{"id":302388,"date":"2016-09-26T18:01:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T15:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.irrodl.org\/index.php\/irrodl\/article\/view\/2720"},"modified":"2016-09-26T18:01:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T15:01:25","slug":"determinants-of-teachers-attitudes-towards-e-learning-in-tanzanian-higher-learning-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?p=302388","title":{"rendered":"Determinants of Teachers\u2019 Attitudes Towards E-Learning in Tanzanian Higher Learning Institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"3\">This survey research study presents the findings on determinants of teachers\u2019 attitudes towards e-learning in Tanzanian higher learning institutions. The study involved 258 teachers from 4 higher learning institutions obtained through stratified, simple random sampling.\u00a0 Questionnaires and documentary review were used in data collection. Data were analysed using statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS). Chi-square was performed to examine the association of variables.<\/p>\n<p class=\"3\">It was found that teachers have positive attitudes towards e-learning where computer exposure played a statistically significant contribution to their attitudes. \u00a0It is recommended that training in e-learning needs to be provided to teachers to widen their understanding of e-learning. There is also a need to strengthen factors associated with teachers\u2019 positive attitudes towards e-learning. Results from this study are of particular importance to both teachers and the education stakeholders in Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/irrodl\/~4\/b0RV91_u5_8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This survey research study presents the findings on determinants of teachers&rsquo; attitudes towards e-learning in Tanzanian higher learning institutions. The study involved 258 teachers from 4 higher learning institutions obtained through stratified, simple random sampling.&nbsp; Questionnaires and documentary review were used in data collection. Data were analysed using statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS). Chi-square was performed to examine the association of variables.<\/p>\n<p>It was found that teachers have positive attitudes towards e-learning where computer exposure played a statistically significant contribution to their attitudes. &nbsp;It is recommended that training in e-learning needs to be provided to teachers to widen their understanding of e-learning. There is also a need to strengthen factors associated with teachers&rsquo; positive attitudes towards e-learning. Results from this study are of particular importance to both teachers and the education stakeholders in Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/irrodl\/~4\/b0RV91_u5_8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-302388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rss-fuusikaharidus","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=302388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=302388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=302388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=302388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}