TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL (TAM) AS A MECHANISM FOR PREDICTING INTERNET USE FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES AMONG STUDENTS OF NIGERIA CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION

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This study recognized the determinants of NCE students' perception of using Internet for academic drives. To attain these ends, a conceptual framework of Device Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was propagated. This study sought to investigate the factors that influence students’ intention to use the Internet for academic purposes in Federal College of Education, Zaria (FCEZ). The TAM model employed the exclusive variables from the theory. The questionnaire adapted from Bogart and Wichadee, (2015) was used to solicit information from the sample of 124 NCE students in FCEZ, using Research Advisor model. ANOVA was used for the analysis. The results revealed that the variables; students’ attitude, perception on behavior to use internet and their perceived usefulness of Internet had positively related to their intention to use Internet for academic purpose. The perceived ease of use was found to have insignificant relationship with students’ intention to use Internet for their academic purpose. The study among others, recommends that, to enhance the quality of lectures delivery and knowledge dissemination, lecturers should put more effort in enhancing their students' efficacy in Internet usage for academic purposes, not for leisure alone and the students need regular orientation wittingly to understand the significant of using internet for academic purpose.