Digital Communication: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Usage for Education Sustainability

Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi, Ahmed Ibrahim Alzahrani, Noraffandy Yahaya, Nasser Alalwan and Yusri Bin Kamin
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Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia
Ahmed Ibrahim Alzahrani: Computer Science Department, Community College, King Saud University, Riyadh 11437, Saudi Arabia
Noraffandy Yahaya: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia
Nasser Alalwan: Computer Science Department, Community College, King Saud University, Riyadh 11437, Saudi Arabia
Yusri Bin Kamin: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 12, 1-18

Abstract: Today, developments in information and communication technology (ICT) have a significant influence on education sustainability. In this study, the factors influencing students’ intentions towards using ICT in education sustainability, as well as their satisfaction from its use, were examined. This study aims to investigate student intentions to use information and communication technology, as well as their satisfaction with such use. Therefore, this study employed an extended model of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as the research framework, and adopted quantitative data collection and analysis methods by surveying 502 university students who were chosen through stratified random sampling. Using structural equation modeling (SEM), student responses were sorted into eight study constructs and analyzed to explain their intentions towards technology use and satisfaction. A significant relationship was found between computer self-efficacy (CSE), subjective norms (SN), and perceived enjoyment (PE), which were significant determinants of perceived ease of use (PEU) and perceived usefulness (PU). PEU, PU, and attitudes towards computer use (ACU) influenced students’ intentions to use (SIU) ICT and students’ satisfaction (SS). The constructs succeeded in explaining usage intentions towards ICT among students and their satisfaction from this usage.

Keywords: Technology Acceptance Model (TAM); information and communication technology (ICT); computer self-efficacy; structural equation modeling (SEM); students’ satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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