Hager Khechine is an associate professor in the Management information systems department of the Faculty of administrative sciences at Laval University. She has an MBA in information technology management and a Ph.D. in management information systems. Her research interest mainly relates to the study of the acceptance and the effect of the use of information technologies by individuals in the fields of the"e-health" and"e-learning".

Most online courses have integrated synchronous and asynchronous information technologies to support affective and cognitive students’ outcomes. Many studies stated that affective outcomes like satisfaction, anxiety, autonomy, and motivation were improved when students use information technologies for their learning. However, cognitive outcomes were mainly measured with learning effectiveness as expressed by students and rarely with students’ performance. When measured using the final marks at the end of the course, students’ performance offers a more “objective” way to evaluate the effect of the use of technologies. Our research interests deal with studying the effect of webinar use on students’ marks.