Ramírez-Correa Patricio E, Arenas-Gaitán Jorge, Rondán-Cataluña F Javier
Escuela de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile.
Departamento de Administración de Empresas y Marketing, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España.
PLoS One. 2015 Oct 14;10(10):e0140460. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140460. eCollection 2015.
The scope of this study was to evaluate whether the adoption of e-learning in two universities, and in particular, the relationship between the perception of external control and perceived ease of use, is different because of gender differences. The study was carried out with participating students in two different universities, one in Chile and one in Spain. The Technology Acceptance Model was used as a theoretical framework for the study. A multi-group analysis method in partial least squares was employed to relate differences between groups. The four main conclusions of the study are: (1) a version of the Technology Acceptance Model has been successfully used to explain the process of adoption of e-learning at an undergraduate level of study; (2) the finding of a strong and significant relationship between perception of external control and perception of ease of use of the e-learning platform; (3) a significant relationship between perceived enjoyment and perceived ease of use and between results demonstrability and perceived usefulness is found; (4) the study indicates a few statistically significant differences between males and females when adopting an e-learning platform, according to the tested model.
本研究的范围是评估两所大学采用电子学习的情况，特别是由于性别差异，外部控制感知与感知易用性之间的关系是否有所不同。该研究是在智利和西班牙的两所不同大学的参与学生中进行的。技术接受模型被用作该研究的理论框架。采用偏最小二乘法的多组分析方法来关联组间差异。该研究的四个主要结论是：（1）技术接受模型的一个版本已成功用于解释本科学习水平上采用电子学习的过程；（2）发现外部控制感知与电子学习平台易用性感知之间存在强烈且显著的关系；（3）发现感知愉悦与感知易用性之间以及结果可证明性与感知有用性之间存在显著关系；（4）根据测试模型，该研究表明在采用电子学习平台时，男性和女性之间存在一些统计学上的显著差异。
