The Role of Technology Readiness in acceptances of E-Course Registration System

Abstract

This study aims to identify the employees' technology readiness in the student registration units at the University of Mosul and its effect on acceptance of the new E-Course Registration System. To achieve the goals of the study, a special questionnaire was prepared based on the (TRI 2.0) with written permission from the authors, also the indicators of the technology acceptance model. The questionnaire was distributed to all employees in the registration units in the colleges of the University of Mosul, where (133) usable questionnaires were retrieved out of (146) distributed, which is equivalent to (91%) Retrieval. study data processed and hypotheses tests were using SPSS and SmartPLS software. The study found that some dimensions of the employees' technology readiness have a significant effect on the intention to accept the E-Course Registration System. Besides, the results indicated a significant difference in the employees' technology readiness, and acceptance uses the E-Course Registration System due to the variables as educational level, service years, computer, and E-Course Registration System training, while gender and age variables do not affect.