Ni Putu Wulan Purnama Sari, Minh-Phuong Thi Duong, Dan Li, Minh-Hoang Nguyen, Quan-Hoang Vuong
Background: The integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) in clinical learning is crucial for evidence-based nursing and student-centered learning. Aim: The study examines whether effort expectancy moderates the relationship between performance expectancy and ICT usage intention among Moroccan nursing students. Methods: The Bayesian Mindsponge Framework analytics, combining the reasoning strengths of Mindsponge Theory and inference advantages of Bayesian analysis, was employed on a dataset of 702 students. Results: We found that students' performance expectancy is positively associated with the intention to adopt ICT and social media, while effort expectancy positively moderates this relationship. Moreover, the model with effort expectancy as the moderator was discovered to have a significantly larger weight than the model with effort expectancy as the direct predictor, validating the information-processing reasoning of the Mindsponge Theory. Conclusions: These findings add theoretical novelty to the existing literature on the Technology Acceptance Model and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology. Practically, they provide insights for communication priorities regarding ICTs to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of nursing education and training while lowering costs. © 2024 Organization for Associate Degree Nursing
Faculty of Nursing, Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University, East Java, Indonesia; Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam; College of Educational Science, Yan'an University, Shaanxi, Yan'an, China; Centre for Interdisciplinary Social Research, Phenikaa University, Hanoi, Viet Nam