AGE, COMPUTER COMPETENCY AND GENDER AS PREDICTORS OF DISTANCE LEARNERS’ ACCEPTANCE OF E – LEARNING INSTRUCTIONAL MODE OF STUDY

Abstract

The study examined the attitude of Distance Learners in two selected institutions towards e-learning instructional delivery mode. Two hundred (200) participants drawn from the National Open University of Nigeria and University of Ibadan Distance Learning Centre on the basis of one hundred and eleven (111) and eighty nine (89) respectively were used for the study. Stratified and Random sampling techniques were used in the selection of the participants. Data were collected through the use of a validated questionnaire that was designed for the purpose. Three research hypotheses were generated for the study with two of them bothering on age and computer literacy level being accepted while the one on gender was not accepted. All the hypotheses were tested with the aid of chi-square statistics () at 0.05 level of significance. Some far reading recommendations were made at the concluding aspect of the study.