Effective Use of Digital Textbooks: A Hybrid Framework of Acceptance and Self-Determination in Higher Education Programming Courses
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| Title: | Effective Use of Digital Textbooks: A Hybrid Framework of Acceptance and Self-Determination in Higher Education Programming Courses |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Teng Ma (ORCID |
| Source: | IEEE Transactions on Education. 2025 68(3):312-321. |
| Availability: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854. Tel: 732-981-0060; Web site: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=13 |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 10 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Textbooks, Electronic Publishing, College Students, Programming, Student Attitudes, Self Determination, Learner Engagement, Technology Uses in Education, Academic Achievement, Value Judgment, Usability, Competence |
| DOI: | 10.1109/TE.2025.3569558 |
| ISSN: | 0018-9359 1557-9638 |
| Abstract: | Contribution: This study has proposed a hybrid framework of acceptance and self-determination for the use of digital textbooks in higher education programming courses. The intertwined relationships between acceptance and self-determination factors, and their joint effects on student's engagement and learning performance are all examined. Background: Despite the proliferation of education technologies, their acceptance and performance among students are still limited by the active participation of students, especially for engineering training of higher education. Traditional acceptance-related factors face challenges in explaining the engagement of students in using new technology, which calls for an integrated examination for their interconnection and joint effects. Research Questions: 1) How do acceptance and self-determination factors influence each other in using digital textbooks? 2) How do acceptance and self-determination factors jointly affect student's engagement and learning performance? Methodology: By collecting data from students in a programming course using HTML5 package (H5P) digital textbooks, this study examined relationships in the hybrid framework through partial least-squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Findings: This study reveals the relationship between acceptance and self-determination, which verified the mediation effect of self-determination between perceived usefulness / ease of use and acceptance. Besides, the acceptance of students, along with competence and relatedness, could significantly facilitate learning engagement, which further increases the learning performance. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1473802 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Contribution: This study has proposed a hybrid framework of acceptance and self-determination for the use of digital textbooks in higher education programming courses. The intertwined relationships between acceptance and self-determination factors, and their joint effects on student's engagement and learning performance are all examined. Background: Despite the proliferation of education technologies, their acceptance and performance among students are still limited by the active participation of students, especially for engineering training of higher education. Traditional acceptance-related factors face challenges in explaining the engagement of students in using new technology, which calls for an integrated examination for their interconnection and joint effects. Research Questions: 1) How do acceptance and self-determination factors influence each other in using digital textbooks? 2) How do acceptance and self-determination factors jointly affect student's engagement and learning performance? Methodology: By collecting data from students in a programming course using HTML5 package (H5P) digital textbooks, this study examined relationships in the hybrid framework through partial least-squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Findings: This study reveals the relationship between acceptance and self-determination, which verified the mediation effect of self-determination between perceived usefulness / ease of use and acceptance. Besides, the acceptance of students, along with competence and relatedness, could significantly facilitate learning engagement, which further increases the learning performance. |
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| ISSN: | 0018-9359 1557-9638 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/TE.2025.3569558 |
