Using mixed method approach to understand acceptance and usage of ICT in Nigerian Public University

Abstract

Technology acceptance is about how people accept and adopt some technology to use. The primary target of many technology acceptance studies is to examine how to encourage usage and also analyze what interrupts acceptance and usage of technologies. Using the mixed method approach, the quantitative phase shows that, the perceived usefulness (PE) is significant with p-value(.023) and the perceived ease of use (EE) is significant with p-value (.001). These results shows that the intention to accept and use ICT by the academic staff is a function of various concepts including the understanding that ICT is useful and it is not difficult to use. However the qualitative phase shows that it is true that the academicians intent to use ICT but the conditions and environment are not encouraging, classrooms are poorly designed. No regular power supply, no ICT facilities on ground and poor internet connectivity. The mixed method approach has given the true picture of the acceptance and usage of ICT in Nigerian public university. The quantitative phase shows the constructs that have significant influence on acceptance and use of ICT, while the qualitative phase interprets the in-depth meaning of the statistical results and the environmental challenges that most be tackled to realize the full vision.