Abstract:

This paper examine the mediating role of behavioural intention on the relationship between the three determinants of technology adoption and actual use of e-learning. Therefore, a quantitative method was used and the data was collected from the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) in United Arab Emirates particularly from HCT Abu Dhabi campus. Hence, out of the 490 questionnaires administrated, a response rate of 82.9 percent was reported, corresponding to a total of 406 respondents that participated in the study. Findings from the analysis revealed that performance expectancy and effort expectancy had a positive effect on students’ actual use of e-learning. However, the results revealed there is a negative correlation between social influence and actual use of e-learning. In addition, the results shows that behavioural intention mediates the relationship between performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and actual use of e-learning.