Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the dimensionality of Students’ Readiness of using Social-Media for Learning in Nigeria

Abstract

The adoption of Internet resources for learning continues to grow in the world today. Despite the abundant benefit of utilizing social media which is an offshoot of web 2.0, an internet resource for communication and interaction, its use have not been fully embrace as a teaching tool in Nigeria. In this study therefore, a confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to measure student readiness towards the use of social media in some selected universities in Nigeria. The participants of the study comprises of 700 hundred students from four universities in south-western Nigeria. A survey instrument was developed for the purpose of the study. The internal consistent and the validity of the instrument was established. The reliability of the instrument indicated 0.80, 0.84 and 0.70 Cronbach alpha values on each three construct respectively. A factor analysis with Varimax Rotation conducted revealed a three factor measurement scale on students’ readiness and these are (Readiness, Willingness, and Awareness). A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted which confirm the three factors. Based on the result from the data analysis, the hypotheses of the study revealed a statistical relationship between the three constructs extracted. The study showed that there is no significant difference between male and female student readiness to use social media for learning. The study recommends the imperative deployment of social media for leverage teaching and learning among the present generation of students in the population sample for the study. It also provides an empirical measurement scale for ascertaining student readiness to use social media platform for learning in future.