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Situative perspective; Technology acceptance; User motivations
Technology acceptance studies in education have proliferated in recent years. As education technologies take on more prominent roles in education, it has become necessary to study the antecedent factors to students’ acceptance of technology to ensure the adoption of innovative and proven education technologies. Technology acceptance is based on the observation that user motives affect acceptance of technology (Davis 1989). The field of technology acceptance aims to identify the motivational factors determining intentions and use of technology.
The technology acceptance literature is grounded in the cognitivist perspective, taking inspiration from the theory of planned behavior and the theory of reasoned action. Technology acceptance researchers have also been informed by innovation diffusion theory, social cognitive theory, and self-determination theory, among others, as they have sought to understand the...
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Lemay, D.J., Doleck, T., Bazelais, P. (2020). Situative Perspective and Determinants of Technology Acceptance in Educational Technology. In: Tatnall, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10576-1_175
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