Technological Indices Influencing Adoption Of E-Learning By Technical And Vocational Education And Training Institutions

Abstract: Institutions of higher learning are increasingly turning to e-learning;however,Technical, Industrial, Vocational andEntrepreneurship Traininginstitutionshave not fully adopted e-learning despite this paradigm shift.This study set to achieve two objectives: to investigate the ICT infrastructure indices influencing adoption of e-learning by TIVETS and to determine the technical indices influencing adoption of e-learning by TIVETS.. A sample of 385 respondents who were key informants were purposefully pickedfrom five institutions. Questionnaires formulated in line with research objectives were used to collect primary data which were analyzed using Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The various technological indices were presented including the recommendations.

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