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 Volume 8, Issue 5 (May 2021), Pages: 1-13

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Challenges facing students to adopting the blackboard system: The case study of the University of Ha’il in Saudi Arabia

 Author(s): Ayman N. Alkhaldi 1, *, Mouez Ali 2, Shawky Mohamed Mahmoud 2, Zeyad A. Alrefai 1, Younès Bahou 2

 Affiliation(s):

 1Management Information Systems Department, Community College, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia
 2Computer Sciences Department, Community College, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4292-6771

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2021.05.001

 Abstract:

This study seeks to identify the challenges facing students through the adoption of a blackboard system at the University of Ha’il in the KSA. Though the blackboard system has an effective role in the educational context, the adoption of the learning system in educational institutes is still in its infancy. However, students face various types of challenges that could affect their adoption and usage of the blackboard system. The previous researches on blackboard systems produced general rules, and studied a lot of common factors, did not consider the specific human factors. This study uses a quantitative research method. An online survey questionnaire was employed for data collection. For data analysis, SPSS was used for descriptive analysis; Structural equation modeling using AMOS software was applied. The results confirmed that the user’s LMS experience leaves a positive effect on the perception of the usefulness of the Blackboard system, but not computer anxiety. In addition, user’s LMS experience has a moderating effect on the relationship between self-efficacy and their perception of the usefulness of the Blackboard system. This moderating effect reflects that the more student’s LMS experience is the more affected their computer self-efficacy to perceive the Blackboard system more useful. This study produces theoretical and practical implications, and recommendations for the University of Ha’il should move forward with a learning platform. 

 © 2021 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Blackboard system, Electronic learning, Technology adoption, Challenges, Learning management system

 Article History: Received 2 August 2020, Received in revised form 19 November 2020, Accepted 14 January 2021

 Acknowledgment 

This research has been funded by Scientific Research Deanship at the University of Ha'il–Saudi Arabia through project number RG-191341.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

  Alkhaldi AN, Ali M, and Mahmoud SM et al. (2021). Challenges facing students to adopting the blackboard system: The case study of the University of Ha’il in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 8(5): 1-13

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