Adoption of B-Learning at Universities in Spain: The Influence of Environment and Personal Factors

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Author(s): Ramón Tirado-Morueta (University of Huelva, Spain), J. Ignacio Aguaded-Gomez (University of Huelva, Spain)and Ángel Hernando-Gómez (University of Huelva, Spain)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 25
Source title: Educational Technology Use and Design for Improved Learning Opportunities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6102-8.ch016

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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This chapter presents the results of research whose main aims are a) to identify the rates of adoption of b-learning through the use of LMS in universities in Spain and b) to check the influence of external and internal factors on teachers in the use of b-learning. A sample was taken of 495 teachers at 4 universities using an ad-hoc questionnaire tested for construct validity. Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) were used to examine the data. The results fitted Rogers' Innovation Adoption Model (1995) and corroborated the indirect influence of the environment, the direct influence of self-efficacy and measures to encourage the use of LMS in teaching, as well as certifying the predominance of a range of traditional teaching styles over models of student-based activity.

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