Perceptions of Students in an Event Management Program of Annotation Systems and Their Influence on Student Learning

ABSTRACT

Nota bene is a collaborative document annotation Web site on which students can read lecture notes and class material and ask or answer questions of other students online. Utilizing collaborative theories of learning and the technology acceptance model in this study, we examined use and perceptions of Web-based collaborative annotation software among event management students. A self-reported survey instrument was given to 206 event management students, and findings revealed significant relationships between learning climate and social interaction and between perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness. Perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness were also related to learning satisfaction. In addition, learning satisfaction was related to behavioral intentions to use Nota bene. Implications for educators are discussed.

KEYWORDS:

• Collaborative learning
• event management education
• technology acceptance model
• web-based annotation