University of Oulu

Olaleye, Sunday Adewale; Sanusi, Ismaila Temitayo; Ukpabi, Dandison C.; and Okunoye, Adekunle, "Evaluation of Nigeria Universities Websites Quality: A Comparative Analysis" (2018). Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). 1717. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/1717

Evaluation of Nigeria universities websites quality : a comparative analysis

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Author: Olaleye, Sunday Adewale1; Sanusi, Ismaila Temitayo2; Ukpabi, Dandison C.3;
Organizations: 1University of oulu
2University of Eastern Finland
3University of Jyväskylä
4Xavier University
Format: article
Version: published version
Access: open
Online Access: PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.5 MB)
Persistent link: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2018050723590
Language: English
Published: University of Idaho, 2018
Publish Date: 2018-05-07
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Abstract

The use and continuous use of the website in the developed countries universities are predominant, and the developing countries universities are heightening their effort in the aspect of education technology. The reason why one university website is better than the other concerning quality and accessibility is the focus of this study and this prompt evaluation of 141 Universities in Nigeria across the Federal, State, and the Private ownership. We opted for a hybrid approach to cover the gap in the previous studies. WebQual and SITEQUAL as a framework is adopted based on the web analytical tools. The study contributes theoretically by combining two website quality theories to explain the inhibitors, improvement, quality and future updates of Nigeria Universities websites based on ease of use, processing speed, aesthetic design, interactive responsiveness, entertainment, trust and usefulness and come up with a new WebFUQII model. The contributes to methodology by using web diagnostic hybrid tools that gives more explanatory power. The study also gives managerial implications and guides future direction.

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Series: Library philosophy and practice
ISSN: 1522-0222
ISSN-E: 1522-0222
ISSN-L: 1522-0222
Article number: 1717
Type of Publication: A1 Journal article – refereed
Field of Science: 512 Business and management
516 Educational sciences
520 Other social sciences
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