Modeling the acceptance of e-learning in mandatory environments of higher education: The influence of previous education and gender

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 272-281

  Dečman, Mitja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

E learning; Educational success; Higher education; Mandatory environment; Structural equation modeling; UTAUT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; E-LEARNING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; STUDENTS;

EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS; HIGHER EDUCATION; MANDATORY ENVIRONMENTS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UTAUT;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84925295772     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.03.022     Document Type: Article

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