期刊名称：Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1992-8645
电子版ISSN：1817-3195
出版年度：2020
卷号：98
期号：6
页码：915-934
出版社：Journal of Theoretical and Applied
摘要：Supporting the global gearing towards the combined technology, SMAC (Social, Mobility, Analytics, and Cloud), the present research intends to collect the view of the key players in the domain of online education. That is, the opinion of the students and instructors about the efficiency of SMAC as a good solution in online education is tested. A rich sample of 400 students and 30 instructors are selected at random for this purpose. The analysis is carried out in two stages. After having the profile study of both the students and instructors separately regarding the knowledge about SMAC and the interaction between SMAC and OU, differences in the opinions are tested. Hypotheses are framed to test the version of the participants regarding the current and future interaction rates of SMAC and tested at 5% level of significance. The results showcased the discrepancies in opinion with respect to the profile of the participants. Also, the results obtained from both the set of participants for current and future interaction rates about the SMAC usage did not coincide. Pertinent conclusions are made by identifying the weak areas. Theoretical and managerial implications are advocated for alleviating the difference in the views of the study participants in the online university platform.
关键词：Social;Mobility;Analytics;Cloud;SMAC;Online University (OU)
