Exploring Lecturers' Perceptions of Learning Management System: An Empirical Study Based on TAM

Authors

  • Wei Wei Goh Taylor's University
  • Jer Lang Hong Taylor's University
  • Wilson Gunawan Taylor's University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v4i3.3497

Keywords:

Educational technology, Electronic learning, Learning management system

Abstract


With the pervasive take-up and presence of digital technologies, learning management system (LMS) is popular for its open accessibility and its interactive nature. Implementation of LMS has become part of the strategic plan in higher education institution to enhance the flexibility in teaching and learning. It is essential to explore the perceptions of users in using the LMS in order to inform stakeholders the positive influencing aspects and improve the negative factors in the future. This study investigates the perception of lecturers in using LMS in term of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use for teaching purposes. Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is used as the research framework to design the questionnaire. An online questionnaire was created to address the research questions. The results reveal that lecturers do not react positively towards perceived ease of use of Moodle for teaching. Lecturers treat Moodle as content repository and do not fully utilize the interactive features in Moodle. It was found that usability issues, interaction and communication issues had a negative impact on the lecturers' perception.

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Published

2014-06-12

How to Cite

Goh, W. W., Hong, J. L., & Gunawan, W. (2014). Exploring Lecturers’ Perceptions of Learning Management System: An Empirical Study Based on TAM. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 4(3), pp. 48–54. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v4i3.3497

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 3 (2014)

Section

Papers

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