FACTORS INFLUENCING THE LEARNING PERFORMANCE OF u-LEARNING SYSTEMS

SangHee Lee, DongMan Lee

2008

Abstract

This study examines the factors that are associated with user satisfaction of ubiquitous learning (u-Learning), where in four major factors are identified that influence interaction and learning performance. A survey of 226 u-Learning users was conducted and the data collected was used to test theoretically expected relationships. To verify the research model, the validity through the model’s factor and reliability analyses was inspected. The results of the analyses, by LISREL, are as follows. First, the ubiquitous characteristics such as pervasive connectivity and context awareness had significant influence on the effectiveness of the u-Learning systems. Second, the learner's characteristics such as academic motivation and flow played an important role in the effectiveness of u-Learning systems. Third, the learner's interaction factors had an important influence regarding the performance of u-Learning systems.

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Lee S. and Lee D. (2008). FACTORS INFLUENCING THE LEARNING PERFORMANCE OF u-LEARNING SYSTEMS . In Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8111-40-1, pages 352-358. DOI: 10.5220/0001689203520358


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@conference{iceis08,
author={SangHee Lee and DongMan Lee},
title={FACTORS INFLUENCING THE LEARNING PERFORMANCE OF u-LEARNING SYSTEMS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS,},
year={2008},
pages={352-358},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001689203520358},
isbn={978-989-8111-40-1},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS,
TI - FACTORS INFLUENCING THE LEARNING PERFORMANCE OF u-LEARNING SYSTEMS
SN - 978-989-8111-40-1
AU - Lee S.
AU - Lee D.
PY - 2008
SP - 352
EP - 358
DO - 10.5220/0001689203520358