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标题：Factors affecting Chinese university students’ intention to continue using virtual and remote labs
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作者：Mu-Hua Zhang ; Chien-Yuan Su ; Yan Li 等
期刊名称：Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
印刷版ISSN：1449-3098
电子版ISSN：1449-5554
出版年度：2020
卷号：36
期号：2
页码：169-185
DOI：10.14742/ajet.5939
语种：English
出版社：Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
摘要：Recently, virtual and remote labs (VRLs) have been developed to support students in conducting experiments in engineering and science education. However, little is known about the students’ intentions to continue using VRLs and their satisfaction with the experience. This study proposed an extended model embedded within the expectation confirmation model and two variables concerning flow experience (time distortion and focused attention) to predict Chinese university students’ satisfaction with and intention to continue using VRLs. A structural equation modelling technique based on covariance was conducted to evaluate survey questionnaire responses received from 238 students at a university located in central China. The results demonstrated that satisfaction was the most crucial determinant of the students’ intention to continue using VRLs, followed closely by perceived usefulness. Confirmation played an indirect role in predicting students’ intentions to continue using VRLs via satisfaction and perceived usefulness. Students’ flow experience while performing virtual experiments played a positive and direct role in confirming their expectations of VRLs.
关键词：intentions to continue using;satisfaction;expectation confirmation model;flow experience;virtual and remote labs