ANALYSIS OF IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES FOR THE ADOPTION OF E-LEARNING IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS: A CASE OF TRANS-NZOIA WEST SUB-COUNTY, KENYA

  • Mwichabe E. Wakasiaka
  • Prof. Chegge Peter Mungai
  • David Wafula Lwangale
  • Jane Wekesa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.53555/ams.v1i9.2394
Keywords: Strategies employed in e- learning Implementation, extent of implementation of elearning

Abstract

This study focused on the topic Adoption of e-learning in public secondary schools; an
analysis of implementation strategies in Trans-Nzoia West Sub-County, Kenya. The study
operated with the following objectives: to establish e-learning implementation strategies and
to establish the extent of its implementation. Though the Kenya Institute of Education (KIE)
developed e-learning Compact Discs (CDs) for eleven (11) subjects in Form 1 and
disseminated them to schools in the year 2005, many schools in the Sub-County do not use
them to supplement face to face teaching and the chalkboard prompting this study to analyze
strategies and extent and of their implementation. The study was guided by the theory of
Perceived Attributes (Rogers, 1995) which postulates the way potential adopters judge an
innovation. The study was carried out in Trans-Nzoia West Sub-County of Trans-Nzoia
County in Kenya. Descriptive Survey research design was used to produce statistical
information about aspects of education that interest policy makers and educators (Borg and
Gall, 1989). The study targeted 58 secondary schools, 58 principals, 58 Board of
Management (BoM) chairpersons, and Heads of Department (HoDs) of the 58 schools. The
sample size comprised of Seventeen (17) schools, Seventeen (17) BoM. members, Seventeen
(17) principals and One hundred and four (104) HoDs making a total of 155. Instruments of
data collection were questionnaire and interview schedules. Descriptive statistics using
percentages and frequencies was used to analyze the collected data. The findings reflect the
actual state of the adoption of e-learning in secondary schools. The findings revealed that
most of the e-learning implementation strategies were lacking in secondary schools in TransNzoia West Sub-County. There was lack of trained teachers, basic structures and no
functional computer labs in the area of ICT. The extent of implementation of e-learning in
secondary schools in Trans-Nzoia West Sub-County would not be easily established. This
was because no school had indeed started adoption of e-learning.

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2015-12-31
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Wakasiaka, M. E., Mungai, P. C. P., Lwangale, D. W., & Wekesa, J. (2015). ANALYSIS OF IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES FOR THE ADOPTION OF E-LEARNING IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS: A CASE OF TRANS-NZOIA WEST SUB-COUNTY, KENYA. IJRDO - Journal of Applied Management Science, 1(9), 01-17. https://doi.org/10.53555/ams.v1i9.2394
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