THE USE OF E-LEARNING TOOLS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
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This study was carried out to identify the use of E-learning tools among undergraduate students in the University of Benin. The research was carried out as a survey research using relevant literature from journals, magazines, books and the internet. Four research questions were raised and analyzed for the purpose of the study. A random sampling technique was used in selection of two hundred and fifty (250) undergraduate students from 100 level to 600 level which would be randomly selected faculty of Law, Education, Life science, Management Science, and Physical science, 50 students from each of the above-mentioned faculties. The data were collected with questionnaire instrument and analyzed using simple percentage.
The result revealed that; computers, smartphones, digital libraries, and multimedia projectors were predominantly used by University of Benin students for learning, also the University of Benin students had a positive perception of the use of E-learning tools for learning, challenges of E-learning identified were no proper orientation on the use of e-learning in Uniben, poor internet signal in the university, and unstable power supply pose a huge challenge to the use of e-learning tools, the cost of e-learning tools is expensive and e-learning facilities are always difficult to maintain were also identified as a problem and the work identified that there were slight gender difference in the perception of the use of e-learning tools for learning
Based on the results, it was recommended that tertiary institution management should make a concerted effort to provide e-learning environments that would enhance student learning in schools and also facilitate their self-development efforts, also, in order to maximize this potential of e-learning, its implementations should endeavor to satisfy the needs and concerns of all stakeholder groups as much as possible, government should be proactive in ameliorating the challenges identified in this study and build on the opportunities e-learning offers educational institutions and for e-learning to be effective, appropriate measure should be given to maintenances, provision of stable internet provider to support easy and fast learning and teaching and Electricity is one of the driven force and backbone of computer and computer tools, so Government should finance and make provision for alternative power supplies.
The result revealed that; computers, smartphones, digital libraries, and multimedia projectors were predominantly used by University of Benin students for learning, also the University of Benin students had a positive perception of the use of E-learning tools for learning, challenges of E-learning identified were no proper orientation on the use of e-learning in Uniben, poor internet signal in the university, and unstable power supply pose a huge challenge to the use of e-learning tools, the cost of e-learning tools is expensive and e-learning facilities are always difficult to maintain were also identified as a problem and the work identified that there were slight gender difference in the perception of the use of e-learning tools for learning
Based on the results, it was recommended that tertiary institution management should make a concerted effort to provide e-learning environments that would enhance student learning in schools and also facilitate their self-development efforts, also, in order to maximize this potential of e-learning, its implementations should endeavor to satisfy the needs and concerns of all stakeholder groups as much as possible, government should be proactive in ameliorating the challenges identified in this study and build on the opportunities e-learning offers educational institutions and for e-learning to be effective, appropriate measure should be given to maintenances, provision of stable internet provider to support easy and fast learning and teaching and Electricity is one of the driven force and backbone of computer and computer tools, so Government should finance and make provision for alternative power supplies.
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