Assessing Web 2.0 Tools Adoption by Students in Higher Education-A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Abstract

Technological innovations have always kindled the learner’s interests touse the new technologies in their learning. Web 2.0 tools play crucial role and enables the students to communicate, collaborate and work. The study aims to assess the awareness about web 2.0 tools such as wikis, blogs, RSS feed, video sharing and social media among the students to supplement the conventional learning and determine the various factors and barriers influencing the usage of web 2.0 tools . The study had inferences about the usage of web 2.0 tools in the learning process. The results indicated attitude, self efficacy are some of the strong predictors to determine the intention of web 2.0 tools usage.A SEM reflecting the role of security and personal barriers in the usage of web 2.0 tools is analysed in this study. The study can be extended to analyse the adoption of web 2.0 tools by school students