Students’ Acceptance of Learning Management Systems in Higher Education: A UAE Case Study

It has been demonstrated that tools developed by information technology, such as Learning Management Systems (LMS), may considerably improve the performance and productivity of students in the classroom. As a result, several institutions of higher learning have implemented similar systems. The fact that LMS adoption rates in university education are increasing, as well as the necessity of evaluating the factors before the implementation of such a system at universities in UAE, increases the urgency of conducting a study in which the factors that predict the students to accept, adopt, and use LMS are examined. In this paper, we predict the factors that might have a full influence on students’ acceptance of the Blackboard system in UAE colleges. We present our preliminary data resulting from our pilot study conducted on 89 students from different campuses and specializations. Our findings show that perceived productivity, system quality, and services quality offered by the LMS are the most significant factors in predicting students’ acceptance of LMS.