Application of Technology Acceptance Model in Examining Students’ Behavioural Intention to Use Virtual Meeting Technology: A Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Abstract

The use of virtual meeting technologies is becoming widespread in the educational field especially due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) that suddenly traumatized educational institutions activities in many countries across the world. However, despite the numerous advantages of virtual meeting technology, many higher institutions in Nigeria have not embraced the technology even during COVID-19 pandemic due to poor internet connectivity, poor facilities, negative attitudes (non-acceptance) of both teachers and students etc. In this study, partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) based on Davis technology acceptance model (TAM) was used to test the proposed model. The reliability and validity tests of the data collection instrument re-established the suitability of the TAM model in measuring the students’ acceptance of virtual meeting technologies. The research indicated that perceived usefulness as established by TAM was also found to have a significant impact on students’ attitude and behavioral intention to use virtual meeting technology. Similarly, the result has shown that perceived ease of use (PEOU) had a strong effect on perceived usefulness (PU).