@misc{10481/82499,
year = {2023},
month = {5},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/82499},
abstract = {Moodle is an open-source learning management system that is widely used today, especially
in higher education settings. Although its technological acceptance by undergraduate students has
been extensively studied in the past, very little is known about its acceptance by university professors.
In particular, as far as we know, the literature contains no previous experiences related to South
American teachers. This paper aims to bridge this gap by quantifying and analyzing the drivers of
Moodle’s technological acceptance among Ecuadorian academic staff. Considering the responses of
538 teachers and taking a modified UTAUT2 model as a theoretical basis, we found that Ecuadorian
teachers have high levels of acceptance of Moodle, regardless of their age, gender, ethnicity, or
discipline. However, this acceptance is significantly higher in teachers with high levels of education
and with considerable previous experience with e-learning systems. The main determinants of
this acceptance are attitude strength, effort expectancy, performance expectancy, and facilitating
conditions. We found no moderating effects in relation to the age, gender, or previous experience of
the participants (including second- and third-order interactions derived from these variables). We
conclude that, albeit moderately (e.g., adjusted R2 = 0.588), the model tested confirms the predictive
power of the part of UTAUT2 that was inherited from UTAUT.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Moodle},
keywords = {Learning Management System},
keywords = {Higher Education},
keywords = {Academic staff},
keywords = {UTAUT2},
keywords = {PLS-SEM},
title = {On the Technological Acceptance of Moodle by Higher Education Faculty—A Nationwide Study Based on UTAUT2},
doi = {10.3390/bs13050419},
author = {García-Murillo, Gabriel and Novoa Hernández, Pavel and Serrano Rodríguez, Rocío},
}