Mobile Technology in Higher Education: An Extended Technology Acceptance Perspective

There is a lack of research that provides institutions with information on educators’ acceptance of mobile technology in higher education within the United States. This study utilized the Chen et al. (2013) extended technology acceptance model, that extended the original Davis (1989) TAM. In this research study, Chen et al. (2013) survey instrument provided the necessary tool to collect data from educators in higher education within the United States before COVID-19. The results showed statistical significance exists in relationships across the assessed factors of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, perceived attitude toward use, and behavioral intention, which contribute to the acceptance of mobile technology in higher education. The study implies that institutions face a challenging task to understand the technology acceptance of educators as they incorporate the use of mobile technology to support their work and improve instructional practices

An AI-inspired intelligent agent/student architecture to combine language resources research and teaching

This paper describes experimental use of the multi-agent architecture to integrate Natural Language and Information Systems research and teaching, by casting a group of students as intelligent agents to collect and analyse English language resources from around the world. Section 2 and section 3 describe the hybrid intelligent information systems experiments at the University of Leeds and the results generated, including several research papers accepted at international conferences, and a finalist entry in the British Computer Society Machine Intelligence contest. Our proposals for applying the multi-agent idea in other universities such as the Arab Open University are presented in section 4. The conclusion is presented in section 5: the success of hybrid intelligent information systems experiments in generating research papers within a limited time

Information and communication technology adoption and staff performance in public tertiary institutions in Bauchi State, Nigeria

The global outcry for administrative efficiency in the context of public affairs necessitated some organizations in the Nigerian public sectors to adopt technology as an instrument for effective and efficient service delivery. This study, therefore, investigated the influence of technological attributes on the perception of administrative staff to adopt information and communication technology facilities in their primary responsibilities for effective performance in Bauchi state public tertiary institutions. Data were collected using questionnaires and semi-structured interview questions. After preliminary data screening using SPSS, 382 questionnaires were used in quantitative data analysis, while 8 respondents were interviewed. The respondents were selected from six tertiary institutions in Bauchi state due to its peculiarity with the issue. PLS-SEM was used to analyse the responses generated from the questionnaires while NVIVO was used to analyse the interviews transcribed data using a thematic approach. The study was conducted using a convergent parallel designed of quantitative and qualitative approach. The quantitative approach consists of 16 hypotheses, out of which 12 were supported, while 4 were not supported. The findings of this study demonstrated the significance of the adopted variables as capable of influencing the rational decision of non-teaching staff to improve their performance through actual use of technological attributes. However, the study observed some limitations with regard to the ICT facilities in achieving the needed performance without the fundamental administrative structures as identified in the qualitative analysis. The Implications of the finding are discussed in relation to the theoretical, practical, and methodological postulations. The study contributes to the theory and practice of, information system, public policy, and administration, as well as provides policymakers and top management staff with the understanding of ICT adoption as a panacea to poor staff performance, in public tertiary institutions