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This study aims to examine an e-learning system based on student perceptions through employing the Information Systems Success Model (IS Success Model). The study is built on the assumption that system quality and information quality affect the system use and user satisfaction and in turn system success. The survey data was collected from 144 students who use an e-learning system at a public university in Rome, Italy. The data was subject to PLS path-modeling analysis via Smart PLS 3.0. The empirical results, which are drawn from the students’ self-reported perceptional evaluations about the e-learning system confirm that whereas system quality has significant impact on both system usage and user satisfaction, information quality has significant impact only on user satisfaction. Moreover, the author also found that both user satisfaction and system usage have positive and significant impacts on system success.
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information systems success model
- PLS:
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partial least squares
- SEM:
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structural equation modeling
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Based on e-learning systems, the paper applies the Information System Success Model, which has been a widely recognised theoretical model in the relevant literature. It aims at investigating the IS Success model through the lens of students’ perspectives on e-learning systems by collecting survey data from students who are registered for an e-learning system in a state university in Italy. This enables testing the model in a different country and a new learning system in which students are taught only through online modules. This study offers fresh insights about online learning systems which are being widely applied in today’s higher education environment. Hence, this study fits well into the aims and scope of Education and Information Technologies Journal.
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Efiloğlu Kurt, Ö. Examining an e-learning system through the lens of the information systems success model: Empirical evidence from Italy. Educ Inf Technol 24, 1173–1184 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-018-9821-4
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