Exploring the Effects of the Quality of Applications (APPs) on Computer Anxiety and Student Engagement: A Preliminary Study

With the development and popularity of information technology, auxiliary teaching applications (APPs) play increasingly significant roles in assisting traditional classroom teaching to increase student engagement in class. When APPs are used in teaching, computer anxiety (CA) should be considered because for students, CA is a common negative mentality toward using a computer. However, in existing studies, whether and how CA influences student engagement remain unknown. Thus, as research on how APPs facilitate student engagement, this study further considers the APP itself and then incorporates its quality, which may influence CA. Based on the above, this study adopts the information system (IS) success model as its theoretical basis and proposes a research model to explore whether and how APP quality, in terms of system quality, information quality, service quality and interface quality, influences student engagement through the individual's CA.