An Investigation of Educational Use of Information and Communication Technology from the Perspectives of Ghanaian Students

Thepurposeofthisstudywastostudyundergraduatestudents’acceptanceanduseofICTinclassrooms. Atotalof361studentsfromfouruniversitiesparticipatedinthestudy.Surveyquestionnaireswhich comprisedbothclosed-endedandopen-endedquestionswereusedtocollectdata.Descriptivestatistics, Pearsoncorrelation,repeated-measuresofAnalysisofvarianceandmultipleregressionwereused toanalyzethefindings.Thestudyrevealedthatstudentsusetechnologyforpersonalpurposesrather thanforinstructionalpurposes.Despite,students’highacceptanceoftechnology,theirtechnology integrationintolearninghasremainedlow.Theanalysisshowedthatstudentsbelievingthattechnology canimprovetheirrelationshipwithotherstudentssignificantlycontributedtotheiracceptanceof technologyinschools.Understandingstudents’acceptanceandtheirexperiencesoftechnologyuse offerinsightsintotheirintegrationoftechnologyintolearning. KEywoRdS Education, Perception, Students, Technology Acceptance Model, Undergraduate

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