Examining factors affecting college students' intention to use web-based instruction systems: Towards an integrated model

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 111-121

  Chen, Yi Cheng ^a   Lin, Yi Chien ^b   Yeh, Ron Chuen ^b   Lou, Shi Jer ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAITUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Partial least squares (PLS); Social cognitive theory (SCT); Technology acceptance model (TAM); Theory of reasoned action (TRA); Web based instruction (WBI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880048001     PISSN: 13036521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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