Moving Back on Ground From Online: Tool Persistence

Abstract

The COVID-19 Pandemic forced educators across the country into online classes and, for many, using unfamiliar online tools for the first time. This research paper focuses on business professors and their acceptance of many online tools during and after the pandemic. Using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) created by Davis (1989), this paper examines Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use along with Attitude Towards Use and Intention to Use. This study will help determine not only usage of these new technological tools during the pandemic but also the adoption of these tools by business professors once they returned to the classroom again. The results of this study confirm usage of TAM, examine one-way teaching that has changed due to the pandemic and discusses further potential studies.