Albogast K. Musabila

The influence of user-perceived benefits on the acceptance of microlearning for librarians? training

By Albogast K. Musabila

Microlearning has shifted professional training and development and its accep-tance depends on perceived user benefits. This study examines the influence of user-perceived benefits on librarians' acceptance of the microlearning approach in selected universities in Tanzania. Using a questionnaire informed by the variables of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) model to collect data from a sample of 64 librarians, the results indicated that the perceived ease of use was found to play a more significant role in the acceptance of microlearning than perceived usefulness. However, the lack of in-person/physical interaction with peers during the training deterred the use of microlearning by the librarians. The positive influence of per-ceived usefulness and ease of use on the acceptance of microlearning strengthens the relevance of adopting microlearning as a didactic technology for librarians' training. The findings imply that proper implementation of microlearning as a training ave-nue is key due to the plenteous benefits it affords over the challenges.