Recognition of Factors Affecting Students Trust in Virtual Universities Using Delphi Method

Sarlak, Mohammad Ali; Aliahmadi, Ali Reza

doi:10.3844/ajassp.2008.1467.1473

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“…The Trust Antecedents (X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 5 ) derived from our pervious research [16] and The Trust consequences (Y 2 , Y 3 , Y 4 ) is based on Jarvanpaa research [2] . In this conceptual model X 1 -X 5 variables are research independent variables and Y 1 -Y 4 variables are research dependent variables.…”

Section: Trust Consequencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Trust in Virtual Universities

Hastiani¹,

Sarlak²

2008

J. of Social Sciences

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Abstract:The number of students enrolled at Iranian virtual Universities during 2004-2007 years, annually accounted for less than 0.5% of traditional Iranian universities enrolment. The low rate of virtual Universities enrolment might be due to a low level of student's trust in this type of educational institution. Students with low trust in virtual universities may be less likely to enroll in distant learning courses. Many factors contribute to student's trust level, including perceptions of the virtual university's quality of education, teacher's skills, academic reputation, etc…We examined five factors (academic reputation, administrative efficacy, size of institution, fairly tuition and Suitable environmental Conditions) as antecedents and three factors (student's attitude, willingness and risk taking) as consequences of student's trust. The relationships among factors were determined using a structural equations model and path analysis. Our analysis suggests that the academic reputation and the Suitable environmental Conditions for activity a virtual university is the most important determinants of student's trust. Furthermore, the student's trust level significantly affects student's willingness to study in virtual universities. Our results have implications for the development of theories as well as policies for the virtual universities.

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Section: Trust Consequencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As shown in Fig. 3, we used a Qualitative approach for identification of students trust antecedents [16] and a Quantitative approach for determining validity of research Factors (9 factors which used in research model) and testing research hypothesis.…”

Section: Testing the Model And Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%