The Role of Self-Efficacy in Predicting Use of Distance Education Tools and Learning Management Systems

Autor/in	Arpaci, Ibrahim
Titel	The Role of Self-Efficacy in Predicting Use of Distance Education Tools and Learning Management Systems
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 18 (2017) 1, S.52-62, Artikel 4 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1302-6488
Schlagwörter	Distance Education; Integrated Learning Systems; Self Efficacy; Undergraduate Students; Technology Uses in Education; Structural Equation Models; Adoption (Ideas); Pretests Posttests; Usability; Foreign Countries; Student Surveys; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Ideas; Ideenfindung; Ausland; Schülerbefragung; Türkei
Abstract	This study aims to investigate the role of self-efficacy in predicting students' use of distance education tools and learning management systems (LMSs). A total of 124 undergraduate students who enrolled in a course on Distance Education and selected using convenience sampling willingly participated in the study. The participants had little prior knowledge about distance education tools and LMSs. Therefore, they received instructions from the researcher over the course of a semester. The study proposed a research model based on the Technology Acceptance Model that has been widely used to predict user acceptance and use. Structural equation modelling was used to test the research model against the data collected through questionnaire surveys. Pretest-posttest results suggested that the students had significant learning by participating in the instruction. The results of the main analysis also suggested that self-efficacy positively affects perceived ease of use, while usefulness and ease of use perceptions positively affect attitudes toward using distance education tools and systems. Implications are provided along with limitations of the study discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01