• Wikipedia:Technology_acceptance_model

• Page 6 (slide 25) on http://www.taloustieteet.oulu.fi/opiskelu/opiskelumateriaali/kuluttajak.pdf

In short this says that there are two factors for people using a website:

1. PerceivedUsefulness
2. PerceivedEaseOfUse

These dictate:

1. AttitudeTowardsUsing and
2. BehavioralIntentionToUse

in turn, these feed into

• SystemUse

Why do I mention this? because it explains the non adoption by non techies and the desparate need to make TWiki easier to use of the box.

-- MartinCleaver - 29 Nov 2003