arXiv:2606.12424cs.CYcs.AI2026-06

大学生普遍接受AI自动化工具,尤其看重其实用性。

AI-Automation Tooling in Computer Engineering Education: Mixed-Methods TAM/UTAUT Evidence for a General Acceptance Attitude

  • 通过n8n平台开展三场实验,用问卷与反馈结合分析工具接受度
  • 六项指标均呈正面态度,实用性能最强,娱乐动机最弱
  • 发现单一接受因子可概括短期使用态度,适合教学设计参考

随着生成式AI和低代码平台在软件实践中日益普及,一个关键的教育问题是:下一代计算机工程师是否会认可这些工具的实用性、易用性及持续使用价值。本文报告了一项混合方法、横断面研究,调查泰国本科生(n=103)对AI自动化工具的接受度,基于开源平台n8n开展三场脚本一致的工作坊。采用12项五点李克特量表,涵盖六项TAM/UTAUT构念:绩效期望(PE)、努力期望(EE)、行为意图(BI)、自我效能(SE)、享乐动机(HM)、输出质量(OQ),并结合开放式反馈进行归纳主题分析。分析整合了序数信度估计、自助法置信区间、非参数检验、多重比较校正相关、多分类型维度诊断、共同方法偏差检验及跨会话比较。所有六项构念均呈现积极接受态度,效应量较大,其中绩效期望最强,享乐动机最弱。维度诊断显示,在此短时工作坊背景下,经典TAM/UTAUT子维度可合并为单一通用接受因子,具有重要方法论与理论意义。定性主题与定量结果一致反映工具有用与热情,但在输出质量上出现分歧,揭示一小部分持怀疑态度的学生群体。研究支持在本科计算机教育中引入AI自动化工具,并提出三个理论驱动的教学策略:教学顺序支架、自我效能支持与信任校准干预。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

As generative AI and low-code workflow platforms become routine in software practice, a key educational question is whether the next generation of computer engineers will accept these tools as useful, usable, and worthy of sustained engagement. This paper reports a mixed-methods, cross-sectional study of undergraduate computer engineering students' acceptance of AI automation tooling, instantiated through the open-source platform n8n across three identically scripted workshops in Thailand (n = 103). A 12-item, five-point Likert instrument mapped to six TAM/UTAUT constructs - Performance Expectancy (PE), Effort Expectancy (EE), Behavioral Intention (BI), Self-Efficacy (SE), Hedonic Motivation (HM), and Output Quality (OQ) - was complemented by inductive thematic analysis of open-ended feedback. Analyses combined ordinal reliability estimation, bootstrap confidence intervals, non-parametric tests, multiple-comparison-controlled correlations, polychoric dimensionality diagnostics, a common-method-bias check, and between-session comparisons. Acceptance was favorable across all six constructs with large effect sizes, with PE emerging as the strongest construct and HM as the weakest. Dimensionality diagnostics further revealed that canonical TAM/UTAUT sub-facets collapsed into a single general acceptance factor in this short-form post-workshop context, a finding with important methodological and theoretical implications. Qualitative themes converged with the quantitative profile regarding usefulness and enthusiasm but diverged on output quality, revealing a small yet articulate reliability-skeptical minority. The findings support the curricular adoption of AI automation tooling in undergraduate computing education and identify three theory-grounded instructional levers: instruction-sequencing scaffolds, self-efficacy supports, and trust-calibration interventions.

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