Identifying the Determinants of Behavioral Intention in a Mobile Fitness for Life Course

Abstract

Mobile technologies are increasingly being integrated in classrooms in an effort to facilitate and enhance students’ learning. Academic institutions are investing in mobile devices intended to provide educational value to students. Limited research has been conducted in users’ acceptance of mobile learning in higher education and few measuring acceptance when implemented in specific disciplines. The purpose of the present study was to examine the determinants of students’ acceptance and use of mobile learning in the context of an online fitness for life course. The participants were students (n=15) enrolled in the online section of PE: 100 Active Living. A modified model of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) was employed to measure students’ behavioral intention. Participants completed the modified UTAUT survey after completing the eight week course. The UTAUT survey examined students responses to six constructs; performance expectancy, effort expectancy, perceived playfulness, attitude towards using technology, facilitating conditions, and self-efficacy significance in determining behavioral intention. A multiple linear regression was calculated to predict determinants of student’s behavioral intention to use mobile devices in an online fitness for life course. A significant regression equation was found to account for students behavioral intention.