Abstract

PALMA RUIZ, Jesús Manuel; GONZALEZ MORENO, Sonia Esther  and  CORTES MONTALVO, Jorge Abelardo. Learning management systems in mobile devices: Evidence of acceptance at a public university in Mexico. Innov. educ. (Méx. DF) [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.79, pp.35-56. ISSN 1665-2673.

The most recognized learning management systems are now accessible through applications for mobile devices. These systems represent an innovative didactic tool that facilitates the teaching-learning process and the communication with “digital native” students through ICT. This study is based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model (UTAUT2) to explore the factors that determine the behavioral intention. The experience of using Google Classroom (GC) is documented among students of three groups of a business course at the Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua in Mexico. 72 responses to a questionnaire were collected among students who completed the course and used GC for 16 weeks. By means of a structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), the results showed that the performance expectancy, the effort expectancy, and intrinsic regulation positively influence the student ́s behavioral intention to continue to use Google Classroom.

Keywords : Mobile devices; education and technology; teachinglearning process; didactic techniques; educational technology; information and communication technologies.