Utilization of E-learning Resources for Teaching and Learning Business Education Courses in South-West Universities, Nigeria

Abstract

E-learning, as a matter of fact, is fast becoming a popular business education instructional delivery method. This study assessed the utilization of e-learning resources for teaching and learning business education courses in South-West universities, Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The sample size of the study comprised all 41 business education lecturers and 316 (2022/2023) academic session final year business education students in South-west Nigerian universities selected using simple random sampling techniques totaled 357 respondents. A 56-item structured questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection with a4-point rating scale. Cronbach's alpha method of reliability was used to determine the reliability of the instrument, and yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.87. Frequency counts, percentages, means and standard deviations were used to analyze the data. The hypotheses were tested using an independentsamples t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that majority of E-learning resources are aware andutilized to a moderate extent for teaching and learning of business education courses. It was recommended, among others, that the government and stakeholders in education should make adequate budgetary allocation for the provision of elearning resources, and the identified barriers that stand against effective utilization of e-learning resources should be tackled and removed. It was concluded that business educators can understand how to effectively integrate e-learning resources into their teaching methods.