Using the TAM Model to Predict Undergraduate Distance Learners Behavioural Intention to Use the Makerere University Learning Management System

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2020Author
Kasula Munabi, Susan
Aguti, Jessica
Mutambo Nabushawo, Harriet
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The purpose of the research was to predict the factors that affect the undergraduate
distance learners behavioural intention to use the Makerere University
E-learning Environment (MUELE) at Makerere university using the
Learning Management System-Technology Acceptance Model (LMS-TAM).
The LMS-TAM used for this study, was made up of the three factors from
original Technology Acceptance Model (TAM): perceived ease of use, perceived
usefulness, and behavioural intention including an external factor called
enjoyment. It involved distribution of self-administered validated questionnaires
to 114 students. A Partial least squares structural equation modeling approach
was used to analyse the data captured by the study questionnaire. The
model predicted that enjoyment and perceived usefulness were the factors
that influenced learners’ continued use of the LMS. These findings were significant
with enjoyment having a greater effect (0.85) on behavioural intention
than perceived usefulness with an effect of (0.40). This information can be
utilised in the design of interventions that increase learners’ use of the learning
management system.
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