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Tribikram Budhathoki; Araz Zirar; Eric Tchouamou Njoya; Achyut Timsina – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
The public release of ChatGPT in November 2022 brought excitement and concerns regarding students' use of language models in higher education. However, little research has empirically investigated students' intention to adopt ChatGPT. This study developed a theoretical model based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT)…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Artificial Intelligence
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Ranjan, Prabhas – Journal of Learning for Development, 2020
Blended learning is a newly emerging area of research and practice in educational institutions. It is defined as a useful and reasonable combination of online and face-to-face learning and is acclaimed as a successful mode of teaching. The recent growth of online education, which is without classroom interaction, in a developing country like India…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Electronic Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Undergraduate Students
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Bere, Aaron; Rambe, Patient – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2016
Research on technology adoption often profiles device usability (such as perceived usefulness) and user dispositions (such as perceived ease of use) as the prime determinants of effective technology adoption. Since any process of technology adoption cannot be conceived out of its situated contexts, this paper argues that any pre-occupation with…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education, Technology Uses in Education
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Butz, Nikolaus T.; Stupnisky, Robert H.; Pekrun, Reinhard – Research in Learning Technology, 2015
Synchronous hybrid delivery (simultaneously teaching on-campus and online students using web conferencing) is becoming more common; however, little is known about how students experience emotions in this learning environment. Based on Pekrun's (2006) control-value theory of emotions, the dual purpose of this study was first to compare synchronous…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Web Based Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
Austin, Richard John – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation presents the results of an exploratory study which examined the use of synchronous text-based communication technologies (SMS texting and instant messaging) by undergraduate university students generally 18 to 24 years old. Preliminary focus groups were conducted in order to gain additional understanding of their usage of these…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Undergraduate Students, Handheld Devices
Janson, Barbara – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Use of 3D (three-dimensional) avatars in a synchronous virtual world for educational purposes has only been adopted for about a decade. Universities are offering synchronous, avatar-based virtual courses for credit - within 3D worlds (Luo & Kemp, 2008). Faculty and students immerse themselves, via avatars, in virtual worlds and communicate…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, College Students, Virtual Classrooms
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Kang, Minseok; Shin, Won sug – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2015
This study proposes an extended technology acceptance model to predict acceptance of synchronous e-learning by examining relationships among variables associated with factors influencing the technology acceptance of synchronous e-learning. Learners at an online university participated through an online survey; there were 251 respondents in all.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Adoption (Ideas)
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Yuzer, Volkan T.; Aydin, Belgin; Gonen, S. Ipek Kuru – Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
The aim of this study is to discover the effects of an e-class application on the computer and reading anxiety of learners, and the correlation between the two anxieties. The learners' perceptions of this new learning experience are also investigated. Information was obtained by using the Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale (FLRAS), the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education