Speaker bio's

IT Manager

BOP Polytechnic

charith.nanayakkara@boppoly.ac.nz

A model of user acceptance of e-learning technologies - a case study of a polytechnic in New Zealand

Digital technologies are revolutionizing the practices of teaching and learning at colleges and universities all around the world.

This paper introduces a model which integrates the findings from previous research into the factors which affect the attitude of academic staff towards the adoption of e-learning technologies.

The model has been validated by a case study which investigated the factors that influence or inhibit the adoption of e-learning technologies in a polytechnic in New Zealand. A group of teaching staff at a polytechnic were interviewed to ascertain their views on adopting e-learning technologies in their teaching process.

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Charith presently manages the Information Systems Services at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic. He has more than 15 years experience in providing IS/IT strategic direction and operational leadership for large local and offshore multinational organisations.

One of Charith's interests in IS/IT is to investigate diverse challenges in deploying distributed technologies across organisations and to develop and recommend suitable business process changes for successful product implementation.

He presently oversees the development and management of e-learning infrastructure and services at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic.