A study of factors impacting on acceptance behaviors of communication tools in online collaborative learning

In this paper, the author summarized the factors that influenced students' acceptance behaviors of communication tool in online collaborative learning. Based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the paper defined task characteristics, technology characteristics, individual characteristics and learning environment as external variables, while perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and behavioral intention to use as intermediate variables, choice behavior as outcome variable, and demographic characteristics as control variable. A modified Technology Acceptance Model was formd and hypotheses were put forward.