Virtual Classroom System and Students’Academic Performance in University of Ilorin

Abstract

This study was conducted to examine the relationship between virtual classroom system and students' academic performance in University of Ilorin. Descriptive survey design of correlational type was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all the students in the Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State. A random sampling technique was adopted to select 180 respondents across the nine departments in the faculty. The main instruments used for the study were titled “Virtual Classroom System Questionnaire” (VCSQ) and “Students' Academic Performance Proforma” (SAPP). Three research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study and inferential statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that there was a positive relationship between virtual classroom system and students' academic performance in University of Ilorin. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that;as technology becomes more and more embedded in school system, students must be provided with relevant and contemporary knowledge that allow them to successfully engage with virtual system