The Factors Influencing Chinese University Teachers’ Intentions for Using the Micro-Lecture in the Post COVID-19 Era

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has produced a far-reaching influence on higher education and the teaching activities of teachers in Chinese universities. The intentions of teachers in universities for using the micro-lecture, one of the educational informationization products, and the influencing factors of the intentions for using micro-lectures, are changing in the post COVID-19 era. This paper, based on the Technical Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), constructed the research hypotheses for the influence factors of micro-lecture usage intentions of teachers in universities in the post COVID-19 era, and made corresponding verifications through the Structural Equation Model (SEM). As shown by the results therefrom: (1) the micro-lecture usage experience before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected the usage intentions of teachers in universities; (2) the perceived usefulness influenced the usage intention directly, but the perceived ease of use did not directly produce influence; (3) policy impact had no significant influence on the perceived usefulness and the perceived ease of use of university teachers for micro-lecture use; (4) social relations and personal innovativeness have significant impacts on perceived usefulness, teaching objectives and micro-lecture characteristics have significant impacts on the perceived ease of use. In this paper, suggestions and opinions on popularizing micro-lecture usage in the post COVID-19 era were put forward on the basis of research conclusions therein.

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“…In this context, more than ever, teachers' digital competence (DC) remains decisive in the innovative and meaningful integration of digital resources in teaching and learning (Marusic and Viskovic, 2018). Teachers' DC seems to be associated with their exposure to, understanding of, and innovative use of digital resources in line with their instructional requirements (Xie, 2022). The young teachers, or “digital natives” (DNs) (Prensky, 2001), due to their frequent use of digital resources, may have enhanced their understanding of the instructional use of digital resources (Jogezai et al ., 2021).…”

“…, 2005). The uncertainties caused by the recent COVID-19 pandemic and its sustained effects (Steen and Brandsen, 2020) require teachers to be innovative to integrate digital tools in a more meaningful way (Xie, 2022), cope with the use of digital innovations and remain innovative to deal with the challenges (Liguori and Winkler, 2020) they confront while integrating them in their teaching (Kruszewska et al. , 2020).…”

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