Abstract
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have grown rapidly, becoming an integral part of today’s society and affecting how daily activities are conducted worldwide. They have transformed the education landscape and today’s classrooms have evolved from traditional blackboards to whiteboards and then to smart boards. The smart board technology (SBT) is considered one of the innovative teaching and learning technologies for different levels in education. However, the challenge is the low adoption of the SBT in teaching and learning environments by educators, particularly in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore factors affecting the adoption of smart board technology. Using an extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model, a quantitative, cross-sectional survey was utilised to gather data from 224 academics from a South African university. Findings revealed that the adoption of smart board technology at the university is low and smart board features are inadequately used. Additionally, results showed that social influence and attitude toward using technology were significantly the key factors affecting users’ intentions to adopt smart boards. Facilitating conditions had a very strong statistically significant effect on users’ behaviour to use smart boards.
Highlights
Technology has revolutionised traditional ways of doing things, and the education sector has not been immune to this revolution
This study extended the UTAUT model to address this study's main objective to explore factors affecting the adoption of smart board technology (SBT) by academics
Quantitative research was considered suitable for this study because it enabled data gathering from many academics dispersed on different campuses
Summary
Technology has revolutionised traditional ways of doing things, and the education sector has not been immune to this revolution. The SBT is described as large, touch-sensitive screens mostly mounted on walls or as a standalone [1], [2]. They require a connection between a projector, a computer and software installed to them [3], [4]. Smart boards are considered as one of the innovative teaching and learning technologies for different levels in education [6]. They have formed an essential part of today‘s classroom [7]
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