Influences of Contextual Variables on the Intention to Use Technology in Education: A Latent Variable Modeling Approach

Autor/in	Teo, Timothy
Titel	Influences of Contextual Variables on the Intention to Use Technology in Education: A Latent Variable Modeling Approach
Quelle	In: Campus-Wide Information Systems, 30 (2013) 2, S.95-105 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1065-0741
DOI	10.1108/10650741311306282
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Technology Uses in Education; Elementary School Teachers; Elementary Schools; Teacher Surveys; Intention; Adoption (Ideas); Computer Attitudes; Anxiety; Educational Improvement; Expectation; Data Analysis; Context Effect; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ideas; Ideenfindung; Angst; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Auswertung; Singapur
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the influences of selected individual, technological and implementation variables on the intention to use technology, among a sample of primary school teachers in Singapore. Design/methodology/approach: In total, 385 teachers from 18 primary schools completed a survey questionnaire measuring their responses to six constructs that are categorized into in three contexts in which teachers' intention to use technology was influenced. Latent variable modeling was used as the technique for data analysis. Findings: The results showed that teachers' intention to use technology was not significantly influenced by the three contexts. However, each of the three contexts was significantly explained by their variables. The results suggest that the teachers in this study may have conceptualized the influences on their intention to use technology differently than commercial users of technology, as seen from the information sciences literature. Originality/value: This study contributes to our understanding of what influences the intention to use technology among educational users. While much research has been focused at the variable level, this study examines the contexts in which variables interact with each other. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10