Understanding E-Learning Adoption among Brazilian Universities: An Application of the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior

Santos, Luiz Miguel Renda dos; Okazaki, Shintaro

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“…Only one other study has analyzed faculty perceptions of online teaching using the DTPB. Dos Santos and Okazaki (2013) examined how faculty at public Brazilian universities perceived influential factors of e-learning adoption. Dos Santos and Okazaki's research hypotheses and survey instrument were designed around the dimensions of the DTPB.…”

Section: Significance Of the Studymentioning

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“…Ajjan and Hartshorn (2008) used the DTPB to study faculty perceptions of Web 2.0 technologies. Five years later, Dos Santos and Okazaki (2013) utilized the DTPB to test an e-learning adoption model with 446 Brazilian university faculty. The next section provides a closer examination of the DTPB, the theory selected for this study.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It is possible for the effects of one referent group to be favorable toward a new technology and another be reluctant. These contrasting beliefs may cancel each other and produce no overall influence, or one group's influence may dominate in importance (Dos Santos & Okazaki, 2013).…”

Section: Decomposed Normative Beliefs Structuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Perceived behavioral control describes how easy or difficult a person believes it would be to participate in a specific behavior (Ajzen, 1991). A person is more likely to engage in a behavior if they believe they have control over the outcome of the behavior (Dos Santos & Okazaki, 2013).…”

Section: Decomposed Control Belief Structuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Dos Santos and Okazaki (2013) were interested in learning more about how Brazilian university faculty perceived influential factors of e-learning adoption. They used a quantitative online survey of faculty to test the effectiveness of an e-learning model based on the DTPB.…”

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Faculty Perceptions of Online Teaching at a Mid-Sized Liberal Arts University in the Pacific Northwest: A Mixed Methods Study

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Faculty resistance to online teaching is a problem that can affect institutions looking to increase online learning options for students. Prior research has identified a number of encouraging and discouraging factors that may affect faculty motivation to teach online. Given limited institutional resources, it would be difficult for an institution to address all of the factors identified in prior research. Furthermore, faculty at liberal arts colleges have not been studied as a specific population of interest in prior research. Therefore, to increase acceptance and participation in online teaching at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU), this study employed a convergent, parallel mixed-methods research design to investigate faculty perceptions of online teaching among faculty not currently teaching online. The Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior (DTPB) provided a theoretical lens to examine the influence of attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control on an individual's willingness to engage in an innovative practice, i.e. online teaching. Latent qualitative content analysis examined faculty perceptions of online teaching and identified six themes in the dataset. Using descriptive statistics, an examination of 21 quantitative factors identified 17 factors reported by more than 50% of respondents to influence their decision to teach or not teach online. Merged analysis found strong agreement between the two datasets, with only minor areas of divergence. Study participants perceived online learning as attractive to students but they wanted any online courses carefully regulated, in part because online learning was seen as contrary to their teaching values. Participants were influenced by personal preferences but also the v desire for robust faculty resources, and more effective technology and infrastructure.

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Investigating science teachers’ intention to adopt virtual reality through the integration of diffusion of innovation theory and theory of planned behaviour: the moderating role of perceived skills readiness

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This study contributes to the extant literature on instructional technology by investigating the relationships between the social and personal factors and behavioral intention to use virtual reality. Moreover, the current study examined the links between perceived characteristics of virtual reality and attitude and the moderating role that can be played by perceived skills readiness between those links. Inspired by the Theory of Planned Behaviour and Diffusion of Innovation Theory, a set of hypotheses was formed to test the proposed relationships using structural equation modeling partial least square to a sample of 171 science teachers in Oman. The results showed that attitude, social norms and perceived behavioral control can predict behavioral Intention to use virtual reality with attitude as the strongest predictor. Furthermore, the results indicated that relative advantage could predict attitude towards using virtual reality while compatibility and observability cannot. Finally, perceived skills readiness can strengthen the relationship between the perceived characteristics of virtual reality applications (relative advantage, compatibility and observability) and attitude towards using the virtual reality in the science classroom. Thus, this study highlights the importance of focussing on science teachers' skills readiness to use virtual reality so that they can use it confidently. Implications and future research studies are discussed.

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A study of the paying behavior for subscribing social network sites

Horng

Lee

2016

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Understanding E-Learning Adoption among Brazilian Universities: An Application of the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior

Cited by 10 publications

References 29 publications

Faculty Perceptions of Online Teaching at a Mid-Sized Liberal Arts University in the Pacific Northwest: A Mixed Methods Study

Faculty Perceptions of Online Teaching at a Mid-Sized Liberal Arts University in the Pacific Northwest: A Mixed Methods Study

Investigating science teachers’ intention to adopt virtual reality through the integration of diffusion of innovation theory and theory of planned behaviour: the moderating role of perceived skills readiness

A study of the paying behavior for subscribing social network sites

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