudes; E learning; IT acceptance and adoption; TAM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866235462     PISSN: 20737904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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