Cloud for e-Learning: Determinants of Its Adoption by University Students in a Developing Country

Abdulwahab Ali Almazroi; Haifeng Shen; Kung Keat Teoh; Muhammed Ali Babar

doi:10.1109/ICEBE.2016.022

Cloud for e-Learning: Determinants of Its Adoption by University Students in a Developing Country

Abdulwahab Ali Almazroi, Haifeng Shen, Kung Keat Teoh, Muhammed Ali Babar

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Abstract

Cloud computing is an innovative technology that can provide huge benefits to universities to improve their teaching and learning processes. While it has been widely adopted for e-Learning across universities in developed countries, its adoption in developing countries is very low and there is a lack of empirical studies that investigate the factors that influence its adoption by university students. In this paper, we identify and examine the factors that influence university students' intention to adopt cloud services in a developing country, Saudi Arabia. An empirical case study on a Software as a Service (SaaS) was conducted across two universities and a survey questionnaire modified from Technology Acceptance Model 3 (TAM3) was administered to 527 students. The results show that perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use are the main determinants of students' behavioural intention to adopt the provided cloud computing service. Detailed analysis of the determinants provides recommendations that can guide decision makers in universities to improve students' adoption by facilitating successful implementation of cloud services and by making students realise the relevance of cloud services to their e-Learning activities and outcomes. The study also offers cloud service providers recommendations on tailoring their services in order to build a successful e-Business model for universities in developing countries.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	The Thirteenth IEEE International Conference on E-Business Engineering
Editors	Jingzhi Guo, Hongming Cai, Xiang Fei, Kuo-Ming Chao, Jen-Yao Chung
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	71-78
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509061198
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEBE.2016.022
Publication status	Published - 9 Jan 2017
Event	13th IEEE International Conference on E-Business Engineering, ICEBE 2016 - Macau, China Duration: 4 Nov 2016 → 6 Nov 2016

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Name	Proceedings - 13th IEEE International Conference on E-Business Engineering, ICEBE 2016 - Including 12th Workshop on Service-Oriented Applications, Integration and Collaboration, SOAIC 2016

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Conference	13th IEEE International Conference on E-Business Engineering, ICEBE 2016
Country/Territory	China
City	Macau
Period	4/11/16 → 6/11/16

Keywords

cloud computing
e-Learning
Perceived ease of use
perceived usefulness
SaaS
Technology Acceptance Model

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Almazroi, A. A., Shen, H., Teoh, K. K., & Babar, M. A. (2017). Cloud for e-Learning: Determinants of Its Adoption by University Students in a Developing Country. In J. Guo, H. Cai, X. Fei, K.-M. Chao, & J.-Y. Chung (Eds.), Proceedings: The Thirteenth IEEE International Conference on E-Business Engineering (pp. 71-78). Article 7809903 (Proceedings - 13th IEEE International Conference on E-Business Engineering, ICEBE 2016 - Including 12th Workshop on Service-Oriented Applications, Integration and Collaboration, SOAIC 2016). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEBE.2016.022

Almazroi, Abdulwahab Ali ; Shen, Haifeng ; Teoh, Kung Keat et al. / Cloud for e-Learning : Determinants of Its Adoption by University Students in a Developing Country. Proceedings: The Thirteenth IEEE International Conference on E-Business Engineering. editor / Jingzhi Guo ; Hongming Cai ; Xiang Fei ; Kuo-Ming Chao ; Jen-Yao Chung. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017. pp. 71-78 (Proceedings - 13th IEEE International Conference on E-Business Engineering, ICEBE 2016 - Including 12th Workshop on Service-Oriented Applications, Integration and Collaboration, SOAIC 2016).

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Almazroi, AA, Shen, H, Teoh, KK & Babar, MA 2017, Cloud for e-Learning: Determinants of Its Adoption by University Students in a Developing Country. in J Guo, H Cai, X Fei, K-M Chao & J-Y Chung (eds), Proceedings: The Thirteenth IEEE International Conference on E-Business Engineering., 7809903, Proceedings - 13th IEEE International Conference on E-Business Engineering, ICEBE 2016 - Including 12th Workshop on Service-Oriented Applications, Integration and Collaboration, SOAIC 2016, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pp. 71-78, 13th IEEE International Conference on E-Business Engineering, ICEBE 2016, Macau, China, 4/11/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEBE.2016.022

Cloud for e-Learning: Determinants of Its Adoption by University Students in a Developing Country. / Almazroi, Abdulwahab Ali; Shen, Haifeng; Teoh, Kung Keat et al.
Proceedings: The Thirteenth IEEE International Conference on E-Business Engineering. ed. / Jingzhi Guo; Hongming Cai; Xiang Fei; Kuo-Ming Chao; Jen-Yao Chung. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017. p. 71-78 7809903 (Proceedings - 13th IEEE International Conference on E-Business Engineering, ICEBE 2016 - Including 12th Workshop on Service-Oriented Applications, Integration and Collaboration, SOAIC 2016).

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Almazroi AA, Shen H, Teoh KK, Babar MA. Cloud for e-Learning: Determinants of Its Adoption by University Students in a Developing Country. In Guo J, Cai H, Fei X, Chao KM, Chung JY, editors, Proceedings: The Thirteenth IEEE International Conference on E-Business Engineering. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 2017. p. 71-78. 7809903. (Proceedings - 13th IEEE International Conference on E-Business Engineering, ICEBE 2016 - Including 12th Workshop on Service-Oriented Applications, Integration and Collaboration, SOAIC 2016). doi: 10.1109/ICEBE.2016.022

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