Visualising weekly learning outcomes (VWLO) and the intention to continue using a learning management system (CIU): the role of cognitive absorption and perceived learning self-regulation

This research, using goal setting theory, proposes a new educational intervention to improve the perceptions of a Learning management System (LMS) as an organising technology, so as to improve the intention to continue using it. This research developed Visualised Weekly Learning Outcomes (VWLO) as a mechanism for exposing learners to the required learning outcomes week by week. The research used the Partial Least Square Method to analyse 151 responses from an IT university course and found that the perceived ease of use and usefulness of the VWLO, as an intervention, improves the learners’ perception of self-regulation and cognitive absorption from the LMS, which in turn affects the learners’ intention to continue using the LMS