Kyrgyz Students’ Acceptance of QR Code Use in Organic Chemistry Course

Chinara Jumabaeva; Gülgün Afacan Adanır; Kulumkan Sartova; Gulshat Muhametjanova

doi:10.24310/ijtei.101.2024.17747

Authors

Chinara Jumabaeva Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Kyrgyzstan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2788-3996
Gülgün Afacan Adanır Cambridge University, United Kingdom https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0832-1808
Kulumkan Sartova Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Kyrgyzstan
Gulshat Muhametjanova Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Kyrgyzstan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9423-6302

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/ijtei.101.2024.17747

Keywords:

Instructional videos, Organic chemistry, QR code, Technology acceptance

Abstract

Science disciplines require a deeper study of theoretical material by performing laboratory work, which includes performing experiments. In this regard, it will be useful to actively introduce new technologies into the educational process. In this study, QR codes were integrated into the Organic Chemistry Course textbook to direct university and high school students to the appropriate videos about the experiments. In this respect, this study aimed to analyze university and high school students` acceptance of the QR code technology used in the "Organic Chemistry" course. This research model is based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology2 (UTAUT2). Hence, the study included perceived playfulness, social influence, facilitating conditions, hedonic motivation, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, behavioral intention, and attitude as the major antecedents of students’ acceptance of QR codes. In total, 204 Kyrgyz students in university and high school level participated in this study. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) analysis was applied to analyze the effects of factors on students’ acceptance of QR codes. The study revealed that facilitating conditions, hedonic motivation, social influence, perceived ease of use, and perceived usefulness are the significant factors towards students` acceptance of QR code use in Organic Chemistry course.

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Author Biographies

Chinara Jumabaeva, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University,

Graduated from the Kyrgyz National University with a degree in Information Systems. Candidate of Computer Sciences, Associate Professor. Total teaching experience is 25 years. One of the areas of scientific research is the use of information technology in education. She is a senior lecturer at the Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University.

Gülgün Afacan Adanır, Cambridge University,

Gülgün Afacan Adanır is an instructor at Ankara University Open and Distance Education Faculty. She also supports instructional activities of the Ankara University Informatics Department. Dr. Adanır gained her PhD from Middle East Technical University (METU) Information Systems in February 2016. She holds a BSc in Computer Education and Instructional Technology (2006), an MSc in Information Systems (2009) both from Middle East Technical University. She worked as a research assistant at Middle East Technical University Informatics Institute between 2007 and 2011. Then, she worked as a research assistant at the University of Georgia between 2011 and 2012. Since 2014, she has been working as an instructor at Ankara University. Her research interests include distance education, learning analytics, e-government, and human-computer interaction.

Kulumkan Sartova, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University,

Graduated from the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Institute. Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor. Specialist in the field of coal chemistry. Sartova studying the physicochemical properties of cotton biomass and methods for producing activated carbons from cotton waste. Total teaching experience is 49 years. She is an associate professor at the Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University.

Gulshat Muhametjanova, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University,

Gulshat Muhametjanova is an Assistant Professor at Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University. She received BS in Computer Engineering from Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in 2004 and a PhD on BS in Computer Education and Instructional Technologies from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2014. Her research interests include technology integration, e-learning, distance education, and social networking sites.

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