A Preliminary Study of the Behavioural Intention to Use Pervasive Tools in Malaysia Higher Education

Pervasive tools for instance mobile devices, wearable computers, RFID tags and sensors have been proven in the past studies in bringing advantages in education. Pervasive tools have been employed in the educational purposes by a number of researchers and proved that the utilization of pervasive tools is reported as pervasive, persistent, allow students to access to education in flexible way. Student are able to access to relevant educational materials and are enhanced by context-aware applications. However, previous studies of literature have placed little emphasis on students' acceptance of pervasive tools in Malaysia higher education. Understanding the factors played a huge part in determining the factors of technology adoption. The advancements in technology itself cannot make sure that pervasive tools can be widely accepted by students. As a result, it is essential to investigate the reasons for acceptance or rejection of technology. This goal of this study was to combine TAM and TTF and included external factors in examining the behavioral intention of students to use pervasive tools in Malaysia private university. The preliminary analysis of this study has adopted quantitative research methods and showed the reliability of the proposed constructs of TAM and TTF of the proposed model. Pilot test results implies students' positive affects where students tend to adopt pervasive tools in the learning process. Actual data collection will be implemented to further validate the findings from the pilot test.