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An investigation on Senior Students’ Behavioral Intention to Use Tencent Meeting for Legal Course in Chengdu, China
Get PDFPurpose: This research aims to investigate senior students’ behavioral intention to use Tencent meeting for the legal course in Chengdu, China. The key variables are developed from previous literature, including perceived usefulness, attitude, social influence, perceived behavioral control, subjective norm, behavioral intention, and use behavior. Research design, data, and methodology: The target population is 500 fourth-year students at three selected universities who have experience using the Tencent platform for the law course. Probability and nonprobability are used, including judgmental, stratified random, and convenience sampling. Before the data collection, the Item Objective Congruence (IOC) Index and the pilot test (n=30) by Cronbach’s Alpha were assessed to ensure content validity and reliability. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) were used as statistical tools to confirm validity, reliability, and hypotheses testing. Results: The results show that all hypotheses are supported. Perceived usefulness significantly impacts attitude. Attitude, social influence, perceived behavioral control, and subjective norm significantly impacts behavioral intention. Furthermore, behavioral intention significantly impacts use behavior. Conclusions: Tencent meeting developers, college administrators, or practitioners should focus on improving students’ Tencent meeting use behavior. The developer of Tencent Meeting and the college’s top management should concentrate on making students’ perceptions of the app’s usefulness, social influence, and attitude
The Impacting Factors Of Continuance Intention to Use E-Learning After Covid-19 Of Male Students Majoring in Music in Chengdu
Get PDFPurpose: Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, telecommuting and learning has become important Internet application for the continuous prevention and control of the epidemic and the normal operation of the social economy. This study investigates the continuance intention to use e-learning of music major college students in Chengdu, China. Research design, data, and methodology: The population is 500 male students at Sichuan University who have been using three selected e-learning platforms: DingDing, Tencent meeting, and WeLink. The sample techniques are judgmental, stratified random, and convenience sampling. The Item Objective Congruence (IOC) Index and the pilot test (n=50) by Cronbach’s Alpha were approved before the data collection. The data was analyzed through Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Results: The findings reveal that system quality and subjective norms significantly impact perceived usefulness. Interactivity, course content quality, and perceived usefulness significantly impact satisfaction. Continuance intention is impacted by perceived usefulness but not by satisfaction. Conclusions: The findings can contribute to the educators, and e-learning platform providers collaborating for more effective use of e-learning and promote the strong continuance intention to use among students in higher education in China
Measuring Intention to Purchase Innovative Personal Health Assistant Services of Hypertension Patients in A Private Hospital in Bangkok
Get PDFPurpose: This research examines the influencing factors of purchase intention on innovative personal health assistant services of hypertension patients of Bumrungrad Hospital. The conceptual framework contains five variables: brand image, perceived service quality, patient satisfaction, Word of mouth, and purchase intention. Research design, data, and methodology: The data collection is to distribute questionnaires to 500 participants who are hypertension symptoms. The researcher applied probability and nonprobability sampling techniques, including purposive, stratified random, and convenience samplings. Before the data collection, content validity was reserved by the index of item objective congruence (IOC), and Cronbach’s Alpha approved a pilot study of 50 samples. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modeling (SEM) methodology. Results: All five hypotheses are supported in this study. Brand image has a significant impact on perceived service quality. Perceived service quality has a significant impact on patient satisfaction. Patient satisfaction has a significant impact on Word of mouth. Furthermore, Word of the Mount significantly impacts brand image and purchase intention. Conclusions: Healthcare service providers can enhance the purchase intention of digital healthcare technology where it could be remarkably beneficial to patients to track and monitor their health conditions
Factors Influencing High School Students’ Intention and Use Of elearning to Study Chemistry in Bangkok, Thailand
Get PDFPurpose: This research aims to identify factors impacting the behavioral intention and use behavior of eLearning among the students who are studying Chemistry in the final two years (Grade 11 and 12) of international schools in Bangkok, Thailand. The conceptual framework is based on performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, habit, behavioral intention and use behavior. Research design, data, and methodology: A quantitative approach of probability and non-probability techniques was used, including judgmental, stratified random and convenience samplings. Constructed on the UTAUT model used for this study, 500 questionnaires were distributed to high school Chemistry studying pupils among international schools in Bangkok. Statistical tool of Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) of IBM SPSS was adopted to explore the collected data and analyze the model fit, reliability, and validity of the various variables. Results: Results indicate the strongest relationship between the behavioral intention and use behavior of eLearning. Furthermore, performance expectancy, efforts expectancy, facilitating conditions, and habit significantly affect behavioral intention. Facilitating conditions and habit have a significant impact on use behavior. Conclusions: A robust relation has demonstrated a strong association between behavioral intention and the user behavior of eLearning
A Study Examining Undergraduate Students’ Satisfaction and Continuance Intention with E-learning in Beijing, China
Get PDFPurpose: This study investigates the factors impacting undergraduate students’ satisfaction and continuance intention with e-learning in Beijing, China. The main theories were Information Systems Success Model (ISSM), Expectation Confirmation Theory (ECT), and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Perceived usefulness, confirmation, satisfaction, system quality, information quality, service quality, and continuance intention were all interconnected in the conceptual framework. Research design, data, and methodology: 479 questionnaires were completed by students in the four departments of the Beijing Film Academy. The study employed three sampling techniques: purposive sampling, quota sampling, and convenience sampling. To ensure content validity, the index of item-objective congruence (IOC) was utilized, along with a pilot test involving a sample of 50 participants, and the reliability of the measurements was assessed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Additionally, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) were employed to analyze the data and generate the findings. Results: All eight hypotheses proposed in the study were supported. Confirmation has a significant impact on perceived usefulness. Perceived usefulness, confirmation, system quality, information quality, and service quality significantly impact satisfaction. Perceived usefulness and satisfaction significantly impact continuance intention. Conclusions: College teaching practitioners should focus to enhance e-learning’s efficiency and student’s motivation to continue using online education appropriately
Factors Influencing Visual Communication Design Students’ Satisfaction Toward Tencent Meeting of Online Class at a Public University in Chengdu, China
Get PDFPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors influencing visual communication design students’ satisfaction toward Tencent Meeting of online class at a public university in Chengdu, China. Research design, data and methodology: The research methodology used in this study was quantitative research and questionnaire to collect data. Based on the review of prior literature, a model of teacher self-efficacy, student self-regulation, student engagement, and course design/structure pairs with visual communication design students’ satisfaction with using Tencent Meetings for online classes was designed. Sixty valid questionnaires were collected from third-year undergraduate students majoring in visual communication design at a public university in Chengdu. Multiple linear regression was used to analyze the data. Results: The results of the study showed that students’ participation in course design/structure was statistically significant on students’ Tencent conferencing for online classroom satisfaction, p < 0.001. furthermore, the test also found that Teachers’ self-efficacy (β = 0.055, p = 0.487 ), and student self-regulation (β = 0.056, p = 0.492) did not significantly influence Students’ satisfaction towards online class using Tencent meeting. Conclusions: The results of the study showed that most of the visual communication design students were satisfied with the use of Tencent meeting for the online class, and the students could learn, communicate, and collaborate well through this platform, which provided a satisfactory learning experience for the students. Secondly reasonable course design/structure and active student participation are the key factors for student satisfaction, emphasizing the important impact of course design and student participation on online courses, which can be improved through improvements in these areas
Montfortian Education Charter (MEC) in the Modern Age: Responding to Global Challenges
Get PDFThis article deals with the commitment of the Religious Educators, Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel, in Thailand and worldwide to cope with changes in the 21st Century. Though their three-hundred-year education system and pedagogy are founded upon the founder's charism and firm belief in the eternal 'Absolute Truth,' GOD ALONE, the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel acknowledged and responded to constant changes in the world. In response to demands of changes in the 21st Century, 16 years (1992-2008) of revising and updating their educational heritage under the 'Montfortian Education Charter' (MEC) was successes. Due to their sincere commitment to education mission inherited from their founder and God's inspiration, the contents of MEC coincide very well with the latest discoveries of educational guidelines for the 21st Century-Partnership for 21st Century Skill and Wagner's Seven Survival Skills for 21st century students.
Innovative Work Behavior Capability and Job Enthusiasm for Excellence on Proactive Job Effectiveness of Employees in the Thai Telecommunications Equipment Sector
Get PDF This research aimed to study the effect of innovative work behavior capability and job enthusiasm for excellence on proactive job effectiveness of employees in the Thai telecommunications equipment sector. Questionnaires were used to collect data and random sampling was used to select samples from 110 Thai telecommunications equipment sector employees. Correlation, research, and multiple regression analysis were used to statistically analyze data. The study results were as follows: 1) innovative work behavior capability consisting of promoting learning and enhancing skills, technology adoption and development, dissemination of knowledge skills for change, and promoting fair rewards had a significant positive influence on both job enthusiasm for excellence and proactive job effectiveness. 2) job enthusiasm for excellence had a significant positive influence on proactive job effectiveness. In summary, the innovative work behavior capability and job enthusiasm for excellence had a significant positive influence on proactive work effectiveness of employees in the Thai telecommunications equipment sector. Therefore, it was recommended that the management focuses on innovative work behavior capability, job enthusiasm for excellence, and proactive work efficiency. This should be a guideline for developing new knowledge and could be applied to increase efficiency and effectiveness of competitive capability, which continuously changes.
 
Attitude Towards Use and Behavior Intention of Online Art Appreciation Courses in Public Universities in Yunnan, China
Get PDFPurpose: This study developed a model to predict the key factors affecting the behavior intention to adopt online art appreciation courses of undergraduate students. Key variables are perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, performance expectancy, perceived satisfaction, effort expectancy, attitude towards use and behavioral intention. Research design, data and methodology: The proposed model was empirically tested by collecting data from 498 undergraduates in three public universities in Yunnan, China. The sampling techniques were judgmental, quota and convenience samplings. Before the collection of the data, the Item Objective Congruence (IOC) Index and Cronbach’s Alpha were used to approve measuring items and constructs’ reliability. Data were analyzed by testing the measurement and structural models by Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Structural Equation Model (SEM), which included goodness of model fits, correlation validity, and reliability. Results: Performance expectancy has the strongest impact on behavior intention, followed by attitude towards use and effort expectancy. Perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use significantly influence attitude towards use. On the other hand, perceived satisfaction has no significant influence on behavioral intention. Conclusions: To the best of this findings, this study attempts to explore students’ attitude towards use and behavioral intention to adopt online art learning in order to improve their learning efficiency
French Horn Students’ Performance Improvement and Their Perceptions of Learning through Synchronous Virtual Classroom: An Empirical Research at Hunan Normal University
Get PDFSynchronous virtual classroom has been widely used by universities as an alternative teaching method under the covid-19 pandemic, however, in the world of French horn education, there is a lack of scholarly attention on discovering how synchronous virtual classroom could affect students’ performance improvement and perceptions. The purpose of this study is to use a synchronous virtual classroom course to assess the sample participants’ performance improvement and perceptions; and then to analyze and evaluate the results from the assessment. This study used a paired sample t-test analysis to investigate whether this learning approach has caused significant improvement on students’ performances; and used a questionnaire analysis and a template analysis based on data collected from interviews to investigate how the students think about the course, and to explore the potential benefits and drawbacks that this learning approach has. The main research findings of this study indicate that, in terms of performance improvements, synchronous virtual classroom significantly improved French horn students’ overall performance improvement; in terms of students’ perceptions, such a learning method is mentally acceptable by the students, in which they were generally satisfied with this learning approach