Factors Influencing Beliefs for Adoption of a Learning Analytics Tool: An Empirical Study

Autor/inn/en	Ali, Liaqat; Asadi, Mohsen; Gasevic, Dragan; Jovanovic, Jelena; Hatala, Marek
Titel	Factors Influencing Beliefs for Adoption of a Learning Analytics Tool: An Empirical Study
Quelle	In: Computers & Education, 62 (2013), S.130-148 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2012.10.023
Schlagwörter	Learning Processes; Internet; Research and Development; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Adoption (Ideas); Educational Technology; Computer Uses in Education; Teacher Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning process; Lernprozess; Forschung und Entwicklung; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Ideas; Ideenfindung; Unterrichtsmedien; Computernutzung; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	Present research and development offer various learning analytics tools providing insights into different aspects of learning processes. Adoption of a specific tool for practice is based on how its learning analytics are perceived by educators to support their pedagogical and organizational goals. In this paper, we propose and empirically validate a Learning Analytics Acceptance Model (LAAM) of factors influencing the beliefs of educators concerning the adoption a learning analytics tool. In particular, our model explains how the usage beliefs (i.e., "ease-of-use" and "usefulness" perceptions) about the learning analytics of a tool are associated with the intention to adopt the tool. In our study, we considered several factors that could potentially affect the adoption beliefs: i) pedagogical knowledge and information design skills of educators; ii) educators' perceived utility of a learning analytics tool; and iii) educators' perceived ease-of-use of a learning analytics tool. By following the principles of Technology Acceptance Model, the study is done with a sample of educators who experimented with a LOCO-Analyst tool. Our study also determined specific analytics types that are primary antecedence of perceived usefulness (concept comprehension and social interaction) and ease-of-use (interactive visualization). (Contains 10 figures and 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10