A Case Study of AR Technology and Engineering Students: Is There a Gender Gap?

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2021

Authors

Diana Urbano (Author) FEUP; Paulo Menezes (Author) Other; Maria de Fátima Chouzal (Author) FEUP; Maria Teresa Restivo (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: CROSS REALITY AND DATA SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING

Pages: 330-337

17th Annual conference of the International-Association-of-Online-Engineering (IAOE) and the Global-Online-Laboratory-Consortium (GOLC) on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV) - Cross Reality and Data Science in Engineering

Univ Georgia, Coll Engn, Georgia Informat Inst Res & Educ, Athens, GA, FEB 26-28, 2020

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Authenticus ID: P-00S-NG3

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52575-0_27

Abstract (EN): Determining the factors influencing students' intention to use Augmented Reality (AR) allows a deeper understanding on how students react to the use of such technologies in their training as engineers. This study aims to identify the emotional and cognitive factors that influence the students' intention of using AR in their future professional life and to access possible gender differences. A group of about 150 undergraduate students from an Engineering and Industrial Management program had the opportunity to explore AR applications related to contents addressed in Sensors and Actuators course. A survey was designed and used with those students. Principal component analysis resulted in three components named interest, ease of use and attitude. Logistic regression analysis was conducted with these three components together with gender, as predictors of intention of using AR in later professional life. Attitude turned out to be the strongest predictor. This analysis has also shown that gender has no significant effect.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8