Author:
Lv Hui,Low Jinghong,Tan Siow-kian,Tang Lingjiao,Li Xuebin
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Rain Classroom was one of the most popular online learning platforms in Chinese higher education during the pandemic. However, there is little research on user intention under the guidance of technology acceptance and unified theory (UTAUT).
Objective
This research aims to determine factors influencing students' behavioural intention to use Rain Classroom.
Methods
In this cross-sectional and correlational investigation, 1138 medical students from five medical universities in Guangxi Province, China, made up the sample. This study added self-efficacy (SE), motivation (MO), stress (ST), and anxiety (AN) to the UTAUT framework. This study modified the framework by excluding actual usage variables and focusing only on intention determinants. SPSS-26 and AMOS-26 were used to analyze the data. The structural equation modelling technique was chosen to confirm the hypotheses.
Results
Except for facilitating conditions (FC), all proposed factors, including performance expectancy (PE), effort expectancy (EE), social influence (SI), self-efficacy (SE), motivation (MO), anxiety (AN), and stress (ST), had a significant effect on students' behavioural intentions to use Rain Classroom.
Conclusions
The research revealed that the proposed model, which was based on the UTAUT, is excellent at identifying the variables that influence students' behavioural intentions in the Rain Classroom. Higher education institutions can plan and implement productive classrooms.
Funder
the 2021 Guangxi Higher Education Undergraduate Teaching Reform Project
the 2021 Guangxi Vocational Education Teaching Reform Research Project
The 2022 Guangxi Autonomous Region-Level New Engineering, New Medicine, New Agriculture, and New Liberal Arts Research and Practice Projects
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Education,General Medicine