Acceptance Model for e-Learning Services: A Case Study at Al-Madinah International University in Malaysia

Abstract

E-learning environments are university’s infrastructural features that are increasingly important. With e-Learning, teachers could impart knowledge in many ways while improving interaction with the students. Also, interactions among students could be improved. This study aimed at identifying factors that can explain the usage of e-learning environments by higher education students. A total of 201 questionnaires were answered by 201 students enrolled in Al-Madinah International University in Malaysia. The results point to use behavior of using e-learning as the factor that directly influenced behavioral intention to use e-learning the most. This factor also imparted the greatest indirect impact on behavioral intention use E- learning. Simply put, student’s usage of e-learning environments is explainable to a great extent via their perceptions of the added value of these environments, which to a high degree is impacted by their belief about web-based activities and computer-assisted learning.