Determinants of Adoption and Use of E-Learning for Teaching Techno-Vocational Skills in Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State during COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria

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The study investigated the determinants of adoption and use of e-learning for teaching techno-vocational skills in tertiary institutions during covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria. It sought to find out the relationships that exist between the factors related to instructors and the adoption and implementation of e-learning. Five research questions were posed and five null hypotheses formulated which guided the study. The correlation survey design was adopted for the study. The study population was 205, which comprised all academic staff in Faculties/Schools of technical and vocational education in three tertiary institutions in Rivers State. The entire population was used without sampling because it is of manageable size. Two sets of instruments were used for data collection, namely: Determinants Factors of Instructors’ Scale and Adoption of E-learning Inventory Scale. The instruments were structured on 5-point rating scale. The instruments were face validated by three experts in the Faculty of Education in Rivers State University. The instrument was pilot-tested on a representative sample of 30 respondents from faculty of engineering in Rivers State University, which are not part of the study population. The response of thirty (30) representatives were used to estimate the reliability coefficient of the instrument, which was established using the Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient formula and it yielded a reliability index of 0.87 and 0.93 for instruments 1 & 2 respectively. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and t-test to test the stated null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that there is a high positive relationship between behavioral intentions, performance expectancy, effort expectancy and social influences of instructors and adoption of e-learning for teaching in technical and vocational education in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Also, there was low but positive relationship between facilitating conditions of the institutions and adoption of e-learning. The study concluded among other things that the determinant factors that are related to instructors have positive relationship with adoption of e-learning. Also, that lack of administrative and institutional support often results in instructors falling short of incorporating technology in learning institutions. It therefore, recommended regular training and workshops on e-learning to encourage instructors and increase their interest towards adoption of e-learning. Management of technical and vocational institutions should invest heavily in technology to improve its availability and subsequent use by staff in institutions for teaching and learning. Also, special recognitions for instructors who use e-learning in teaching to promote their social status in the school community; and support for academic staff by provision of necessary Information and Communication Technologies and e-learning facilities.

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