| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to empirically identify and explain consumerisation of
information technology (IT) in educational settings, and to establish its relationship
with user autonomy and personal innovativeness. We used a cross-sectional survey
involving 143 self-sponsored students in six different classes in both undergraduate and
postgraduate sections of the School of Business of the University of Nairobi. The choice
of self-sponsored students enrolled in part-time programmes was premised on the
observation that many students undertaking these programmes were employed in the
workforce full-time and took classes in the evenings. They were thus in the unique
position of being able to evaluate technology in the context of both the commercial
arena (their workplace) as well as, for their academic programme, the educational arena.
Our study established that the rate of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and the basic
level of consumerisation of IT in the sample was about 91%, and found significant
positive correlations among the research variables of consumerisation of IT, user
autonomy and personal innovativeness. We also established that the respondent’s
BYOD status (that is, whether or not they owned a device that they brought to class)
was a statistically significant factor in understanding the research variables, but that
there were no statistically significant differences in the respondent’s single or multiple
device ownership and similarly in the respondent categories of gender, academic
programme and age group. Our study produced useful insights into the factors that
influence innovation in the classroom and significantly contributed new ideas towards
the understanding of the concept of consumerisation of IT in educational settings,
recommending that educators should look for innovative ways to use mobile
technologies in their classrooms. | en_US |
