A survey on Learners’ Technology Acceptance Toward Virtual Self-organized Community

Abstract

The Virtual Self-organized Community (VSC) has been paid enough attention in educational research, While few study investigate the contributing factors driving undergraduates’ technology acceptance to VSC in the perspective of outsider learning environment. This research sampling 65 English majors explored their attitudes toward using WeChat or/and QQ in English study. The results showed that usefulness of WeChat and classmate’s support are two significant variables accounting for this technology acceptance. Meanwhile, teacher’s support is an acceptable but relative weak contributing factor. To our surprise, the ease of usage and self efficacy have no significant relationship with learners’ technology acceptance towards virtual self-organized community. Furthermore, the academic and practical implications of this study are discussed.