The perception, attitudes and readiness towards online learning among College of Education Pre-service Teachers in Katsina State, Nigeria

Abstract

The emergence of digital technology innovations which give birth to online learning, virtual classes and interactive multimedia has foster students' independent learning. However, student perspective on these innovations is crucial to its implementation in the classroom. Therefore, this study examined the perception, attitude and readiness towards online learning among college of education pre-service teachers in Katsina State, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional survey design. The population for this study comprises 6,350 NCE pre-service teachers from all Colleges of Education in Katsina State. Using simple random sampling. 230NCE I & 11 pre-service teachers were selected for the study. Three research questions guided the study. The research instrument for this study was a structured instrument on pre-service teachers Perception, Attitude and Readiness towards Online Learning Questionnaire (PAROLQ). The reliability of the instrument was 0.72, 0.78, and 0.81 for perception, attitudes and readiness to online learning respectively. The data collected were analysed using Mean and Standard Deviation. The findings of the study showed that preservice teachers have positive perception and attitudes towards online learning. The finding also shows that pre-service teachers are ready to implement online learning. It was recommended among others that pre-service teachers should be provided with a conducive environment for online learning.