It gets extensive attention by scholars since the TAM is put forward. From the most primitive TAM to recently UTAUT2 proposed by Venkatesh, different scholars in different fields study on various TAM from different angles, and the technology acceptance related models experiences a series of development course. This study systematically arranges the papers in leading journals of technology acceptance study, takes the evolution process of each model as a logical clue, analyzes the technology acceptance research context systematically, and also points out the deficiencies in the technology acceptance research with the hope of providing some reference for the follow-up study.
This short paper reports the findings of a study exploring English for
Academic Purposes (EAP) students’ behavioral intention to use a
high-immersion Virtual Reality (VR) system for learning paragraph structure.
The study measured relationships between variables that may lead to
learners’ intention to use the high-immersion VR Reality system through
leveraging a hypothesized theoretical framework based upon a widely used
technology acceptance model. Quantitative data were collected from 134
Sino-British English as a medium of instruction by university undergraduate
students enrolled in EAP classes by means of a post-participation
questionnaire. A Partial Least Squares - Structural Equation Modeling
(PLS-SEM) exploratory analysis was executed. Results suggested that
students’ intention to use the high-immersion VR learning environment was
primarily determined by its usefulness for learning and not how easy it was
to use. Furthermore, the degree to which the learners felt confident in
their ability to operate the system had a large impact on how easy they
perceived it was to use. And finally, the antecedent conditions of learners
had little impact on the students’ perceived usefulness of the VR
system.
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