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Technology Acceptance and Its Utilisation in Post COVID Era in Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study of Uganda Management Institute (UMI)
Abstract
The study sought to examine the relationship between Technology Acceptance and Utilization of Education Technologies (ET) in Higher Education (HE) in the post-COVID Era. The objectives of the study were to: Assess the relationship between perceived usefulness and utilization of ET; Assess the relationship between ease of use and utilization of ET and; Find out the relationship between behavioral intention to use and utilization of Education Technologies at Uganda Management Institute.
Using a mixed research design, both qualitative and quantitative data was collected through interviews and questionnaires from 315 out of 3696 were purposively selected participants. The study was also guided by the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM).
The findings indicated a strong positive correlation between perceived ease of use (r = 0.797); perceived usefulness (r = 0.829); users’ behavioral intention to use (r = 0.873) and Utilization of Educational Technologies.
Implying that the behavior of the users is more paramount in influencing the utilization of education technologies hence the need to intensively sensitize, support and build user capacity for a successful utilization of education technologies at Higher Education.
PCF11 Sub-Theme: Changing Mindsets for Inclusive Open Education
Paper ID: 2063
Subjects: Technology Acceptance; Higher Education; Uganda
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Uganda
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Africa
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2025-09
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Commonwealth of Learning (COL)