Factors Influence e-Learning Utilization in Jordanian Universities - Academic Staff Perspectives

Abstract

The new and rapid growth of technologies has changed the face of the world. It is being considered the umbrella for the communication and networking devices and software with applications. In fact, the development of ICT strategy is vital for the growth of the knowledge economy in developing countries. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is considered in a beginning stage in the developing countries such as Arab world especially in the field of teaching and learning process. This study therefore, is focused with the development of e-learning process through the adoption of ICT among the academic staffs in the Jordanian universities. The main purpose of this study is to examine the potential prominent factors related to the usage of ICT in the public universities among the academic staff. The main challenge of the study is to fully understanding the factor affecting on the ICT usage by applying the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior (DTPB). The findings show that self-efficacy (SE), and facilitating condition (FC) have positively affected the Behavioral Intention (BI) to use ICT in the higher educational system among academic staff. There is also a significant relationship between academic staff's perception of technology characteristics and their Perceived Behavioral Control (PBC) towards using the technology in the educational system.

The Association between E-Services Web Portals Information Quality and ICT Competence in the Jordanian Universities

“…The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is an Arab country located in the Middle East with almost no or little resource and considered a developing country (Khasawneh, 2015). According to Khasawneh (2015), Jordan adopted the use of ICT in all sectors including higher education institutions and universities as part of its strategy to overcome its lack of provision.…”

“…According to Khasawneh (2015), Jordan adopted the use of ICT in all sectors including higher education institutions and universities as part of its strategy to overcome its lack of provision. Jordan has invested in higher education with the establishment of over 30 universities (Al-Sarayreh & Al-Assaf, 2008).Many studies has addressed the quality factors of Jordanian universities websites and e-services portals such as the study conducted by Awwad (2006) which studied the quality factors of Jordanian universities websites; the study of Shaltoni et al (2015) whom explored the students satisfaction with universities portals in developing countries.…”

A Review of Factors Affecting E-Learning Systems Adaptation in Higher Education

“…Therefore, the willingness of the students for adopting and accepting the technology is necessary for the successful implementation of E-Learning tools [5]. In order to improve students" learning experience, it has become necessary for the practitioners and policy makers to fully comprehend the factors which affect the users" acceptance of web based learning system.…”

“…In our case, performance expectancy represents the degree how a person believes that e-learning systems will increase his performance and change his behavioral intention (BI) to use such systems. Many studies in developing world context found that performance expectancy represents a strong predictor for BI [5].…”

“…For providing information about education and training, ELearning uses telecommunication technology [4].In other words, E-learning provides a learning environment or more precisely speaking, learning platform based on internet with the purpose of encouraging and motivating both the learners and instructors to help and cooperate with each other to improve learning. E-learning platforms or environments are named as Learning Environment System (LMS), Content Management System (CMS), Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), sometimes also called Knowledge Management System (KMS) and content authoring tools [5].…”