Factors Affecting Emerging Technology Adoption in Higher Education: A Systematic Mapping Study

Abstract

This paper reviews the most recent literature on studying the factors that affect the adoption of emerging technology in higher education by focusing on the findings and recommended future research. To meet this aim, the authors conduct an in-depth analysis of the current literature by using the systematic review method. This research paper was supplemented by analysis 46 papers from various websites which hosted scientific journals. These papers employed different type of models as a baseline framework on studying the factors that affect the adoption of emerging technology in higher education. The researchers focused on findings in these papers and on the core models used to predict factors that affect the adoption. The results from the previous studies confirmed that the TAM, TOE, DOI, and UTAUT models have demonstrated pioneering research of the adoption of emerging technologies. The applicability of these frameworks within the context of emerging technologies in the information age can continue to remain instrumental in the research of technology adoption. From a researcher’s view, we argue that we need to add additional, unique factors (constructs) to be consistent with the standards of application of emerging technology in the context of higher education, and create a conceptual adoption model of emerging technologies and validate the model through the application of this model to various emerging technologies.