An Evaluation of the Usefulness and Ease of Use of the Aptus within the Samoan Education Context
This paper describes the findings of the first trial of the Aptus device within the National University of Samoa. The Aptus is a device that enables wireless access to valuable educational resources in the absence of electricity and the Internet. The goals of this research were to explore the accept...
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| author | Ioana Tuugalei Chan Mow Edna Temese Mose Nitreous Mose Tara Patu Elisapeta Mauai Ioana Sinclair Fiafaitupe Lafaele Joseph Namulauulu Misioka Tanielu Agnes Wong Soon Vensal Chan |
| author_facet | Ioana Tuugalei Chan Mow Edna Temese Mose Nitreous Mose Tara Patu Elisapeta Mauai Ioana Sinclair Fiafaitupe Lafaele Joseph Namulauulu Misioka Tanielu Agnes Wong Soon Vensal Chan |
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| description | This paper describes the findings of the first trial of the Aptus device within the National University of Samoa. The Aptus is a device that enables wireless access to valuable educational resources in the absence of electricity and the Internet. The goals of this research were to explore the acceptance of using the Aptus to access e-resources within the context of education in Samoa, with user acceptance measured by evaluating the ease of use and usefulness of the Aptus. The findings of the trial indicated very positive perceptions of students and teachers at the university in terms of ease of use and usefulness of the Aptus within educational settings. From the results of Phase 1, a strong recommendation is made to adopt the Aptus as a technology for providing access to quality educational resources within the National University of Samoa. The study also recommends the need for training of teachers on the use of the Aptus and its applications, such as Moodle. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e892266c3b64220b49aa336659d45e32022-12-22T01:52:40ZengCommonwealth of LearningJournal of Learning for Development2311-15502017-11-0143An Evaluation of the Usefulness and Ease of Use of the Aptus within the Samoan Education ContextIoana Tuugalei Chan Mow0Edna Temese1Mose Nitreous Mose2Tara Patu3Elisapeta Mauai4Ioana Sinclair5Fiafaitupe Lafaele6Joseph Namulauulu7Misioka Tanielu8Agnes Wong Soon9Vensal Chan10National University of SamoaNational University of SamoaNational University of SamoaNational University of SamoaNational University of SamoaNational University of SamoaNational Univeraity of SamoaNational University of SamoaNational University of SamoaNational University of SamoaNational University of SamoaThis paper describes the findings of the first trial of the Aptus device within the National University of Samoa. The Aptus is a device that enables wireless access to valuable educational resources in the absence of electricity and the Internet. The goals of this research were to explore the acceptance of using the Aptus to access e-resources within the context of education in Samoa, with user acceptance measured by evaluating the ease of use and usefulness of the Aptus. The findings of the trial indicated very positive perceptions of students and teachers at the university in terms of ease of use and usefulness of the Aptus within educational settings. From the results of Phase 1, a strong recommendation is made to adopt the Aptus as a technology for providing access to quality educational resources within the National University of Samoa. The study also recommends the need for training of teachers on the use of the Aptus and its applications, such as Moodle.https://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/192AptusOEROwnCloudODLhigher education |
| spellingShingle | Ioana Tuugalei Chan Mow Edna Temese Mose Nitreous Mose Tara Patu Elisapeta Mauai Ioana Sinclair Fiafaitupe Lafaele Joseph Namulauulu Misioka Tanielu Agnes Wong Soon Vensal Chan An Evaluation of the Usefulness and Ease of Use of the Aptus within the Samoan Education Context Journal of Learning for Development Aptus OER OwnCloud ODL higher education |
| title | An Evaluation of the Usefulness and Ease of Use of the Aptus within the Samoan Education Context |
| title_full | An Evaluation of the Usefulness and Ease of Use of the Aptus within the Samoan Education Context |
| title_fullStr | An Evaluation of the Usefulness and Ease of Use of the Aptus within the Samoan Education Context |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Evaluation of the Usefulness and Ease of Use of the Aptus within the Samoan Education Context |
| title_short | An Evaluation of the Usefulness and Ease of Use of the Aptus within the Samoan Education Context |
| title_sort | evaluation of the usefulness and ease of use of the aptus within the samoan education context |
| topic | Aptus OER OwnCloud ODL higher education |
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