Extending the TAM model to explore the factors that affect Intention to Use digital textbooks in primary teachers' views

摘要

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the views of the primary teachers' future intention to use digital textbooks. In this paper, we take the Technology Acceptance as a foundation and extend the external variables including satisfaction usefulness, interactive learning activities, digital textbook effectiveness and user-interface design. Data was collected through questionnaire from 220 schools in some Chinese province; research is designed as structural equation modelling to analyze the key factors which influence teachers to use digital textbooks that is a new way of digital learning. This paper proposes a number of scientific hypotheses and validates the extending model. Results show that most of hypotheses are supported, which indicate that the extended variables are important factors to make a multi-level influence on teachers. Finally it is inferred that a conceptual model which is accepted easily by teachers, for understanding teachers' satisfaction, effectiveness and intention of digital textbooks and developing or designing the digital textbooks.