Student Use of Learning Management Systems in the Private Sector of New Zealand Higher Education

Student Use of Learning Management Systems in the Private Sector of New Zealand Higher Education

Zarqa Shaheen
DOI: 10.4018/IJWLTT.298625
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Abstract

The purpose of this research project was to measure the effects of the perceptions that students hold of the functionality of LMS and students’ self-efficacy specific to using LMS in their studies on student LMS acceptance and use. The theoretical framework of the study is based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), into which perceived functionality and LMS self-efficacy were incorporated as external variables. A web-based questionnaire was administered to students in a private higher education institution in Auckland, New Zealand. These responses were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation and linear regression. The results indicated that perceived functionality significantly influenced perceived usefulness. Similarly, it was found that LMS self-efficacy significantly influenced perceived ease of use. However, no evidence was found that attitudes towards using LMS predicted behavioural intention to use.
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LMSs have become an integral component of today’s higher education since they were initially introduced in the late 1990s (Davis et al., 2009). However, increased use of LMSs has raised concern as to whether they are being used as an effective learning tool or merely as a repository for electronic documents among students (Adzharuddin & Ling, 2013; Carvalho et al., 2011). This has been established that not all LMS features are equally used by students (Fathema et al., 2015; Jaschik & Lederman, 2014). And many of the features found to be underused among students turn out to “have the potential to enhance student learning and engagement” (Dahlstron et al., 2014, p. 4).

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