Factors influencing higher education students to adopt podcast: An empirical study

2015 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 32-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad I. Merhi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Factors Influencing

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Interest in Continuing Higher Education to the Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Pelita Kebenaran Medan with Religiosity as Moderating Variables (Empirical Study of the Congregation Gereja Bethel Indonesia, Medan Plaza)

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 636-644
Author(s):  
Li Ni ◽  
Galumbang Hutagalung
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Continuing Higher Education ◽  
Moderating Variables ◽  
Factors Influencing

This study aims to determine the factors influencing interest in continuing higher education to the Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Pelita Kebenaran Medan with religiosity as moderating variables, empirical study of the Congregation Gereja Bethel Indonesia, Medan Plaza. This research is a type of causal comparative research. The sample of this study amounted to 108 respondents with the sampling method using simple random sampling, the data testing method used was the structural equation modeling (SEM) test. Based on the test results, it was found that attitude had a significant positive effect on interest, subjective norms did not have a significant effect on interest, perceived behavioral control did not have a significant effect on interest, religiosity was not proven to moderate the effect of attitude on interest, religiosity was proven to moderate the effect of subjective norms on interest, and religiosity was not proven to moderate the effect of perceived behavioral control on interest. Keywords: Attitude, Subjective Norms, Perceived Behavioral Control, Religiosity, Interest.

scholarly journals AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING IN HIGHER EDUCATION: STUDENTS AS CUSTOMERS PERSPECTIVE

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 520-529
Author(s):  
Palak Kakkar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Students As Customers

With increased globalisation and competitiveness in the markets, the firms are in consistent search for new methods to satisfy their customers. The concept of TQM renders useful insight to achieve the said objective. Moreover, the concept is multi-disciplinary and is well suited to the Indian concept as well. Higher Education is an important sector that needs to cater to the need of quality education in the wake of plethora of options available to the students worldwide and also to satisfy the Accredition and assessment needs by agencies like NAAC. Thus, an attempt has been made to study the impact of Total Quality Management accounting in the Higher Education Sector. The paper has been divided into seven parts. While the first and second part deals with the introduction and conceptual framework respectively, the third part focuses on the various concepts of research methodology. The results of the empirical study have been reported in the fourth part. The fifth part deals with the suggestions for the policy makers followed by the research gaps so identified. The last part deals with the conclusion.

scholarly journals Assessment of Students' Familiarity, Adoption, and Use of Social Media in Bahrain

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 82-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasileios Paliktzoglou ◽  
Charalampos Giousmpasoglou ◽  
Evangelia Marinakou
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Culture Of Learning ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Everyday Learning ◽  
Media Applications

Social media is used in many higher education institutions for educational purposes in numerous new and innovative ways. However, in Bahrain the number of higher education students who are aware of and use social media is not clear. It was therefore necessary to conduct an empirical study that would investigate the students' use of social media in higher education in Bahrain. Moreover, the actual adoption of social media in everyday learning situations still remain underexplored, especially in higher education settings. This paper describes a study conducted to investigate the influence of social media use by student in Bahrain. The aims of this study are to assess students' level of familiarity, engagement and frequency of use with social media. The data was collected using two questionnaires. The findings indicate that social media has introduce a new culture of learning among students. In addition, social media applications which are on the increase in usage by students for activities that include studying, access of education content, social communication.

scholarly journals A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF POLISH STUDENTS’ APTITUDE FOR THINKING REFLEXIVELY, DIFFERENTIATED BY HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTIES AND THE LEVEL OF STUDY

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-106
Author(s):  
Anna Odrowąż-Coates ◽  
Anna Perkowska-Klejman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Different Levels

The paper contains the original empirical study, based on quantified qualitative questionnaire, containing reflexivity scales - called QRT (Questionnaire to measure the Level of Reflexive Thinking) - developed by Kember et al. (2002) - translated, adjusted, validated and adopted to Polish circumstances. The aim was to compare the reflexivity levels amongst higher education students at differentiated faculties and at different levels of study (bachelor's, Master's and doctoral) to capture dependent variables and to promote reflexivity as a subject of scientific enquiry.

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