DETERMINANTS OF E-LEARNING RESOURCES ADOPTION AMONG BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
E-learning Resources, Resources Adoption, business education students, Tertiary InstitutionsAbstract
The study examined the factors that influence E-learning resources adoption among business education students in tertiary institutions in Nasarawa state, Nigeria. Five null hypotheses were proposed to guide the study. A Correlational survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 228 final year Business education students and the entire population was used for the study. Structured 4-point rating questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts and pilot tested, a Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of 0.84. was obtained. The data was collected by the authors with the help of three research assistants, which lasted for the period of four weeks. The statistical package employed for data analysis was the Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) v. 25.0 and the statistical tool employed to test the hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance was the Simple Linear Regression (SLR). The result indicated that awareness, ease of use, usefulness, behavioural attitude and institutions factors were determinants of E-learning resources adoption students of E-learning in tertiary institutions in Nasarawa state. It was concluded that improving adoption of E-learning facilities for academic activates is subject to effort been made by various institutions to improve students’ awareness, ease of use, usefulness attitude and institutional factors that might affect technological adoption. The study recommended among others that managers and administrators of tertiary institutions and Heads of Department of Business Education programmes should endeavour to create awareness programme that would educate newly admitted students on availability and important of E-learning resources in their institutions.References
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