Purpose

Despite the increased use of wearables in education, little attention has been paid to why some students are more likely to adopt smartwatches than others. The question of what impacts the adoption of smartwatches in educational activities is still neglected. In addition, the question of how security determinants can affect the adoption of smartwatches by students has not been addressed yet. Hence, this study aims to develop a theoretical model by integrating the technology acceptance model (TAM) and protection motivation theory (PMT) to study students' adoption of smartwatches for educational purposes.

Design/methodology/approach

Questionnaires were distributed to university students in Malaysia. A total of 679 valid responses were collected. The collected data were analyzed using partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).

Findings

The results of data analysis provide support for the proposed model. Furthermore, the findings indicated that perceived vulnerability, self-efficacy, response efficacy, response cost, ease of use and perceived usefulness have significant effects on students' behavioral intention to use smartwatches for educational purposes. In addition, perceived ease of use of smartwatches for educational purposes helps students to realize the benefits of this technology.

Originality/value

This is an original study that develops a new holistic theoretical model by combining the PMT and TAM to study the effects of ease of use, usefulness and security-related factors on the adoption of smartwatches for educational purposes. The study offers practical implications for universities and higher education institutions to improve students' learning experiences to ensure their sustainability using new and innovative ways by exploiting new technologies such as smartwatches.

中文翻译：

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检查学生在高等教育中使用智能手表的信念和安全问题的作用

目的

尽管可穿戴设备在教育中的使用越来越多，但很少有人关注为什么有些学生比其他学生更可能采用智能手表。智能手表在教育活动中的采用受到什么影响的问题仍然被忽视。此外，安全决定因素如何影响学生对智能手表的采用的问题尚未得到解决。因此，本研究旨在通过整合技术接受模型 (TAM) 和保护动机理论 (PMT) 来开发理论模型，以研究学生为教育目的而采用智能手表的情况。

设计/方法/方法

问卷已分发给马来西亚的大学生。共收集到 679 条有效回复。使用偏最小二乘结构方程模型 (PLS-SEM) 分析收集到的数据。

发现

数据分析结果为提出的模型提供了支持。此外，研究结果表明，感知脆弱性、自我效能感、响应效能、响应成本、易用性和感知有用性对学生将智能手表用于教育目的的行为意向有显着影响。此外，智能手表用于教育目的的感知易用性有助于学生意识到这项技术的好处。

原创性/价值

这是一项原创研究，它通过结合 PMT 和 TAM 开发了一种新的整体理论模型，以研究易用性、实用性和安全相关因素对智能手表用于教育目的的影响。该研究为大学和高等教育机构提供了实际意义，以改善学生的学习体验，通过开发智能手表等新技术，以创新的方式确保他们的可持续性。