INSTITUTIONAL POLICY AND ADOPTION OF INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) IN ALBALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY (BAU), JORDAN

The Internet of Things (IoT), while appearing to be a recent technological innovation, reflects an idea that spans all aspects of human endeavour, including academic institutions. Despite its widespread use and discussion in many other disciplines of inquiry, academic institutions, particularly higher education, tend to be excluded. Despite its widespread applicability and acceptability in other fields of research and human endeavours, it appears to be underutilized in academic settings. Against this backdrop, the current study investigated the uptake and acceptance of IoT in academic institutions, focusing on Albalqa Applied University in Jordan. The study's goal is to determine if institutional policy encourages or discourages the deployment of IoT. The three hypotheses investigated showed a significant relationship between academic institution policy and perceived ease of use (p <.0001). Academic institutions' policies and flexibility significantly influence the perceived utility of IoT adoption (p <.0001). Furthermore, the findings revealed a statistically significant association between institutional policies and attitudes toward IoT deployment. As a result, the study indicates that academic institutions have an overall impact on IoT adoption in terms of perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and attitude toward use.