A Measurement Model of Students' Behavioral Intentions to Use Second Life Virtual Environments

摘要

Applying the Theory of Reasoned Action, this paper presents a survey instrument that measures the correlation between students' attitudes and their behavior intention to use Second Life virtual environments. One hundred and sixty-two library and information science students were introduced to Second Life virtual environments during a face-to-face training session and completed a survey instrument afterward. The survey yielded a Cronbach alpha of 0.95, indicating a high reliability test score. Factor loadings for attitude and behavior intention were 76.54% and 56.02%, respectively, suggesting robust construct validity. The correlation coefficient between latent variables attitude and behavior intention was 0.54. This paper suggests approaches to motivate student intentions to use Second Life in higher education.