Modeling the attitude antecedents of Colleges of Education students towards online learning readiness in the Central Region of Ghana

Abstract

This study examined the attitude antecedents of Colleges of Education students towards online learning readiness. Specifically, the study tested nine hypotheses on how students‟ attitude towards computer, internet, LMS and online learning related to online learning readiness. The correlational research design from the positivist philosophical position and the quantitative approach was adopted for the study. A sample of 335 was drawn from a total population of 2,568 from three Colleges of Education in the Central Region of Ghana. Data were collected with structured questionnaire and were analysed with the Partial Least Square -Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM). The study found that students' attitude towards computers, the internet, learning management systems and online learning significantly related to students' online learning readiness at Colleges of Education in the Central Region of Ghana. It was therefore recommended that authorities of Colleges of Education in the Central Region of Ghana should readily make available to their students‟ computers, internet facilities, learning management systems and online learning platforms. Equipping learners with the requisite basic skills to be able to use these platforms was also recommended to be able to influence students‟ positive attitudes towards online learning readiness at the Colleges of Education in Ghana.