Diffractive Optics Technology: A Novel Detection Technology for Immunoassays, Vitali Borisenko, Wei Hu, Pui Tam, Irene Chen, Jean-François Houle and Walter Ausserer (Axela Biosensors Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada; * address correspondence to this author at: Axela Biosensors Inc., 480 University Avenue, Suite 910, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1V2, Canada; fax 416-260-9255; e-mail jf.houle@axelabiosens...

The study aimed at investigating the influence of E-learning SelfEfficacy (ELSE) on the acceptance of elearning by using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). According to the TAM which used as the theoretical basis, both of the Perceived Usefulness (PU) and the Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU) influence directly the end user’s Behavioral Intention (BI) to accept a technology. A survey was used to...

BACKGROUND A pilot experimentation of a telemonitoring system for chronic care patients is conducted in the Bilbao Primary Care Health Region (Basque Country, Spain). It seems important to understand the factors related to healthcare professionals' acceptance of this new technology in order to inform its extension to the whole healthcare system.This study aims to examine the psychosocial factor...

Theoretical models are often conceived and tested in western countries. However, culture influences theoretical models, and the importance of evaluating models in non-western cultures has grown with the accelerating pace of globalization. The technology acceptance model (TAM) is no exception, and more TAM research is being conducted in non-western countries. TAM constructs of perceived usefulne...

Determining what makes an Information System (IS) successful is an ongoing concern for both researchers and practitioners alike. Arriving at an answer to this problem is compounded by the subjective nature of success and therefore trying to make judgements of what is and is not a success is problematic. Despite these difficulties system use has become more accepted as a measure of system succes...

Instructional Design for Distance Learning. Distance In fact, museum education is based on constructivist learning theory. Museums Constructivism, instructional design, and technology: implications for transforming distance education. The second principle of constructivist design theory is active learning. In an active learning With distance education in Tam, M. (2000). Constructivism, instruct...

This study extends technology acceptance model (TAM) to investigate the antecedents and consequences of social media adoption by tourists and travel agents. It compares their perceptions on social media adoption and its consequences. Online survey was addressed to tourists and travel agents for data collection purposes. Structural equation modelling was employed for analysis purposes. The findi...

The technology acceptance model (TAM) has been tested within a variety technological contexts. This research aims to extend TAM in a social networking context. As Web 2.0 tools become more prevalent, it becomes more important to examine how and why users are accepting these new technologies. Thus, we develop and test a conceptual model based in part on TAM as well as on literature from the mark...

Determining what makes an Information System (IS) successful is an ongoing concern for both researchers and practitioners alike. Arriving at an answer to this problem is compounded by the subjective nature of success and therefore trying to make judgements of what is and is not a success is problematic. Despite these difficulties system use has become more accepted as a measure of system succes...

Several nonprofit associations have implemented assessment and certification programs intending to produce institutional improvement for member organizations. Using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as a foundation, this study develops and tests an extension of TAM with organizations that chose to participate in one such program, (the Louisiana Standards for Excellence organizational assess...