Influence of E-learning Facilities on Academic Performance of Business Education Students in Nigeria University
Chapter One
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The main objective of this study is to examine the influence of e-learning facilities on the academic performance of business education students at Nigeria University.
- To facilitate the achievement of (formal or informal) e-learning goals.
- To help students acquire more knowledge and skills.
- To improve student’s confidence will in turn help them to develop more successful learning strategies.
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION
E-learning has become a new epitome and new underlying principles in library services as well as educational sector with a mission to serve as a development platform for present-day society based on knowledge. What then is e-learning? According to Olaniyi (2006), e-learning is all about learning that occurs at the computer. In our contemporary world, the learning through the aid of a computer simply means online knowledge acquisition through the internet or offline through CD-ROM etc. In other words, it is the use of network technologies to create, foster, deliver, and facilitate learning, anytime and anywhere. Horton (2005) defined e-learning as the use of internet and digital technologies to create experiences that educate our fellow human beings. E-learning has the potential to revolutionize the way we teach and how we learn (DfES, 2003). According to Abimbade (2002) educational technology vis-à-vis instructional technology whether as a field of education or new terminology to what has been there before like teaching aids or apparatus, as it was earlier called but recent achievements in the field of computer and communication technologies have offered tremendous opportunities for learning by electronic means (Rozina, 2002). Therefore, the world of technology continued to grow and today the whole world has become a global village. By the beginning of the 21st millennium educational technology has stretched educational boundaries and created new ones on a daily basis. One of these new and rapidly expanding boundaries is e-learning which is offering tremendous advantage to education sector.(Abimbade, 2002) The introduction of new multimedia technologies and the Internet in teaching-learning relationship has been seen as a means to improve accessibility, efficiency and quality of learning by facilitating access to information resources and services as well as remote exchanges and collaboration. Nonetheless, by the middle of the 20th century the growth in technology and applications even in the field of education has been unavoidable to be overlooked. It has been found that students in higher educational institutions that engaged in E-Learning, generally performed better than those in face-to-face courses. (Holley, 2002) found that students who participate in online/ E-Learning achieve better grades than students who studied traditional approach. As result of this finding E- learning is growing very fast and become popular and that is why many higher educational institutions are adopting to virtual learning system. E-Learning is widely used in many universities in the world today and Covenant University inclusive. In some universities, their E-learning does not add any value to the teaching and learning activities of the University and perhaps they do not investigate the impact of E-learning on student academic performance. Much research has not been done on the relationship of E learning use and student academic performance. . The use of new multimedia technologies and the Internet in learning is seen as a means to improve accessibility, efficiency and quality of learning by facilitating access to resources and services as well as remote exchanges and collaboration. E-learning has become a new paradigm and philosophy in education with a mission to serve as a development platform for present-day society based on knowledge. It is evident that the concept of e-learning is considered to be very attractive as a new learning model whose effect will be a positive one to the development of education in developing countries especially Nigeria, with all its potentialities.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought to influence of e-learning facilities on academic performance of business education students in Nigeria University
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
(i)Primary source and
(ii)Secondary source
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
Population of the study
Population of a study is a group of persons or aggregate items, things the researcher is interested in getting information on influence of e-learning facilities on academic performance of business education students in Nigeria University. 200 students in University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom state were selected randomly by the researcher as the population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain influence of e-learning facilities on academic performance of business education students in Nigeria University
In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of e-learning in University
Summary
This study was on influence of e-learning facilities on academic performance of business education students in Nigeria University. Three objectives were raised which included: To facilitate the achievement of (formal or informal) e-learning goals, to help students acquire more knowledge and skills, to improve student’s confidence this will in turn help them to develop more successful learning strategies. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 students of University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom state. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made up final year students, year four students, year three students and year two students were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
The current study was carried out to show the impacts of e-learning in facilitating academic performance on business education through improved learning process, motivation for academic studies, self- development outcome and its effects on academic performance. From the result of the study it is clear that e-learning facilitated studies significantly improve academic performance, learning process and self- development. It is also observed that there is more likelihood that majority of the students in secondary schools and tertiary institutions have not fully utilized the self-development aspect of e-learning to significantly improve their learning process. Instead, most of the students would rather prefer to be engrossed in e-entertainment and social network activities that have negative influence on their learning process and outcomes. E-learning is an effective means of self-development and it also facilitates academic performance in tertiary institutions and secondary schools. It will also help students to develop potentials for rigorous academic studies and research purposes which are basically needed skills for successful academic pursuits.
Recommendation
This current study would therefore, recommends that secondary schools and tertiary institution management should make a consorted effort to provide e-learning environments that would enhance student performances in schools and also facilitate their self- development efforts. Assignment and research works that are meant to encourage students to the most effective use of the e-learning facilities provided by the school should frequently be given to the students as this will help to significantly improve their self independence and development in their respective academic endeavors.
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