Acceptance of online social networks as technology-based education tools among higher institution students: structural equation modeling approach

• Main Authors: Al-Sharafi, Mohammed A., Mufadhal, Mokhtar Esmail, Noor Azida, Sahabudin, Ruzaini, Abdullah Arshah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, I.R. Iran 2019
• Subjects: HM Sociology; LB2300 Higher Education; QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24849/1/Acceptance%20of%20online%20social%20networks%20as%20technology-based%20education.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24849/; https://doi.org/10.24200/SCI.2018.51570.2256; https://doi.org/10.24200/SCI.2018.51570.2256
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

Educational institutes are adopting Online Social Networks (OSNs) to facilitate learning activities in university campuses. However, before implementation a new technology there is need to identify and measure the factors that influence users' acceptance of the new technology. This will aid to...