The impact of technology adoption in teaching and learning within ODeL

Abstract

[EN] The emergence of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) instigated various institutions of the world to move towards technology integration in teaching and learning. The purpose of the current study was to assess how impactful was Wolfram System Modeler (WSM) software to students in their studies by utilising the technology acceptance model. MS forms online survey was utilised to collect data from participating students of the Solid Mechanics (SME3701) module. SME3701 module was targeted whereby 95 students participated. Data analysis was done through IBM SPSS Statistics. The findings of the study indicated that students found the software WSM interesting as evidence of the module performance as compared to before the introduction of the technology. The module performance improved drastically as evidence of the students ‘acceptability of the technology.