Acceptance of Social Fellow Groups for Learning : Extension of Technology Assessment Model (TAM)

• Autorzy: Fouzia Nawaz , Samra Shakeel , Zubair Nawaz , Muhammad Ali Hamza

Warianty tytułu

Akzeptanz Sozialer Netzwerk-Gruppen Angesichts der Edukativen Zielsetzungen - Eine Erweiterung des Tammodells (Technology Assessment Model)

Akceptacja grup społecznych w celach edukacyjnych - rozszerzenie modelu TAM (Technology Assessment Model)

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Background: Students are progressively creating fellow groups on social media for informal communication and learning. Students have groups for assistance, sharing and discussion. This research is carried out to explore the acceptance of fellow groups among students with the help of technology assessment model (TAM).
Methods: Date was collected by the use of adepted questionnaire and elaborated by statistical methods with the help of SPSS 21.
Results and conclusions: This Research model suggests that students are accepting evolvement of fellow groups in studies; perceived usefulness of groups and ease of use exhibit positive relationship towards attitude towards use. This research also identifies that perceived enjoyment of fellow groups strengthen the relationship of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and attitude towards use. (original abstract)

Wstęp: Studenci tworzą coraz więcej grup społecznych w mediach społecznościowych dla nieformalnej komunikacji oraz edukacji. Są to grupy wsparcia, pomocy oraz dyskusyjne. Celem tej pracy jest sprawdzenie poziomu akceptowalności grup społecznościowych studentów przy pomocy modelu TAM (technology assessment model).
Metody: Dane zostały zebrane na podstawie przeprowadzonych ankiet i poddane analizie statystycznej za pomocą SPSS 21.
Wyniki i wnioski: Model badawczy sugeruje, że studenci akceptują włączenie grup społecznościowych do procesu nauki, doceniają użyteczność tych grup oraz łatwość stosowania jak również nawiązywania relacji. Zidentyfikowano również zadowolenia ankietowanych osób ze wzmocnienia relacji pomiędzy uczestnikami grup oraz łatwego do nich dostępu. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Students; Social networking

PL

Studenci; Serwisy społecznościowe

• Czasopismo: LogForum
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: 13
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 151--157

Twórcy

autor

Fouzia Nawaz

• University of Engineering Technology Lahore, Pakistan

autor

Samra Shakeel

• University of Engineering Technology Lahore, Pakistan

autor

Zubair Nawaz

• University of Sargodha, Pakistan

autor

Muhammad Ali Hamza

• University of Sargodha, Pakistan

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DOI

10.17270/J.LOG.2017.2.3