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IADIS International Conference WWW/Internet 2010model in the current investigation. We approached the adoption and discovery of critical factors that affectadoption of ELS from the perspective of technology acceptance.3. MODEL FORMULATION3.1 Nationality based UTAUT (NUTAUT)NUTAUT was adapted from UTAUT by introducing a new modulating variable nationality. The definitionof the NUTAUT constructs is as given in Table 1 and Table 2 and the model is shown in Figure 1.Nationality was introduced based on the assumption that the UTAUT independent variables PE, EE, SI andFC will impact on behavior intention (BI) differently and BI with FC will also impact on use behavior (UB)differently when moderated by nationality.DeterminantPerformance expectancy (PE)Effort expectancy (EE)Social influence (SI)Facilitating conditions FC)Behavioral Intention (BI)Use Behavior (UB)ModeratorGenderAgeExperienceVoluntariness of useNationalityTable 1. NUTAUT ComponentsDescriptionDegree to which an individual believes that using the system will help attain gains in jobperformanceThe degree of ease associated with the use of the systemThe degree to which an individual perceives that important others believe he or she shoulduse the new systemThe degree to which an individual believes that an organizational and technicalinfrastructure exists to support use of the systemThe measure of the likelihood of an individual to employ the system.This measures the acceptance of the system.Table 2. NUTAUT ModeratorsDescriptionGender roles have a strong psychological basis and are enduring.Age has an effect on attitudes.Deals with how long the user has used the system.If usage is voluntary or mandatedWhether the user is in the national or international students categoryPEESIFCBIUBNationalityVoluntarinessExperienceGenderAgeFigure 1. Nationality Based UTAUT (NUTAUT)3.2 HypothesesThe expectations are that there are varying degrees of acceptance by international and national students. Fourhypotheses have been postulated to guide this study:83