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FACTORS OF ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION: PRESENT LEVEL OF USE IN TWO COUNTRIES
Razep Echeng, Abel Usoro University of the West of Scotland United Kingdom The use of Web
2.0 technologies in educational contexts is being emphasized in
recent times with significant increase in its awareness in
educational institutions. These tools are popularly used for social
(non-academic) purposes (as also confirmed by this research).
However, there is low use of these tools and little research on
behavioural intention of students and academics. Hence, this study
used technology acceptance models to develop a research model that
includes perceived ease of use and motivation as constructs. These
constructs were operationalised into a questionnaire that was
responded to by 279 participants in Scotland and 317 in Nigeria. The
constructs correlated with behavioural intention, which in turn
correlated with actual use of social media for educational purposes.
The validation of the model suggests that the constructs (which
include prior knowledge) of the model should be taken into
consideration when implementing social media in educational
institutions. |
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