LECTURERS’ AWARENESS, READINESS AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE UTILIZATION OF LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION NIGER STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated lecturers’ awareness, readiness and attitude towards the utilization of Learning Management System for instructional delivery in Colleges of Education in Niger State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was employed and lecturers at the faculty of education were sampled for the study. The population for this study constituted all lecturers from faculty of education in colleges of education in Niger State. The sample size for this study was made up of 86 lecturers from the faculty of education in the selected institutions. Six research questions were answered and three null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 alpha level of significance. A 23-item questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by two educational technology experts. Pilot test was carried out and reliability coefficients of 0.72, 0.82 and 0.75 were obtained for awareness, readiness and attitude variables respectively. Data collected from the administration of the research instrument were analyzed using descriptive statistics of Mean and Standard Deviation for research questions and inferential statistics of t-test analysis for research hypotheses. A decision rule was set, in which a mean score of 3.0 and above was considered agreed, while a mean score below 3.0 was considered disagreed. Findings revealed that lecturers are aware of the existence of Learning Management System with a grand mean of 3.98 which was greater than the decision mean of 3.0. Also, lecturers ready to adopt it for their teaching with a grand mean response of 3.98 which was greater than the decision mean of 3.0. Also lecturers have positive attitude towards the adoption of Learning Management System for instructional delivery with a grand mean of 4.05. Based on these findings, it was recommended that government in collaboration with school administrators should put in place the facilities that will encourage the use of various Learning Management System platforms by lecturers in order to improve the quality of their teaching.