Measuring Students Acceptance and Usability of a Cloud Virtual Desktop Solution for a Programming Course

[EN] Virtual desktops in cloud scenarios play a significant role in higher education. Nowadays, the idea of moving laboratories to the cloud seems mandatory and it is necessary to maintain students’ commitment in this new scenario. This paper aims at two targets, customizing a Virtual Desktop platfo...

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Autores: Rodríguez Lera, Francisco Javier, Fernández González, David, Martín Rico, Francisco, Guerrero Higueras, Ángel Manuel, Conde González, Miguel Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de León
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
OAI Identifier:oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/19174
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10612/19174
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cibernética
Educación
Virtual desktop infrastructure
Online learning
Technology acceptance model
System usability scale
1207.03 Cibernética
1203.10 Enseñanza Con Ayuda de Ordenador
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Sumario:[EN] Virtual desktops in cloud scenarios play a significant role in higher education. Nowadays, the idea of moving laboratories to the cloud seems mandatory and it is necessary to maintain students’ commitment in this new scenario. This paper aims at two targets, customizing a Virtual Desktop platform for delivering the laboratories of a programming course in a Computer Science Bachelor Degree and empirically apply the technology acceptance model and the system usability scale to a set of students that use it. Results obtained in this paper provide insights about the direct effect between the perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and attitude to technology following the technology acceptance model (TAM) as well as a comprehensive analysis of the system usability scale (SUS) of our platform.