Digital Transformation in Omani Higher Education: Assessing Student Adoption of Video Communication during the COVID-19 Pandemic

IF 3.4 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS

Informatics Pub Date : 2024-04-19 DOI:10.3390/informatics11020021

Fatima Amer jid Almahri, I. Salem, A. Elbaz, Hassan Aideed, Zameer Gulzar

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced many fields, such as communication, commerce, and education, and pushed business entities to adopt innovative technologies to continue their business operations. Students need to do the same, so it is essential to understand their acceptance of these technologies to make them more usable for students. This paper employs the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) to identify the factors that influenced students’ acceptance and use of different online communication services as the primary tool for learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Six factors of UTAUT2 were used to measure the acceptance and use of video communication services at the Business College of the University of Technology and Applied Sciences. Two hundred students completed our online survey. The results demonstrated that social influence, facilitating conditions, hedonic motivation, and habit affect behavioral intention positively, while performance expectancy and effort expectancy have no effect on behavioral intention.

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阿曼高等教育的数字化转型：评估 COVID-19 大流行期间学生对视频通信的采用情况

COVID-19 大流行影响了许多领域，如通信、商业和教育，并推动商业实体采用创新技术来继续其业务运营。学生也需要这样做，因此，了解他们对这些技术的接受程度，使其更适合学生使用，是至关重要的。本文采用 "技术接受与使用统一理论 2"（UTAUT2）来确定在 COVID-19 大流行期间影响学生接受和使用不同在线通信服务作为主要学习工具的因素。UTAUT2的六个因素被用来衡量技术与应用科学大学商学院对视频通讯服务的接受和使用情况。200 名学生完成了我们的在线调查。结果表明，社会影响、便利条件、享乐动机和习惯对行为意向有积极影响，而绩效预期和努力预期对行为意向没有影响。

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Informatics Social Sciences-Communication

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6.60

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6.50%

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审稿时长

6 weeks