Purpose

The present paper is an attempt to study Education 4.0 supported by Industry 4.0 tools and techniques. The main purpose of the study is to examine the acceptance and use of one of the internet of things (IoT)-based learning management systems, i.e. videoconferencing application (Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, GoToMeeting, WebEx), by academicians of higher education using the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model.

Design/methodology/approach

The study comprises 218 responses of academicians associated with higher education in the Sultanate of Oman. Descriptive and factor analysis of the collected data are employed using SPSS-26. Further, using Amos-21, the fit and validity indices of the measurement model are computed. Various relationships of the UTAUT structural model along with moderation effects of gender and nationality are tested.

Findings

The results suggest that performance expectancy, effort expectancy and social influence significantly predict behavioral intention. In turn, behavioral intention and facilitating conditions also significantly predict the use behavior of academicians for videoconferencing in higher education. Finally, gender moderates two out of four UTAUT relations, but nationality does not moderate any of these relations.

Originality/value

A lot of prior studies investigate several models to use technology-enabled pedagogy from educators' or students' perspectives. There are very limited studies that examine IoT-based learning tools within the UTAUT environment. Additionally, no study is available that considers UTAUT relations for the use of videoconferencing in higher education. Also, in the present study, one more moderator, i.e. nationality, is tested.

中文翻译：

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从工业 4.0 到教育 4.0：阿曼高等教育中视频会议应用的接受和使用

目的

本文试图研究由工业 4.0 工具和技术支持的教育 4.0。该研究的主要目的是检查高等院校的院士对基于物联网 (IoT) 的学习管理系统之一，即视频会议应用程序（Google Meet、Microsoft Teams、Zoom、GoToMeeting、WebEx）的接受和使用情况。教育采用统一理论接受和使用技术（UTAUT）模式。

设计/方法/方法

该研究包括 218 名与阿曼苏丹国高等教育相关的院士的回复。使用 SPSS-26 对收集的数据进行描述性和因子分析。此外，使用 Amos-21 计算测量模型的拟合和有效性指数。测试了 UTAUT 结构模型的各种关系以及性别和国籍的调节效应。

发现

结果表明，绩效期望、努力期望和社会影响显着预测行为意图。反过来，行为意图和便利条件也显着预测了院士在高等教育中视频会议的使用行为。最后，性别缓和了四分之二的 UTAUT 关系，但国籍并没有缓和这些关系中的任何一个。

原创性/价值

许多先前的研究从教育者或学生的角度调查了几种使用技术支持的教学法的模型。在 UTAUT 环境中检查基于物联网的学习工具的研究非常有限。此外，没有研究考虑到 UTAUT 关系在高等教育中使用视频会议。此外，在本研究中，还测试了一个调节因子，即国籍。