Multivariate data analysis with readings (2nd ed.)
Multivariate data analysis with readings (2nd ed.)
Access to, usage of, and outcomes from an electronic messaging system
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
The influence of interaction style and experience on user perceptions of software packages
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Asynchronous learning networks as a virtual classroom
Communications of the ACM
Empathic communities: reaching out across the Web
interactions
Are newsgroups virtual communities?
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Network Communities: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed …
Computer Supported Cooperative Work - Special issue on interaction and collaboration in MUDs
The driving forces in the virtual society
Communications of the ACM
A case study of one-to-one video conferencing education over the Internet
Web-based learning and teaching technologies
The technology acceptance model and the World Wide Web
Decision Support Systems
Critical success factors for on-line course resources
Computers & Education
The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier
The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier
Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet
Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet
Web-Based Instructional Learning
Web-Based Instructional Learning
MOOSE goes to school: a comparison of three classrooms using a CSCL environment
CSCL '97 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Computer support for collaborative learning
Towards an understanding of the behavioural intention to use a web site
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Information and Management
A meta-analysis of the technology acceptance model
Information and Management
Applying Text Mining to Assist People Who Inquire HIV/AIDS Information from Internet
PAISI, PACCF and SOCO '08 Proceedings of the IEEE ISI 2008 PAISI, PACCF, and SOCO international workshops on Intelligence and Security Informatics
EC-TEL '08 Proceedings of the 3rd European conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: Times of Convergence: Technologies Across Learning Contexts
Information and Management
Some antecedents and effects of participation in Spanish virtual brand communities
International Journal of Web Based Communities
Computers in Human Behavior
An application of fuzzy AHP for evaluating course website quality
Computers & Education
Explaining mobile community user participation from a social capital perspective
International Journal of Mobile Communications
Understanding the intention to follow the advice obtained in an online travel community
Computers in Human Behavior
Dimensions of self-efficacy in the study of smart phone acceptance
Computer Standards & Interfaces
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Understanding sustained participation in transactional virtual communities
Decision Support Systems
Critical review of the e-loyalty literature: a purchase-centred framework
Electronic Commerce Research
Factors that affect visually impaired users' acceptance of audio and music websites
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Explaining members' proactive participation in virtual communities
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Computer-supported collaborative learning system in teaching e-commerce
ACE '11 Proceedings of the Thirteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference - Volume 114
International Journal of e-Collaboration
International Journal of e-Collaboration
Driving Forces Behind Participation and Satisfaction with Social Networking Sites
International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking
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Virtual communities have been identified as the "killer applications" on the Internet Information Superhighway. Their impact is increasingly pervasive, with activities ranging from the economic and marketing to the social and educational. Despite their popularity, little is understood as to what factors contribute to the sustainability of virtual communities. This study focuses on a specific type of virtual communities--the virtual learning communities. It employs an experiment to examine the impact of two critical issues in system design--information accessibility and community adaptivity--on the sustainability of virtual learning communities. Adopting an extended Technology Acceptance Model, the experiment exposed 69 subjects to six different virtual learning communities differentiated by two levels of information accessibility and three levels of community adaptivity, solicited their feelings and perceptions, and measured their intentions to use the virtual learning communities. Results indicate that both information accessibility and community adaptivity have significant effects on user perceptions and behavioural intention. Implications for theory and practice are drawn and discussed.