 Applying the UTAUT to Understand Factors Affecting the Use of English E-Learning Websites in TaiwanPaul Juinn Bing Tan SAGE Open, 2013, vol. 3, issue 4, 2158244013503837 Abstract: The evolution of the Internet diminishes learning’s limits on time and location and attracts more and more students to learning websites or online learning environments to pursue their chosen studies. The purpose of this study is to explore Taiwanese college students’ needs for English E-learning websites. Accordingly, this paper uses the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology to investigate and explain Taiwanese college students’ acceptance of English E-learning websites. After analysis, the results demonstrate that performance expectations, effort expectancy, and social influence have positive effects on behavior intentions and facilitating conditions; behavioral intentions also have positive effects on use behavior. Overall, if students believe that English E-learning websites can help them increase their performance and that they are easy to use, there is an increase in their intention to use them. This suggests that web designers should improve knowledge management functions and improve user interfaces to be easier to operate. Keywords: E-learning; unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT); technology acceptance model (TAM); model combining the technology acceptance model and theory of planned behavior (C-TAM-TPB); motivational model (MM); English E-learning behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:sagope:v:3:y:2013:i:4:p:2158244013503837 Access Statistics for this article More articles in SAGE Open |
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