AN ACCEPTANCE

MODEL FOR CLOUD

COMPUTING IN
ACADEMIC
ENVIRONMENT
Muhammad Azri Bin Zainal Nafea 810695
Table of Content
Introduction
Problem Statement
Research Objectives
Technology Acceptance Model
Hypothesis
Methodology
Result
Summary
Discussion
Conclusion


Introduction
Cloud computing is a universal term for delivering
hosted services over the internet.
Dropbox Inc had provided a service called
Dropbox.
It is a famous cloud storage service an example of
cloud computing.
Even though there are many research on the
concept of cloud computing but no previous
research conducted research on the acceptance
of the Dropbox in the university setting.
This study focus on the user acceptance of
Dropbox in university setting.
Problem Statement
According to (Bates, 2000) there are 2 different approach to teaching when
using technology in conjunction with it.
The first one is using the technology as a classroom aid
Second one is use of technology for distributed learning. The use of cloud storage
fall under the second category.

The purpose of this project is to examine the factors and creating an
acceptance model for the academic members in a university setting to adopt
a cloud storage.

The project is carried to find out what is the impact of perceived ease of use
(PEOU), perceived usefulness (PU) on the academician usage of the cloud
computing.

A Technology acceptance model (TAM) was selected and modified to
accommodate the needs of the project that is done. Then a new model will
be formulated to suits the project criteria.
Research objectives
To determine the factors that support the
acceptance of cloud computing in academic
environment.

To construct a model that assist acceptance of
cloud computing in academic environment
using TAM.

To validate the model that had been created.
Technology acceptance model
(TAM)
Introduced by Fred Davis in 1985
Used to measure the capability of users to
accept or reject the system or technology.
Perceived usefulness (PU)
is factor derived from when the user used a
system then put a set value to the system to
see if the system is useful for the user.
Defined as "the degree to which a person
believes that using a particular system would
enhance his or her job performance".

Perceived ease of use (PEOU)
is to see if the system is easy for the user to
navigate and use it.
Defined as "the degree to which a person
believes that using a particular system would
enhance his or her job performance"
Attitude toward
is to see the attitude of user toward the
system. Is the user like it or hate it.
These emotion can affect the user motivation
in using the system.

Hypothesis
The research hypotheses determined by the diagram of the TAM model in
the regard of the Dropbox are:

Hypothesis 1: Perceived ease of use has a relationship to perceived
usefulness of the system.

Hypothesis 2: Perceived ease of use has a relationship to attitude towards
using.

Hypothesis 3: Perceived usefulness has a relationship to attitude towards
using.

Hypothesis 4: Perceived usefulness has a relationship to intention to use.

Hypothesis 5: Attitude towards using has a relationship to intention to use.

Hypothesis Figure
Methodology
Design
The research utilized a questionnaire design.

Population
The research population consisted of school of computing
students.

Sample size
I forwarded request to 50 students in the School of
Computing, Universiti Utara Malaysia to complete the survey.
Approximately 30 of the students are enrolled in a
postgraduate program while the remainders are enrolled in
an undergraduate program.
Even so, only 47 responses would come in useful, since 3 of
the students failed to return the questionnaire.

Result
Reliability
Cronbach's alpha is considered the most
typical form of internal consistency reliability
coefficient determined by the association
between variables.
Hair et al. (1998) recommend the values of
0.60 to 0.70 to be the lower limit of
acceptability.
The questionnaire Perceived ease of use
(PEOU), Perceived usefulness (PU), Attitude
toward(ATT) and Intention to use (ITU) had
been tested for reliability and came out as in
the table.

Cronbach Alpha Result
Item Cronbach Alpha
PEOU 0.966
PU 0.955
ATT 0.949
ITU 0.943
Correlation
Correlation refers to any of a broad class of
statistical relationships involving dependence
In the result we can see that It have indicates
that there is high positive relationship between
subjects
Correlation
Correlation between Ease of use and Usefulness
(r =0.765, p =0.000)
Correlation between Ease of use and attitude toward
(r =0.799, p =0.000)
Correlation between Usefulness and Attitude toward
(r =0.891, p =0.000)
Correlation between Usefulness and Intention to Use
(r =0.820, p =0.000)
Correlation between Attitude towards and intention to
use
(r =0.765, p =0.000)
Multiple Regression
Regression results for H1

p R2
Perceived ease of
use
.765 .000 .586
Regression results for H2 and H3


p R2
Perceived ease of
use
.283 .006 .826
Perceived
usefulness
.674 .000
Regression results for H4 and H5
p R2
Perceived
usefulness
.570 .002 .728
Attitude toward
using

.312 .071
Summary
Hypothesi
s
Relationship tested Results
H1
Perceived ease of use has a relationship to
perceived usefulness of the system.
Supported (p < 0.05)
H2
Perceived ease of use has a relationship to
attitude towards using.
Supported (p < 0.05)
H3
Perceived usefulness has a relationship to
attitude towards using.
Supported (p < 0.05)
H4
Perceived usefulness has a relationship to
intention to use.
Supported (p < 0.05)
H5
Attitude towards using has a relationship to
intention to use.
Not supported (p > 0.05)
Result of Multiple Regression
analysis
Discussion
The study of the Figure model shown us that the model was only partially
but not fully supported.
The student had shown that their attitude toward using Dropbox does not
supported their intention to use Dropbox, but the student had perceived the
Dropbox to be useful to them enough that it override the attitude toward
using Dropbox.
With that we can see that the model had agree with what Davis (1989) had
suggested that is perceived usefulness was discovered to possess a
considerable influence on students intention to utilize the technology.
Attitude, when it comes to utilizing was at most a partial mediator of the
impact of perceived usefulness on intention to use, knowing that it added
little causal explanatory strength.
We can rationalized it by stating it was due to the student that are willing to
adopt the useful application of Dropbox, this shows us that the students are
focusing on the usefulness of the application itself.
Proper training should be given to the students to make the students view
on perceived usefulness is to be solidified and strengthen.
Conclusion
Used to evaluate the usability of TAM to
presenting students acceptance of the Dropbox
technology within the academic environment.
An Intention-based model in an academic
environment, which deviates significantly from the
business institutions normally analyzed in
preceding research.
Training as well as information consultations on
Dropbox have to concentrate mainly concerning
how the technology can help enhance the
effectiveness and proficiency of students learning
method as opposed to on the processes of actual
utilization of the technology.

Cont..
In summary, TAM is not a descriptive model,
which, it really does not offer diagnostic
capability for particular flaws in technology; it
is able to assist the function of assessing and
forecasting technology acceptability.