Utilizing the push–pull–mooring framework to explore university teachers' intention to switch from traditional classrooms to smart classrooms in China
ISSN: 0040-0912
Article publication date: 25 April 2023
Issue publication date: 10 May 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This study explores the factors that promote university teachers' switching intention from a traditional classroom to a smart classroom based on the push–pull–mooring (PPM) framework to enrich the theoretical research on the smart classroom and provide a reference for smart classroom promotion.
Design/methodology/approach
The proposed conceptual framework was developed from a comprehensive review of the related literature. This study tested and validated the proposed framework using a partial least square structural equation model based on 269 valid questionnaires.
Findings
(1) Perceived inefficiency, inquiry-based learning, future expectation and technical self-efficacy had significant effects on switching intention, while low participation, perceived usefulness and habit had no significant effects on university teachers’ switching intention in the smart classroom. (2) In the process of decision-making, the course category significantly moderates the impact of perceived inefficiency and technical self-efficacy on switching intention, while the user experience of smart classrooms significantly moderates the impact of perceived inefficiency on switching intention.
Originality/value
This study explains university teachers' switching intention from a traditional classroom to the smart classroom, which enriches the application area of the PPM framework.
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Acknowledgements
Funding: This work was supported by the Teaching Reform Research Project of Hunan Normal University “Reform and Innovation of Cultivation Mode for Undergraduates Majoring in Tourism under the Background of the Integration of ‘Cultural Tourism + Technology'” and the Degree and Postgraduate Teaching Reform Research Project of Hunan Normal University [Grant No. 21JG04].
Citation
Zhu, Z., Peng, Z. and Yang, K. (2023), "Utilizing the push–pull–mooring framework to explore university teachers' intention to switch from traditional classrooms to smart classrooms in China", Education + Training, Vol. 65 No. 3, pp. 470-491. https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-12-2021-0461
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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