Investigating Cloud-Based Educational Technology Adoption in Advancing Learning Performance

In the era of emerging digitalization and automation, the usage of cloud-based collaborative tools to support educational learning processes has become common and essential necessity. A variety of educational technologies and computer applications have been developed and utilized by the educators and learners. One of well-developed and widely used cloud-based educational systems is Google Workspace for Education that comprises of many different applications. This paper aims to identify and analyze the determinants influencing the educational technology adoption in advancing learning performance, specifically on the user acceptance of Google Workspace for Education among university students. A proper modified quantitative research framework was developed to better analyze the factors determining the usage of such educational application and its contribution towards the learning performance. Furthermore, the PLS-SEM method was employed for analyzing response data collected via well-defined questionnaires. The data analysis results with modified research framework indicate that the learners are satisfied with the usage of Google Workspace for Education in their learning processes and its adoption can increase their learning performance. This cloud-based educational technology adoption is highly impacted by the perceived usefulness with the beta value of 0.818, which increases the willingness of users to keep using the applications leading to advancement in learning performance.