Students’ Web-Based Activities Moderate the Effect of Human-Computer-Interaction Factors on Their E-Learning Acceptance and Success During COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate if students' activities on systems web-based moderate the effect of human-computer interaction (HCI) factors on ease of use and usefulness of e-learning and their success (SS) at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. To answer the questions that addressed the relationship between HCI, e-learning acceptance, and SS, the researcher surveyed 103 students from Kadir Has University whose grade and activity logs were accessible. The survey was related to their perceived course webpage design, system and content quality, interactivity, usability and functionality, and self-assessment. The results show that most of the hypotheses of this study have been proven, a comprehensive conceptual model was developed, and the student grades in the online courses improved their GPA. The findings further reveal that students' activities moderate the effects of course environment and content quality on perceived usefulness and the effect of the course evaluation' system on perceived ease of use, where the changes in R 2 ranged between 0.041 and 0.074. That means including logs as a moderator would increase the explanatory power of the effect of HCI factors on e-learning acceptance which together explained 54.9% of the variance in perceived success (SS), where U is the strongest determinant of SS.