Moroccan students’ acceptance and use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) platforms to enhance writing skills: Moulay Ismail University as a case study
Doctoral studies center in Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes, Morocco.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(03), 1064–1074
Publication history:
Received on 31 July 2023; revised on 19 September 2023; accepted on 21 September 2023
Abstract:
Within this increasingly globalized world, technology integration in education has become a critical component of teaching and learning to prepare learners to face 21st-century challenges. Learning Management System (LMS) is a software application for administering, documenting, tracking, reporting, and delivering e-learning courses or training. LMS platforms offer a diverse learning environment that is highly interactive, dynamic, and nonlinear, making them appropriate for teaching writing, which is a crucial twenty-first-century skill. Using LMS in teaching writing skills can provide students with more opportunities to practice and develop their writing skills outside the classroom, thereby promoting learners' autonomy. Additionally, using LMS to teach writing skills can help address the challenges teachers face in the classroom, such as limited time and resources. LMS allows students to engage in writing activities at their own pace and in their own time, and teachers can monitor and assess their progress online. To this end, the study aims to explore the factors influencing the integration of Learning Management Systems (LMS) in teaching writing skills from the perspective of student acceptance and usage at the University of Moulay Ismail, Meknes. The study uses the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) as the theoretical framework to guide the research questions and hypotheses. The UTAUT model is widely used in technology acceptance research, and it identifies several factors that influence individuals' intention to use and actual usage of technology, including performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions. The result revealed that EE, PE, SI, and FC significantly impact student behavioral intention to accept and use LMS for writing improvement.
Keywords:
E-learning; Writing skill; Learning Management Systems; The UTAUT Model; Learners’ Autonomy.
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