VR as a Choice: What Drives Learners' Technology Acceptance?

Autor/inn/en	Noble, Sean M.; Saville, Jason D.; Foster, Lori L.
Titel	VR as a Choice: What Drives Learners' Technology Acceptance?
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 19 (2022), Artikel 6 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Noble, Sean M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2365-9440
DOI	10.1186/s41239-021-00310-w
Schlagwörter	Computer Simulation; Video Technology; Computer Attitudes; Adoption (Ideas); Psychological Patterns; Technology Uses in Education; Intention; Social Influences; Expectation; Preferences; Predictor Variables; Performance + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Ideas; Ideenfindung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Sozialer Einfluss; Expectancy; Erwartung; Prädiktor; Achievement; Leistung
Abstract	Post-secondary institutions are investing in and utilizing virtual reality (VR) for many educational purposes, including as a discretionary learning tool. Institutions such as vocational schools, community colleges, and universities need to understand what psychological factors drive students' acceptance of VR for learning in discretionary contexts. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT; Venkatesh et al. in MIS Quarterly 27:425-478, 2003) offers a theoretical framework for understanding students' receptivity to VR for learning. Undergraduate university students (N = 300) read a description of VR and video training mediums, then indicated which they would choose to learn a novel task. Three psychological variables--performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and social influence--tended to be related to acceptance of VR, which was measured in two ways: (a) rated intentions to use VR and (b) preference for VR over a video-based alternative. Relative weight analyses compared the importance of the three predictors and revealed that performance expectancy tended to be the most influential antecedent of VR acceptance. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01