Elementary School Students´ Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use with an eBooks Learning System in China

Author

Haijiao Shen ; Liming Luo ; Zhong Sun ; Jianchuan Meng

Author_Institution

Inf. Technol. Educ. Dept., Capital Normal Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

June 30 2014-July 4 2014

Firstpage

285

Lastpage

288

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop an eBooks learning system perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use survey for elementary school students. The sample of this study includes 6672 students (age 6-12) in China who have experience using eBooks learning system. The results indicate that students, in general, believe using eBooks would enhance their Learning performance but it is not easy to use. Ebooks experience show a significant effect on the perceived usefulness. It is found that students with more experience of using the eBooks tend to have higher scores on the scale of perceived usefulness.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; electronic publishing; China; eBooks experience; eBooks learning system; elementary school students perceived usefulness; learning performance; perceived usage ease; Computers; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Electronic publishing; Information technology; Learning systems; eBooks; factor analysis; perceived ease of use; perceived usefulness; primary school student;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Environments (IE), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IE.2014.53

Filename

6910464