TECHNOLOGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION: STUDENT ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE USE OF LAPTOP COMPUTERS

Laptop computers have become an important and essential for students to acquire for their studies, and careers. laptop computers in the classroom can lead to positive education outcomes. This study aims to examine student's perceptions concerning the usage of laptop and the acceptance of laptop in the AZZAYTUNA UNIVERSITY in LIBYA. Also, to investigates the level of usage on the use of Laptop computers among students, and to examines the relationship between the perceptions of students concerning the use of laptops and the acceptance of laptop. This studies uses a survey as 98 students from the AZZAYTUNA UNIVERSITY from different faculties have taken as the sample and based on TAM model which explains the computer usage behavior which divided to (Perceived Usefulness) and (Perceived Ease of Use) The result of this survey, clearly indicates that there is a statistically positive significant relationship between the usage of Laptop and the acceptance of the Laptop. Also, the result indicates that the higher level of the Laptop usage is linked to the higher level of the acceptance and vice versa. Finally, computers, have become standard equipment in the higher education.

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