TY - JOUR AU - Boel , Carl AU - Rotsaert , Tijs AU - Valcke , Martin AU - Rosseel , Yves AU - Struyf , Dieter AU - Schellens , Tammy PY - 2023/02/13 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Are teachers ready to immerse? Acceptance of mobile immersive virtual reality in secondary education teachers JF - Research in Learning Technology JA - Research in Learning Technology VL - 31 IS - SE - Original Research Articles DO - 10.25304/rlt.v31.2855 UR - https://journal.alt.ac.uk/index.php/rlt/article/view/2855 SP - AB - The increasing mainstream adoption of immersive virtual reality (iVR) in education has triggered research about key variables explaining acceptance of iVR by teachers. In this study we adopted the UTAUT2 acceptance model as a theoretical framework enriched with the variable personal innovativeness. 379 Flemish secondary education teachers watched a video about iVR learning experiences, after which an online survey concerning their perceptions was administered. General linear modeling was performed to test the hypotheses. Results indicate performance expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, hedonic motivation and personal innovativeness to be significantly associated with behavioural intention to use. No moderating effect of age, gender or experience was observed. The results account for 54% of the variance in behavioural intention to use. The findings help to understand which factors are key in the acceptance of mobile iVR by secondary education teachers and might help defining successful iVR implementation strategies. ER -