Fatores influenciadores na adoção e infusão do Moodle por docentes na Universidade Federal da Bahia

Abstract

This research aimed to identify which factors influence the adoption and infusion of Moodle by UFBA professors. The study was based on the theoretical Model of AVA Adoption and Infusion, in which the variables: Performance Expectation, Effort Expectation, Social Influence, Information Quality and Facilitating Conditions, as influencing of Use and Use as influencing variable of Continuity of Usage. For the operationalization of the work, the influence of the adoption dimensions in relation to the use of Moodle was analyzed and, later, the influence on the infusion/continuity of use. The study sample corresponds to 455 professors from UFBA who used Moodle before and after the SAS - supplementary academic semester. The data obtained received statistical treatment in two stages. In the first, statistical tests were used to validate the instrument, which needed to be adapted to the target audience, and in which the factor analysis, KMO, Bartlett's Sphere and Conbrach's Alpha tests were performed. In the second stage, descriptive analyzes of the sample data and a regression analysis were performed to test the hypotheses. The hypotheses that predicted the impact of the Moodle adoption dimensions on the Usage variable were rejected. However, positive influences were found for the variables Performance Expectation, Effort Expectation, Social Influence and Information Quality in relation to the continuity of use. Finally, although the variables do not show influence in relation to its use, the research findings can to contribute to the theory insofar as the influences on the continued use of Moodle in the researched context were identified.