id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_bx2xwrktgbda7gzs2mf7py5beu Qiangbing Chen The diffusion of internet-based distance education technology among US associate colleges 2009 34 .pdf application/pdf 9767 927 59 This paper analyzes the diffusion of internet-based distance education technology (NETDE) an earlier generation distance education technology is more likely to adopt NETDE than an Keywords: Innovation Adoption, Internet-based Distance Education, Distance Learning, Organizational Knowledge, Switching Cost. We analyzed the adoption of internet-based distance education technology (hereafter NETDE) by on this reasoning, we argue that the positive effect of firm size on innovation adoption provides an estimation, we examine the effect of education quality on the adoption of NETDE. technology should adopt NETDE earlier than institutions without such an experience. suggests that the size of an institution positively affects NETDE adoption. The size of an institution should have a positive effect on NETDE adoption. than 6).These results suggest that institutions are more likely to adopt NETDE as time elapses, This study investigates the adoption of NETDE technology by U.S. associate educational institutions. in using earlier generations of distance education technology tends to adopt NETDE significantly ./cache/work_bx2xwrktgbda7gzs2mf7py5beu.pdf ./txt/work_bx2xwrktgbda7gzs2mf7py5beu.txt