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Acceptance, Use and Success of E-Learning Systems in Developing Countries: A Comparison from Malaysia and Tanzania
(The Online Journal of Distance Education and e-Learning, 2018-04) Lashayo, Deogratius Mathew
Finding an effective model which guiding universities in developing countries on acceptance, use and success of e-learning systems has been a tricky. This has been contributed largely with inadequate of factors explaining the existing models. This research study is aimed at comparing and contrasting results of two developed models in Tanzania and Malaysia respectively. Explored factors and hypotheses existing in two developed models will be compared and contrasted. The unified model will be deduced which explaining the acceptance, use and success of this systems. It implies that between these two countries there are considerable number of common factors for guiding successfully acceptance, use and success of e-learning systems, however Malaysia has been better off in terms of course contents, design and delivery. The significance of these result is on policy marking and strategy formulation of educational institutions which are eager to have comprehensive e-learning systems in developing countries, Malaysia and Tanzania in particular.
Comparing and Contrasting E-learning Systems’ Adoption in Tanzania: The Experience from Students-Instructors of Eight Universities
(International Journal of Computer (IJC), 2018) Lashayo, Deogratius Mathew; Md Johar, Md Gapar
Students and instructors contrasting interests were major adoption block in e-learning systems in the world’s universities like Tanzania in particular. This paper aimed at examining aspects in which students-instructors are similar and different in e-learning systems’ adoption in Tanzania’s universities. This paper uses results from two empirical models which were developed from two sample of 1,005 students and 86 instructors from eight universities in Tanzania. Specifically, it intends to achieve the following objectives: (1) to determine common and contrasting factors affecting students-instructors in e-learning systems adoption, (2) to examine common hypotheses and their strengths, (3) to deduce a unified model (view). The results showed that there were considerable common interests between these two key stakeholders (instructors and students) in e-learning systems however there were also contrasting interests too, this implies that specific and common interests shall always be considered in adopting and measuring these systems. These findings will help policy makers in their plan and strategy for e-learning systems’ adoption and measuring in universities in Tanzania especially in environment where both instructors and students need optimal e-learning systems. The novelty of this research lies in identified common core factors between students and instructors with their corresponding common hypotheses strengths in universities in Tanzania.
Finding a Correct Measure of Information Systems: The Integration of UTAUT and Lin Model into IS Success Model
(International Journal of Computer (IJC), 2018) Lashayo, Deogratius Mathew
Finding effective and comprehensive model to measure information systems’ acceptance, use, individual and organizational impacts is tricky. This has been contributed by limited factors of existing models and frameworks. This conceptual paper aimed at proposing a comprehensive and effective information success model called Lashayo10, which will have a capability to define, explain, and measure important factors for successful acceptance, user satisfaction and use of Information Systems (IS). Random literature review will be used to assess the literature critically, and to propose an enhancement model for the IS success. The proposed model (Lashayo10) will adapt DeLone and McLean IS model integrated with UTAUT and Lin (2008) model. The Lashayo10 will be subjected to empirical validation by researchers in information systems’ projects. The novelty of this study lies on the number of effective and comprehensive measurement factors which are proposed in a single holistic model.
Instructor Adoption of E-learning Systems in Tanzania’s Universities: A Proposed Multi-Factors Adoption Model (MFAM11)
(International Journal on Informatics Visualization, 2018) Lashayo, Deogratius Mathew; Md Johar, Md Gapar
Current studies show that there is no comprehensive adoption model in e-learning systems in universities. This problem opens up to too much debate about which models and frameworks fit well in an e-learning environment particularly in universities in Tanzania. This paper answers the two debatable questions, which are: (1) what are the factors that affect adoption of e-learning systems in Tanzania’s universities, (2) what is the comprehensive e-learning adoption model in universities in Tanzania. This research study adapts DeLone and McLean (2003) IS model after an extensive literature reviews conducted in information systems and in e-learning systems. The findings from this research will add up to literature of limited factors’ model and it will open it up for validation in a different universities’ application domain.
Measuring E-Learning System Adoption in Universities in Tanzania: An Integration of Trust, Environmental Factors, and University Readiness Into an IS Success Model
(International Journal of ICT Research in Africa and the Middle East, 2020-07) Lashayo, Deogratius Mathew
The success of e-learning systems in Tanzania relies on various factors that influence its measurement. Examples of the key factors include trust, environmental factors, and the university readiness. However, influence of these factors towards e-learning systems is not clear. Understanding their impacts and significance helps decision makers and stakeholders in making informed decisions on how to handle them. This study modifies the information systems (IS) success model whereby it adopts 12 factors that had been suggested by this author in his previous study conducted in Open University of Tanzania (OUT) in 2017. A sample of 1,005 students from eight universities in Tanzania was collected. A structural equation modelling was used in data analysis. The results shows trust (T) has positive and significant impact on e-learning actual use (EAU) while environmental factors (EF) had positive and significant impacts on e-learning actual use and perceived benefits, and at the same time, university readiness had a positive and significant impact on perceived benefits (PB).
Preliminary Study on Multi-Factors Affecting Adoption of E-Learning Systems in Universities: A Case of Open University of Tanzania (OUT)
(I.J. Modern Education and Computer Science, 2018-03-08) Lashayo, Deogratius Mathew; Md Johar, Md Gapar
Literature show that there are limited factors for existing models in e-learning systems’ adoption. This has raised an increasing sensible debate about factors affecting successful adoption of e-leaning systems in universities in developing world particularly in Tanzania. This preliminary study aimed at exploring multiple factors for successful adoption of e-learning systems in universities in learner perspective, using DeLone and McLean (2003) IS success model as a base model. This study was conducted by collecting data randomly, using the questionnaire from students of Open Universities of Tanzania (OUT) with response rate of 0.83 in a cross-sectional study and later analyzed through content validity, reliability, and criterion-based predictive validity. The preliminary analysis shows that there are twelve distinctive factors affecting e-learning systems’ adoption in universities in Tanzania. This finding suggests more empirical research studies to follow it up, to cement and generalize this case and validate the proposed model in large scale. The novelty of this research lies on the number and uniqueness of factors found.
A Review of E-Learning Systems’ Adoption in Tanzania Universities
(South East Asia Journal of Contemporary Business, Economics and Law, 2017-08) Lashayo, Deogratius Mathew; Md Johar, Md Gapar
E-learning system is a form of teaching and learning in which a virtual learning environment is created which provide a smooth transfer of knowledge content between tutor and learner or learner and learner in which an Internet is acting as a medium of networking (wired or wireless) between communicating digital devises and learning sessions may be either synchronous or asynchronous. The objective of this paper is to assess the extent to which e-learning systems have adopted in the public and private universities in Tanzania and its associated challenges by randomly reviewing the past research studies and analysing contents contained in an official website of universities. This research found that the adoption of e-learning systems in Tanzania’s Universities is still very low, at about 46% of universities have adopted e-learning systems for both Public and Private Universities with 75% of e-learning application software being Moodle based. Also, the finding show that the e-learning systems’ adoption are facing with several challenges including ICT Infrastructure, ICT Policy, ICT Training to mention the few, however there are several interventions which had been taken including introduction of new National ICT Policy, Rise of data operators. This snapshot is useful to provoke for more academic enquiry in Tanzania and developing world at large to find the best model for e-learning systems adoption. The findings also have the potential to policy makers, universities and other stakeholder to understand the rate of e-learning adoption in order to justify the total investment based on that technology.

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