Technology Acceptance among Faculty Members towards ELearning Systems Adoption
Journal Title: IOSR journal of Business and Management - Year 2018, Vol 20, Issue 2
Abstract
The concept of e- Learning does not target to replace the class room teaching totally. In-fact, the efficiency of class room teaching for different courses can be enhanced by incorporating some of the tools deployed in the e- Learning. The major advantage of e-Learning systems results in an Enhanced learner autonomy through audio and visual graphics, downloadable text and PDF files along with voice chatting and video conferencing features. Despite the fact that e-Leaning systems offer numerous advantages, its adoption into the Indian Higher Education systems still remains insignificant. While strategic, financial and human centric issues are cited as the major reasons hampering the adoption of e-learning systems into Indian higher education systems, this work is focused on human centric issues hampering the adoption process. More specifically the willingness of the academic faculty members towards the adoption of e-learning systems and their willingness to contribute to the e-content development were studied with survey data generated from 89 full time faculty members serving in a State University in the State of Tamilnadu. The empirical findings made in the study suggest that the willingness of the academic faculty members to contribute towards e-content development in their respective domain is high and it’s an encouraging sign for a successful e-learning Systems adoption in various higher learning facilities in India. Further findings of this work reveals that the existing levels of e-Learning System acceptances among the faculty members have a significant dependency with their technology acceptance and IT fluency levels. While mediations into these dependencies can further enhance the acceptance levels of e-learning systems, it becomes extremely important for the higher learning facilities to conquer the organizational and financial capabilities rather than human centric issues specific to academic faculty members to successfully implement e-learning systems In India. A policy framework at highest level is needed in right direction.
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Rajmohan P.
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