Abstract—Information and communication technologies
(ICTs) have grown rapidly, becoming an integral part of
today’s society and affecting how daily activities are conducted
worldwide. They have transformed the education landscape
and today’s classrooms have evolved from traditional
blackboards to whiteboards and then to smart boards. The
smart board technology (SBT) is considered one of the
innovative teaching and learning technologies for different
levels in education. However, the challenge is the low adoption
of the SBT in teaching and learning environments by educators,
particularly in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Therefore,
the purpose of this study was to explore factors affecting the
adoption of smart board technology. Using an extended Unified
Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model,
a quantitative, cross-sectional survey was utilised to gather data
from 224 academics from a South African university. Findings
revealed that the adoption of smart board technology at the
university is low and smart board features are inadequately
used. Additionally, results showed that social influence and
attitude toward using technology were significantly the key
factors affecting users’ intentions to adopt smart boards.
Facilitating conditions had a very strong statistically significant
effect on users’ behaviour to use smart boards.
Index Terms—Higher education institutions, information
and communication technology, smart board technology,
unified theory of acceptance and use of technology.
Xolile Zincume is with Durban University of Technology, South Africa
(e-mail: zincumex@dut.ac.za).
Mudaray Marimuthu is with University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(e-mail: marimuthum@ukzn.ac.za).
Cite: Xolile Zincume and Mudaray Marimuthu, "Structural Equation Modelling of Factors Influencing Users‘ Adoption of Smart Board: A South African University Perspective," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 215-224, 2022.
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