Title: Models for using internet technology to support flexible e-learning

Authors: Ahmad Al-Khasawneh; Mohammad Khasawneh; Mohammad Bsoul; Sahar Idwan; Aykut Hamit Turan

Addresses: Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah II, Faculty of Information Technology, Hashemite University, P.O. Box 150459, Zarqa 13115, Jordan ' Applied Science Division, College of Arts and Sciences, University Utara Malaysia (UUM), Kedah, Malaysia ' Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah II, Faculty of Information Technology, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan ' Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah II, Faculty of Information Technology, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan ' Nam?k Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey

Abstract: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been diffused in higher education slower than it has been expected. Especially for developing countries, using ICT in the most efficient and effective ways has crucial importance for the sustainable development and effective use of resources. This paper presents a theory-based design framework for e-learning that emphasises the transformative interaction between technology readiness and innovativeness. This study is a theory-building investigation and offers a theory-into-practice framework that characterises the implications of innovativeness and motivation in the recent trend of the higher education use of internet technology to facilitate its own operations, in the form of e-learning.

Keywords: ICT; information technology; communications technology; innovativeness; electronic learning; online learning; internet; world wide web; flexible e-learning; developing countries; sustainability; sustainable development; theory-based design; transformative interaction; technology readiness; theory-into-practice frameworks; motivation; Jordan; education management; higher education; universities; distance learning; innovation; innovative learning.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2013.050814

International Journal of Management in Education, 2013 Vol.7 No.1/2, pp.61 - 70

Published online: 13 Sep 2014 *

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