Examining user acceptance of computer technology: an empirical study of student teachers

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 387-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Will Wai-kit Ma ◽  
Robert Andersson ◽  
Karl-Oskar Streith
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
User Acceptance

scholarly journals Determinants of user acceptance of internet banking: An empirical study

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 1369-1374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hessam Zandhessami ◽  
Parisa Geranmayeh
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Internet Banking ◽  
User Acceptance

‘Talking Tools'

2016 ◽  
pp. 1770-1788
Author(s):  
Annika Wiklund-Engblom ◽  
Kasper Hiltunen ◽  
Juha Hartvik ◽  
Mia Porko-Hudd ◽  
Marléne Johansson
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Work Flow ◽  
Educational Tool ◽  
Sociocultural Perspective ◽  
Work In Progress ◽  
Theoretical Frame ◽  
Compulsory Subject ◽  
Design And Manufacture

The study presented is part of a work-in-progress project of developing a mobile application for smartphones, Talking Tools (TT). The first context TT is developed for and tested in is sloyd education [Swedish: slöjd], a compulsory subject taught in Finnish schools. In sloyd learners design and manufacture unique artifacts in various materials (textiles, wood, metal, and electronics). The process-based work flow of sloyd lends itself well to this kind of educational tool, which aids multimodal documentation, communication, and instruction. The empirical study targets what student teachers (N=11) microblogged about and the character of the blog posts during a sloyd project. A sociocultural perspective of appropriating new tools for learning is used as a theoretical frame, as well as views on multimodality and transmedia. Their sloyd process is discussed in terms of transmedia storybuilding, as learners build their own story as a flow of content through their documentation and interactions.

Qualitative Changes in Conceptions of the World around Us as an Educational Outcome: Pre-school Student Teachers’ Way of Apprehending Children at Play

1982 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-246
Author(s):  
Biörn Hasselgren ◽  
Ference Marton
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Alternative Model ◽  
Qualitative Change ◽  
Temporal Sequence ◽  
Developmental Pattern ◽  
Educational Outcome ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
Qualitative Changes

An alternative model for describing effects of education is argued for. This model is based on the conceptualization of learning as a qualitative change in our way of understanding some aspect of the world around us; and it follows from this that, when describing educational effects, we should aim at finding out what changes have taken place and to what extent. This particular research approach is illustrated by an empirical study of how pre-school student teachers’ apprehensions of children at play change as a function of their education. There were four distinctively different ways of apprehending discerned:fragmentary (enumeration of various details without any coherence); partialistic (focus is on one part of the whole scene depicted, the rest is left out); chronological (events are ordered in a temporal sequence); and abstracting (the scene is seen as illustrating a superordinate idea). There was a developmental pattern observed going from either a fragmentary or a partialistic apprehension to a chronological one and from there to an abstracting apprehension.

An Empirical Study of Factors Affecting RFID's Adoption in Taiwan

2010 ◽  
pp. 1122-1143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Her Shih ◽  
Yuh-Wen Chiu ◽  
She-I Chang ◽  
David C. Yen
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Diffusion Theory ◽  
User Acceptance ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Sports Events ◽  
Innovation Diffusion Theory ◽  
Willingness To Adopt ◽  
Acceptance Model

RFID ticketing systems constitute a particular type of pervasive information systems providing spectators of sports events with a transparent mechanism to validate and renew tickets. This study seeks to investigate the factors that influence user acceptance of RFID ticketing systems. The theoretical background of the study was drawn from the technology acceptance model (TAM) and the innovation diffusion theory (IDT), and enhanced with factors related to privacy and switching cost features. The research model was tested with data gathered through a lab experiment (N=71). The participants perceived the system as useful and easy to use, and expressed the willingness to adopt it should it become commercially available. Moreover, the results of ANOVA tests suggest that the age and education of users influence their perception towards the usefulness of the system and its subsequent use.

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