Development and Initial Testing of Google Meet Use Scale (GMU-S) in Educational Activities During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mostafa Al-Emran; Ibrahim Arpaci; Mohammed A. Al-Sharafi

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-16865-9_60

Development and Initial Testing of Google Meet Use Scale (GMU-S) in Educational Activities During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mostafa Al-Emran^*
, Ibrahim Arpaci
, Mohammed A. Al-Sharafi

^*Corresponding author for this work

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6 Scopus citations

Abstract

Google Meet has been identified as one of the effective virtual meeting platforms that has the potential to deliver the learning materials to students during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a scale evaluating its use for instructional activities has yet to be developed. Therefore, we developed the Google Meet use scale (GMU-S) and evaluated its characteristics among two samples with a total of 560 participants. The results indicated that the GMU-S has initial evidence of internal consistency reliability, construct, convergent, and discriminant validity. This study provides evidence that the developed scale is sound to evaluate the use of Google Meet in educational activities during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic and other emergencies that might affect the education sector. Theoretically, this research is believed to be one of the pioneered studies that reported the development and initial testing of a new scale (GMU-S). Practically, the developed scale can be generalized to evaluate the use of other virtual meeting platforms (e.g., Skype, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, etc.).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Conference on Information Systems and Intelligent Applications - ICISIA 2022
Editors	Mostafa Al-Emran, Khaled Shaalan, Mohammed A. Al-Sharafi
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	759-770
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9783031168642
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16865-9_60
State	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Information Systems and Intelligent Applications, ICISIA 2022 - Virtual, Online Duration: 1 Jul 2022 → 2 Jul 2022

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume	550 LNNS
ISSN (Print)	2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)	2367-3389

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Information Systems and Intelligent Applications, ICISIA 2022
City	Virtual, Online
Period	1/07/22 → 2/07/22

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

COVID-19
Education
GMU-S
Google meet
Scale development

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Signal Processing
Computer Networks and Communications

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Al-Emran, M., Arpaci, I., & Al-Sharafi, M. A. (2023). Development and Initial Testing of Google Meet Use Scale (GMU-S) in Educational Activities During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic. In M. Al-Emran, K. Shaalan, & M. A. Al-Sharafi (Eds.), International Conference on Information Systems and Intelligent Applications - ICISIA 2022 (pp. 759-770). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 550 LNNS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16865-9_60

Al-Emran, Mostafa ; Arpaci, Ibrahim ; Al-Sharafi, Mohammed A. / Development and Initial Testing of Google Meet Use Scale (GMU-S) in Educational Activities During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Conference on Information Systems and Intelligent Applications - ICISIA 2022. editor / Mostafa Al-Emran ; Khaled Shaalan ; Mohammed A. Al-Sharafi. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. pp. 759-770 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems).

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Al-Emran, M, Arpaci, I & Al-Sharafi, MA 2023, Development and Initial Testing of Google Meet Use Scale (GMU-S) in Educational Activities During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic. in M Al-Emran, K Shaalan & MA Al-Sharafi (eds), International Conference on Information Systems and Intelligent Applications - ICISIA 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 550 LNNS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 759-770, International Conference on Information Systems and Intelligent Applications, ICISIA 2022, Virtual, Online, 1/07/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16865-9_60

Development and Initial Testing of Google Meet Use Scale (GMU-S) in Educational Activities During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic. / Al-Emran, Mostafa; Arpaci, Ibrahim; Al-Sharafi, Mohammed A.
International Conference on Information Systems and Intelligent Applications - ICISIA 2022. ed. / Mostafa Al-Emran; Khaled Shaalan; Mohammed A. Al-Sharafi. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. p. 759-770 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 550 LNNS).

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Al-Emran M, Arpaci I, Al-Sharafi MA. Development and Initial Testing of Google Meet Use Scale (GMU-S) in Educational Activities During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic. In Al-Emran M, Shaalan K, Al-Sharafi MA, editors, International Conference on Information Systems and Intelligent Applications - ICISIA 2022. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2023. p. 759-770. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-16865-9_60

Development and Initial Testing of Google Meet Use Scale (GMU-S) in Educational Activities During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

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