Examining the Acceptance of Innovations in Learning Technologies in Higher Education-A Malaysian Perspective (original) (raw)
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ICT in Higher Education: An Exploration of Practices in Malaysian Universities.pdf
IEEE Access , 2019
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been provided by higher education authorities to ensure that teachers use ICT to enhance their teaching, learning, and research outcomes. However, ICT has been found to be underutilized, especially by teachers. To investigate this issue, the technology adoption and grati fication (TAG) model was validated and used to examine Malaysian university teachers' adoption and grati fication of ICT for teaching and research purposes and then used to investigate the moderating effect of universities in different regions. The 397 teachers from the west and east Malaysian universities were surveyed using a strati ed random sampling technique. The research data were analyzed using the three-stage structural equation modeling. There were focused use factors: 1) academic purpose; 2) research purpose; and 3) teaching purpose. The TAG model was useful in explaining differences in ICT uses. West Malaysian teachers' perceived usefulness and ease of use mediated the relationships between computer self-ef cacy, grati fication, and intention to use ICT, respectively. However, for east Malaysian teachers, only perceived ease of use did not mediate the relationship between computer self-ef cacy and grati fication. Finally, west and east Malaysian teachers' intentions to use ICT mediated the relationships between actual use, perceived usefulness, and ease of use. This paper con rms the utility of the TAG model for comparing teachers' adoption and grati fication of ICT. In addition, this paper provides a basis for the targeted professional development of teachers in the east and west Malaysian universities which were selected based on the known differences.
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