Author
Dr. Abdulkadir Jeilani, Faculty Member, Computer Science & Information Technology,
Mogadishu University, Somalia,
Factors Influencing ICT Applications Usage among Undergraduate Students in Somalia and Their Level of Skills
Abstract
ICT applications have become more popular in the field of education with a large broad range of users, including students from all levels of education. The study investigates the interrelationship among perceived usefulness, ease of use, cost-effectiveness, students’ perception, and ICT applications use. The Technology Acceptance Model, Transaction Cost Economics and Theory of Reasoned Action were used
to develop a research model.
This study used a cross-sectional and cluster sampling technique, withsample size 382 undergraduate students from three universities in Mogadishu Somalia using electronic data collection such as Kobo collect. Data analyzed using structural equation modeling [SEM].
The results could help students to take benefit from different ICT applications and suggests the Minister of Education ,Cualture and Higher Education should include ICT subject in the curriculum at the levels of the secondary and the primary education.
