Review of Factors that Influence Students’ Intention to Use E-learning Systems

Abstract

It is widely acknowledged that technology has continued to influence universities across the globe to adopt and use different forms of electronic learning systems for interaction and knowledge sharing among lecturers and students. Thus, this study reviewed relevant literature on the factors that influence students’ intention to use e-learning systems in universities. The review revealed that perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, information quality, service quality, system quality, and hedonic motivation were identified as the factors that frequently influence students’ intention to use the e-learning system. Therefore, this study proposes a conceptual framework on factors that influence e-learning systems among students in Nigeria. The study also identified the bottlenecks that challenge most Nigerian Universities in fully adopting and using e-learning systems. Bandwidth for internet connectivity, computer system availability, electricity challenges, technical expertise, technophobia, and inadequate telecommunication infrastructure pose a great challenge to the utilization of the e-learning system in Nigerian universities. Never-the-less, the combination of popular and novice models could overcome the challenges.