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Volume Two - Academic Conferences

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Adriana Schiopoiu Burlea et al.<br />

Hypothesis 2: Course quality on eLearning platform TESYS is positively related to user satisfaction<br />

Hypothesis 3: Course quality on eLearning platform TESYS is positively related to exam<br />

performances<br />

Hypothesis 4: The knowledge acquired by students are positively related to the usability of the<br />

eLearning platform TESYS<br />

3. Main explanatory variables<br />

Dependent variable. The respondents had to answer a question asking whether they are used for<br />

the first time an eLearning platform to acquire and evaluate knowledge. The dependent variable<br />

consists of a dummy variable, which indicates if the respondent is a new or an advanced eLearning<br />

platform user. The data showed that 232 respondents (63.2%) of the students were using an<br />

eLearning platform for the first time. The hypotheses predict that some aspects of the eLearning<br />

platform influence the student’s decision to start using Tesys.<br />

To test the hypotheses adequately we used two subgroups of the original sample: beginner and<br />

advanced users (see table 3 and table 4). According to the hypotheses, the specified conditions<br />

should have an impact on the student’s decision whether to make use of Tesys or not. The reported<br />

significance levels are based on one-tailed tests.<br />

Independent variables. The respondents had to answer the following questions (five-point Likert<br />

scales) which were grouped by four independent variables:<br />

1. The usability of the eLearning platform TESYS (UFT)<br />

UFT1: Did you learn easily how to use the eLearning platform TESYS?<br />

UFT2: How do you evaluate the access to courses through eLearning platform TESYS?<br />

2. The eLearning platform user satisfaction (US)<br />

US1: Do you think that student satisfaction in the process of acquiring new knowledge was an<br />

important goal for the team that designed and implemented the eLearning platform TESYS?<br />

US2: Have any of your recommendations been considered by the project team so far?<br />

3. Course quality on eLearning platform Tesys (TQ)<br />

TQ1: Were your expectations regarding course curricula developed through eLearning platform<br />

TESYS met?<br />

TQ2: How do you evaluate the eLearning platform TESYS course contents?<br />

4. Knowledge management (acquiring and sharing knowledge; knowledge evaluation) – (KM)<br />

KM1: Is the evaluation system through eLearning platform TESYS good enough?<br />

KM2: How do you rate the communication between you and teachers in the eLearning system?<br />

KM3: Do you consider that the acquisition of new knowledge through eLearning platform TESYS was<br />

beneficial for you?<br />

KM4: Is there a correlation between exam performances and the reliability of eLearning platform<br />

TESYS?<br />

KM5: Did you manage to capitalize the knowledge acquired through eLearning platform TESYS?<br />

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