The Sustainability of Digital Learning Environments in Foreign Language Learning: Learners' Perceptions of Technological and Pedagogical Sustainability and Continuance Intention
SUSTAINABILITY, cilt.18, sa.16, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 16
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.3390/su18168142
- Dergi Adı: SUSTAINABILITY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, Geobase, INSPEC
- Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This study examines the relationships between learners' perceptions of technological and pedagogical sustainability and their continuance intention to use digital learning environments for foreign language learning. Using an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design, quantitative data were collected from 489 learners and analyzed through confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and multi-group analysis. Qualitative data were obtained from 109 learners who responded to open-ended questions and were analyzed thematically. The findings showed that sustainability perceptions comprised two interrelated dimensions, technological and pedagogical sustainability, whereas continuance intention emerged as a distinct outcome variable associated with both dimensions. The three-factor measurement model demonstrated good fit, and both technological and pedagogical sustainability were positively related to continuance intention. Together, these variables explained 23.5% of the variance in continuance intention. Measurement invariance was supported across gender, language proficiency, frequency of use, and duration of use, but scalar invariance was not established across target-language groups. Qualitative findings indicated that content quality, ease of access, and opportunities for review and reinforcement supported continued use, whereas technical problems, paid access, and insufficient feedback constrained it. The results are limited to self-reported perceptions and intentions.