Exploring student perceptions of an electronic textbook: A tamperspective

Association for Information Systems - 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2007: Reaching New Heights

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 4270-4278

  Nelson, Klara ^a   Webb, Harold W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

Author keywords

E book; Electronic textbook; Technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

E-BOOK; EASE-OF-USE; ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS; HARD COPIES; ON-SCREEN DESIGNS; STUDENT PERCEPTIONS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; WEB USABILITY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEXTBOOKS;

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING;

EID: 84870152932     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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