Constructing an e-portfolio-based integrated learning environment supported by library resource

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zac S.C. Chen ◽  
Stephen J.H. Yang ◽  
Jeff J.S. Huang
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Integrated Learning ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Integrated Learning Environment

Purpose – The purpose of this study was to present a pilot electronic portfolio (e-portfolio)-integrated learning environment by integrating library resources into an e-portfolio system for its application, and to explore reader’s satisfaction of the integrated system. Design/methodology/approach – This study develops a research model by modifying the information success model to explore reader satisfaction to the understanding of the adoption of integrated system. The sample consisted of 289 graduate and undergraduate students. In total, 189 were considered useful and used for analysis. A regression analysis was then conducted to identify key causal relationships. Findings – The findings show that reader-perceived benefits, information quality and system quality are critical factors for the reader’s satisfaction. Overall, the model explained 84 per cent of the variance in reader satisfaction. Thus, the results show that the proposed model does satisfactorily explain the reader’s satisfaction of the integrated system. Originality/value – There is scant research available in the literature on user satisfaction of pilot e-portfolio-integrated learning environment from a reader perspective. The findings of this research provide some useful insights into a reader’s satisfaction toward adoption of the integrated system. In addition, it will be valuable for better understanding of factors affecting the determinants of reader’s satisfaction, which improve the reader’s satisfaction of the integrated system and thereby boost realization of collaborative learning environment.

Understanding microblog continuance usage intention: an integrated model

2016 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 772-792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keliang Zhang ◽  
Qingfei Min ◽  
Zhenhua Liu ◽  
Zilong Liu
Keyword(s):  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Least Squares Method ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Object Based ◽  
Continuance Usage ◽  
Partial Least Squares Method

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors affecting users’ continuous microblog usage intention. In recent years, the number of microblog users has gradually declined. This research can reveal microblog users’ needs and provide the improvement direction of microblog services. Design/methodology/approach By integrating Wixom and Todd’s theoretical framework, the Uses and Gratifications Theory and the DeLone and McLean Information System Success Model, a conceptual model is proposed. In this model, gratification is defined as a kind of behavioral attitude, and satisfaction is viewed as an object-based attitude. The survey data were collected online and analyzed using the partial least squares method. Findings The results suggest that users’ continuance intention (behavioral intention) is jointly determined by users’ gratification (behavioral-based attitude) and their habitual microblog usage behavior. Likewise, gratification is positively affected by satisfaction (object-based attitude) which is a joint function of system quality and information quality (object-based beliefs). Originality/value In this research, Wixom and Todd’s principle is applied as the basic theoretical framework; gratification is viewed as a behavior attitude and user satisfaction is identified as an object-based attitude. This research model is a new lens for continuance usage research.

Evaluation of local government revenue collection information system success in Tanzania

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Sausi ◽  
Erick J. Kitali ◽  
Joel S. Mtebe
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Local Government ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Government Revenue ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Revenue Collection ◽  
Negative Effect

Purpose This study aims to adapt the updated DeLone and McLean model to evaluate the success of the local government revenue collection and information system (IS) implemented in Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach The study used a concurrent mixed research design integrating quantitative and qualitative data within a single investigation. A total of 296 users from local government authorities (LGAs) in 5 regions in Tanzania participated in the study. Findings The study found that the system quality and information quality had a significant positive impact whilst service quality and trust in the system had a significant negative effect. In contrast, facilitating conditions did not have an effect whatsoever. The findings from the open-ended questions and implications of the findings are discussed. Originality/value The findings from this study will help LGAs understand the factors that affect the success of the ISs in developing countries. The results indicate that in addition to information technology attributes, building trust in the system is crucial to foster user satisfaction and increase the public value of the systems.

Understanding cloud computing success and its impact on firm performance: an integrated approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. 963-985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abul Khayer ◽  
Yukun Bao ◽  
Bang Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
It Capability

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the determinants of successful implementation of cloud computing and, further, examines how cloud computing success influences firm performance.Design/methodology/approachThe authors developed a conceptual framework based on the integration of several strands of literature in business studies and information systems. To test the proposed model, data were collected from 300 Chinese firms which have adopted cloud computing. To analyze the data, partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used. An importance-performance map analysis (IPMA) was also conducted to identify the critical factors that exhibit high importance but low performance.FindingsThe results of the study revealed that end-user satisfaction, information quality, system quality, managerial information technology (IT) capability and technical IT capability significantly affect cloud computing success. Additionally, cloud computing success has a strong and positive impact on firm performance. IPMA further confirms that managers need to concentrate more on system quality, information quality, user satisfaction and technical IT capability.Originality/valueThis paper is one of the few attempts to integrate several theoretical frameworks (i.e. IT capabilities and resource-based view, expectation-confirmation theory, and information system success theory) to develop a comprehensive model for understanding the key determinants of cloud computing success and its impact on firm performance. This study makes a useful contribution to the conventional information systems (IS) literature and IT management practice.

Understanding continuance usage intention of mHealth in a developing country

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Abdul Kaium ◽  
Yukun Bao ◽  
Mohammad Zahedul Alam ◽  
Md. Rakibul Hoque
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Least Squares Method ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Continuance Usage ◽  
The Government ◽  
Continuance Usage Intention

Purpose This study aims to understand the factors affecting the continuance usage intention (CUI) of mHealth among the rural elderly. Design/methodology/approach An integrated model was proposed with the constructs derived from multiple models such as the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, information system success model and expectation confirmation model. Data were collected from 400 participants who had prior experiences with mHealth services in Bangladesh. The research model was tested using the partial least squares method based upon structural equation modelling. Findings The findings indicated that system quality, performance expectancy, facilitating conditions and social influence were significant to the degree of confirmation and ultimately affect satisfaction and CUI. Surprisingly, service quality and information quality were insignificant. Research limitations/implications This study has added in the field of knowledge by contributing some new thoughts and interpretations of continuance usage modelling for mHealth services. The findings may become beneficial for the government agencies, policymakers, mHealth systems developers and service providers. Originality/value As limited research was found on CUI of mHealth in the integrated view of rural elderly’s value, this research contributes to the extant literature by categorizing key factors that might support to proliferate the continuance usage of this service. Moreover, the contextualization of the related variables and integration of the existing model is theoretically original. Furthermore, because of a generic approach, the findings could be easily modified to assist other developing countries in the planning and up-take of mHealth.

An empirical study on continuance intention of mobile social networking services

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingling Gao ◽  
Xuesong Bai
Keyword(s):  
Information Quality ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Mobile Service ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Continuance Intention ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Mobile Sns

Purpose – Users' continuance intention is vital to the future of mobile social networking service (SNS) with rapid development and intensive competitions among its providers. The purpose of this research is to identify the factors affecting mobile SNS users' continuance intention. Design/methodology/approach – Data from an online survey administered to 228 mobile SNS users are used to test the research model through the use of structural equation modelling. Findings – The results show that flow, perceived usefulness and satisfaction determine continuance intention of mobile SNS. Moreover, the authors found that referent network size and perceived complementarity are the main factors affecting flow, whereas information quality is the main factor affecting perceived usefulness. Only system quality significantly affects satisfaction. Practical implications – The results imply that mobile service providers need to take the functional characteristics of the mobile SNS (e.g. system quality and information quality), network externalities (referent network size and perceived complementarity) and flow experience into consideration when encouraging users' continuance intention towards mobile SNS. Originality/value – Extant research has focused on initial adoption and usage of mobile SNS and has seldom considered post-adoption usage, which is critical to mobile service providers' success. This research tries to fill the gap by examining continuance intention to use mobile SNS. The theory embedded within the IS success model, network externalities and flow theory articulated that these three research domains can be integrated to better understand the factors that influence mobile SNS users' continuance intention.

Factors affecting students’ online behavioral intention in using discussion forum

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tai Ming Wut ◽  
Stephanie W. Lee
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Discussion Forum ◽  
Male Students ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors affecting university students’ participation in discussion forum of electronic learning platforms of teacher–student interaction. Design/methodology/approach One-stage cluster sampling was used and a cross-sectional survey of 113 university students from four courses was done. Findings A combined model based on United theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and DeLone and McLean models serves as a research framework. Female and male students’ behavioral intentions were affected by different factors. System quality affects male students’ behavioral intention and information quality affects female students’ behavioral intention. Social influence affects female students’ behavioral intention but male students. Men are more focused on the hardware and women are more focused on the content of the message. Research limitations/implications The research is limited by the nature of university students. User experience and underlying perceived risk are possible moderators. Dyad approach could be considered. One way to enhance students and teachers’ academic discussion is to establish a closed university social media site. The site should be made mobile-friendly with chatbot included. Originality/value The results support the validity of the proposed new research framework on e-learning platform by the constructs coming from two established models: UTAUT model and DeLone and McLean’s model. Factors affecting intention and use behavior in discussion forum are different for male and female students. System quality affects male students’ behavioral intention, while information quality affects female students’ behavioral intention. Social influence affects female students’ behavioral intention but not male students.

Student information system satisfaction in higher education: the role of visual aesthetics

Kybernetes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (8) ◽  
pp. 1604-1622
Author(s):  
Patricio Esteban Ramírez-Correa ◽  
Francisco Javier Rondán-Cataluña ◽  
Jorge Arenas-Gaitán
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Visual Aesthetics ◽  
Student Information System ◽  
Student Information

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the role of visual aesthetics as a key in generating satisfaction in student information system (SIS) users and to discover relationships to other antecedents. This work has also studied how gender discriminates those relationships. Design/methodology/approach DeLone and McLean’s model of information systems success, visual aesthetic and gender socialisation theory are used as a theoretical framework for the study. An explanatory model was proposed based on the previous literature, and then this model was validated using a sample of undergraduate students. Partial Least Squares was chosen as the approach to conduct the statistical analysis. Findings First, the findings show that the variance explained by the proposed model in user satisfaction of SIS is 67 per cent. Second, visual aesthetics has a significant direct effect on user satisfaction of SIS, but the indirect effect is much higher, through its relationship to system quality and information quality. Third, the results indicate that there are significant differences between men and women in the direct relationship between visual aesthetics and user satisfaction of SIS, and this relationship being much more intense in the case of women. Originality/value The study highlights the role of visual aesthetics as a variable that explains user satisfaction in information systems; this fact emphasises on the importance of taking into account aesthetics when designing information systems. In addition, the findings support the existence of a novel relationship between visual aesthetics and information quality. Finally, new evidence on gender differences concerning user satisfaction in information systems is presented; this result indicates in the opposite direction to recent studies that imply a certain homogenisation of gender in relation to the perceptions associated with the technologies of the information.

Development and evaluation of a cloud bookcase system for mobile library

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chin-Feng Lai ◽  
Hua-Xu Zhong ◽  
Po-Sheng Chiu ◽  
Ying-Hung Pu
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Quality Information ◽  
Quality Service ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The People ◽  
User Ratings

PurposeThis study aims to adopt cloud technology and develop a “cloud bookcase system” to make it possible to provide consistent mobile reading experiences to allow readers to use all kinds of mobile devices to read e-books.Design/methodology/approachThis study implements a cloud bookcase and uses four indicators (system quality, information quality, service quality, user satisfaction) to evaluate the system for reading e-books.FindingsAfter completing the system, the authors used a questionnaire to evaluate the system. The results show that the quality can meet the needs and satisfaction of users. Subsequent interviews with some of the participants also reveal the biggest concerns of readers include library policy, resources and system quality.Practical implicationsSystem quality, information quality, service quality and satisfaction are adopted as the indicators to assess the ratings from people using mobile devices to read e-books on the cloud bookcase system developed in this study to evaluate whether the cloud bookcase system is a successful information system as well as the relations between mobile device factors and user ratings. The results indicate that the ratings from more than half of the readers for the system, as shown in the various indicators, achieve more than 60%. From the interview results, the results show that some participants also reveal there is still room for improvement in some areas.Originality/valueThis study implements a cloud bookcase and there are three contributions: (1) the cloud bookcase system developed in this study based on related theories proves able to meet the needs of users, (2) this system had high ratings for all four indicators, (3) the interview responses reveal that most people regard system quality as the most important, and some of the people value some of the items more, including library policy, readers' interests and more resources, especially the number of e-books available.

Exploring students’ satisfaction with universities’ portals in developing countries

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdel Monim Shaltoni ◽  
Hamza Khraim ◽  
Abdullah Abuhamad ◽  
Mohammad Amer
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Students Satisfaction

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors affecting students’ satisfaction with university portals in developing countries. The factors examined are educational services availability, user ability, system quality and information quality. Design/methodology/approach – A self completion questionnaire was developed and distributed to a sample of 550 students in several universities. Correlation and regression analysis were used to identify relationships and explore which of the factors had the strongest explanatory power. Findings – The results showed that educational services availability, system quality and information quality influence students’ satisfaction, with service availability being the major determinant. The cultural perspective was employed to explain these results. Originality/value – Understanding what students expect from a university portal should increase their satisfaction and consequently have a positive impact on universities’ performance. The results of this study also contribute to the current literature, which is very limited in developing countries. The paper concludes by discussing implications for both research and practitioners.

Effectiveness of e-learning portal from students’ perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaurav Chopra ◽  
Pankaj Madan ◽  
Piyush Jaisingh ◽  
Preeti Bhaskar
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Learning Effectiveness ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Order Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Net Benefits

Purpose E-learning has become an increasingly prevalent learning approach in higher educational institutions due to the fast growth of internet technologies in India. This paper aims to mainly focus on evaluating the effectiveness of the e-learning experience from students’ perceptive. Design/methodology/approach “Survey” method has been used to collect the data with the help of a structured questionnaire from the students who have registered on COURSERA (www.coursera.org/) website for e-learning. The questionnaire consisted of two sections e-learning system and e-learning effectiveness. E-learning system included items related to system quality, information quality and service quality. E-learning effectiveness dimension included user satisfaction and net benefits. The items in this section were measured on a five-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagrees to strongly agree. The data collected have been analyzed using the SPSS version 17.0 and AMOS version 21.0. Findings Results show that system quality and service quality contribute more in e-learning system compared to information quality. Students perception may be that information available on the website may not be very useful as it’s a one-way mode of communication. The researcher also found that the three dimensions (system quality, service quality and information quality) of e-learning system contributes to user satisfaction and net benefits. Students are satisfied with e-learning websites and intent to continue to use it in future as well. They also found it beneficial as it helps them in career growth and making them employable. Originality/value This paper proposed a second-order model of e-learning system and a second-order model e-learning effectiveness. E-learning system has been defined by three first-order constructs: a system quality, service quality and information quality. E-learning effectiveness has been defined by two first-order constructs: a user satisfaction and net benefits. The predictability of the proposed model is high to explain the impact of e-learning system on e-learning effectiveness.

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