A model for assessing blog-based learning systems success

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2014),"A model for assessing blog-based learning systems success", Online Information Review, Vol. 38 Iss 7 pp. 969 -990 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.(2014),"Effects of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation on participation in crowdsourcing contest: A perspective of self-determination theory", Online Information Review, Vol. 38 Iss 7 pp. 896-917 http://dx.If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -Based on previous information systems/educational technology success models, the purpose of this paper is to establish a comprehensive, multidimensional model for assessing blog-based learning systems success. Design/methodology/approach -Data collected from 240 blog-based learning systems users in the context of higher education were tested against the model using the structural equation modelling approach.Findings -The results indicate the interrelationships between six system success variables: system quality, content quality, context and linkage quality, user satisfaction, system use, and learning performance. In particular, this study confirms that quality attributes positively affect user satisfaction, which in turn positively influences learning performance directly or indirectly through the mediation of system use. Originality/value -This study is a pioneering effort to develop and validate a blog-based learning systems success model.

Connected Learning: Evaluating and Refining an Academic Community Blogging Platform

“…It could be argued that the positive feedback concerning usability and connections to others in the system noted above lead to an overall positive perception of learning impact within the blogging community and for the core course. This supports the findings of Wang, Li, Li & Wang (2014) that "quality attributes positively affect user satisfaction, which in turn positively influences learning performance di-rectly or indirectly through the mediation of system use" (p. 984).…”

“…A high degree of personalization and the freedom to embed and include media enhance the experience. All of these concepts yielded a markedly positive level satisfaction with the platform from students as proposed in the model by Wang & Tang (2012) and Wang, Li, Li & Wang (2014).…”

“…24)." Wang & Tang (2012) and Wang, Li, Li & Wang (2014) proposed a model of assessment for blogging systems geared toward educational use. Their research supports a multidimensional model of assessment featuring six variables: system quality, content quality, context and linkage quality, student satisfaction, system use, and learning performance.…”

Developing and validating a model for assessing paid mobile learning app success

“…A higher degree of learner engagement can positively improve learning effectiveness (Zhang et al, 2006). Wang et al (2014) also found that system use has a positive influence on learning performance. Thus, the current research underscored the importance of intention to reuse, which was also expected to enhance the effectiveness of m-learning.…”

“…Thus, degrees of learner satisfaction have been widely used to evaluate learning effectiveness in the technology-assisted learning research area (Hwang, Wu, Zhuang, & Hwang, 2013;Smith, Ling, & Hill, 2006;Zhang, Zhou, Briggs, & Nunamaker, 2006). Previous empirical research has also found a positive correlation between learner satisfaction and learning effectiveness in the context of blog-based learning systems (Wang, Li, Li, & Wang, 2014). Additionally, a significant relationship between learners' behavioral intention and learning effectiveness exists (Liaw, 2008).…”