Investigating Lifelong Learners' Continuing Learning Intention Moderated by Affective Support in Online Learning

doi:10.3390/su15031901

	Investigating Lifelong Learners' Continuing Learning Intention Moderated by Affective Support in Online Learning
	Tang, Wen 1,2; Zhang, Xiangyang 2,3; Tian, Youyi 1
	2023-02
发表期刊	SUSTAINABILITY
卷号	15 期号:3
摘要	During the pandemic crises, online learning has moved from the margin to the centre of education, thus making a change in the educational paradigm. The degrees of technology acceptance, therefore, pose a major challenge to administrators, educators, and students, including lifelong learners from all fields of work. This paper aims to investigate how technology acceptance facilitates lifelong learners' continuing learning intention. By constructing a structural equation model based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) theory and verifying the mediating role of learning satisfaction and the moderating role of affective support empirically, this study addresses the online learning characteristics in terms of self-efficacy, satisfaction, and willingness to learn in the context of lifelong learners. Data were collected from the questionnaires embedded in the courses at a distance teaching university. A total of 513 questionnaires have been retrieved and 488 valid questionnaires have been processed and analysed via SPSS 26.0 and Amos 24.0. The findings indicate that positive relationships and positive correlations between learning satisfaction and continuing learning intention juxtapose, and satisfaction is positively correlated with continuing intention. Moreover, affective support moderates the three components significantly. The results of this research help expand the applicability of the TAM theory with more practical significance, conveying positive messages to the administrators, educators and lifelong learners in continuance of online learning, and thus maintaining retention, particularly in the post-pandemic new normal for the sustainability of higher education.
关键词	online learning STUDENTS BEHAVIORAL INTENTION lifelong learning TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL perceived usefulness PERCEIVED USEFULNESS perceived ease of use USER ACCEPTANCE learning satisfaction SOCIAL SUPPORT affective support SATISFACTION continuing learning intention OUTCOMES structural equation model DETERMINANTS VLE ANTECEDENTS PERFORMANCE
DOI	10.3390/su15031901
收录类别	SCIE ; SSCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS记录号	WOS:000930082500001
出版者	MDPI
原始文献类型	Article
EISSN	2071-1050
引用统计	被引频次：5[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.library.ouchn.edu.cn/handle/39V7QQFX/168615
专题	国家开放大学江苏分部
通讯作者	Zhang, Xiangyang; Tian, Youyi
作者单位	1.China Cent Normal Univ, Sch Educ, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China; 2.Jiangsu Open Univ, Sch Open Learning, Nanjing 212013, Peoples R China; 3.Suqian Univ, Res Inst Open Educ, Sch Foreign Studies, Suqian 223805, Peoples R China
第一作者单位	国家开放大学江苏分部
通讯作者单位	国家开放大学江苏分部
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tang, Wen,Zhang, Xiangyang,Tian, Youyi. Investigating Lifelong Learners' Continuing Learning Intention Moderated by Affective Support in Online Learning[J]. SUSTAINABILITY,2023,15(3).
APA	Tang, Wen,Zhang, Xiangyang,&Tian, Youyi.(2023).Investigating Lifelong Learners' Continuing Learning Intention Moderated by Affective Support in Online Learning.SUSTAINABILITY,15(3).
MLA	Tang, Wen,et al."Investigating Lifelong Learners' Continuing Learning Intention Moderated by Affective Support in Online Learning".SUSTAINABILITY 15.3(2023).