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Title: Effective Use of Digital Textbooks: A Hybrid Framework of Acceptance and Self-Determination in Higher Education Programming Courses
Language: English
Authors: Teng Ma (ORCID 0000-0002-1285-8106), Ahmad Samed Al-Adwan (ORCID 0000-0001-5688-1503), Na Li (ORCID 0000-0003-2395-3499), Erick Purwanto (ORCID 0000-0001-6497-6721), Wan Meng, Hai-Ning Liang (ORCID 0000-0003-3600-8955)
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.
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