PERCEIVED USEFULNESS, EASE OF USE, ATTITUDE AND INTENTION TOWARDS MOBILE LEARNING AMONG COLLEGES OF EDUCATION LECTURERS IN THE NORTHCENTRAL OF NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper investigated the relationship among lecturers perceived usefulness ease of use, attitude and intention towards mobile learning. To guide the study, two research questions and their corresponding hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 alpha level. The study adopted a survey design and used questionnaire as an instrument for data collection. The sample for the study consisted of 940 lecturers (600 males and 340 females) randomly selected from two federal and five states-owned Colleges of Education within the North-central geo-political zone Nigeria. A multi stage sampling technique was used to sample respondents based on gender and level of experience. Two senior lecturers from Federal University of Technology, Minna conducted face and content validation of the instrument. The result of the pilot study was used in calculating the reliability coefficient and Cronbach Alpha formula gave a value of 0.89. The instrument was administered on all the respondents and retrieved after two weeks. The data gathered were analyzed using the mean, standard deviation and ANOVA. The finding of the study revealed that there was no significant relationship in the mean opinion of male and female COE lecturers on perceived usefulness, ease of use, attitude and intention towards mobile learning. Also, there was no significant relationship between high and low experienced lecturers on perceived usefulness ease of use attitude and intention towards mobile learning. The study recommends that government and other stakeholders should provide financial support and logistics for integration and adoption of mobile learning in Colleges of Education in Nigeria.