Concerns of university teachers about the adoption of the Moodle learning management system in a Ghanaian University campus

Figures & data

Figure 1. Profile of university teachers’ general concerns towards adoption of the Moodle LMS

Table 1. University teachers’ gender and stages of concerns (N = 131).

Gender (Male:n = 93; Female: n = 38)		Concerns	Mean	SD	Df	T	P
Male			8.53	1.45
Female		Awareness	8.84	2.26
			8.69	1.86	13	−.95	.34
Male			9.82	2.07
Female		Informational	9.55	2.10
			9.68	2.09	13	.66	.50
Male			13.45	2.43
Female		Personal	13.50	2.50
			13.48	2.47	13	−.10	92
Male			10.56	2.05
Female		Management	10.13	2.36
			10.35	2.21	13	1.04	.30
Male			12.99	2.69
Female		Consequence	14.11	2.82
			13.55	2.76	13	−2.12	.04*
Male			12.68	3.37
Female		Collaboration	11.74	2.33
			12.21	2.85	13	1.57	.12
Male			10.04	2.96
Female		Refocusing	9.34	1.91
			9.69	2.44	13	1.35	.18
Male			78.06	6.25
Female		Overall Concerns	77.21	6.21
Total			77.64	6.23	13	.71	.48

* significant at 0.05.

Table 2. University teachers’ age and stages of concerns (N = 131).

Age (<41 years: n = 24; ≥41 years: n = 107)		Concern	Mean	SD	Df	T	P
Less than 41 years			8.92	1.77
41 years and above		Awareness	8.55	1.71
			8.74	1.74	13	.94	.35
Less than 41 years			9.33	1.97
41 years and above		Informational	9.83	2.10
			9.58	2.04	13	−1.06	.29
Less than 41 years			13.25	2.72
41 years and above		Personal	13.51	2.38
			13.38	2.55	13	−.48	.63
Less than 41 years			10.29	2.16
41 years and above		Management	10.47	2.15
			10.38	2.16	13	−.36	.72
Less than 41 years			12.67	2.62
41 years and above		Consequence	13.46	2.79
			13.07	2.71	13	−1.27	.21
Less than 41 years			12.25	2.33
41 years and above		Collaboration	12.44	3.29
			12.35	2.81	13	−.27	.79
Less than 41 years			10.63	2.47
41 years and above		Refocusing	9.66	2.12
			10.15	2.30	13	1.58	.12
Less than 41 years			77.33	5.26
41 years and above		Overall Concerns	77.93	6.44
			77.63	5.85	13	−.42	.68

Note: * significant at 0.05

Table 3. Relative contributions of the demographic variables to the prediction of teachers’ concerns.

	Standardised Estimates (t-statistics)		Std Error
Predictors
Gender	−.06(−.69)		1.221
Age	.05(.43)		1.768
EduQual	.00(.01)		1.310
Rank	.03(.23)		1.222
TeachExp	−.06(−.43)		.714
R	.08
R^2	.006
Adjusted R^2	−.03
F-value	.16^NS

EduQual – Educational Qualification, TeachExp – Teaching.