EFFECTIVENESS OF E-LEARNING PLATFORMS IN DELIVERING BUSINESS EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, NIGERIA

Abstract

The increasing integration of digital technologies in education has transformed how business education is delivered in universities worldwide. Hence, the study investigated effectiveness of elearning platforms in delivering business education at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Specifically, the study examined: (i) the availability of e-learning facilities in teaching business education in University of Ilorin, Ilorin; and (ii) the level of e-learning facilities utilization for teaching business education in University of Ilorin. The study adopted a descriptive research design of correlational type. The population for the study consisted of all 100 and 400 business education students in the Department of Education Management, University of Ilorin. Random sampling technique was used to select 196 students out of the total of 500 business education students. Two sets of instrument tagged “Availability and Utilization of E-learning Facilities Checklist (AUEFC) and a proforma tagged “Students' Academic Performance Proforma (SAPP) were used to collect data needed for the study. The instruments were validated by the experts and also tested for reliability. The reliability coefficients realised for AUEFC was .67. Descriptive statistics of percentage used to answer all the research questions while Inferential statistics of Pearson product-moment correlation statistics was used to test all the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that: e-learning facilities for teaching and learning business education in University of Ilorin were never available; and elearning facilities for teaching and learning business education in University of Ilorin were never utilized. The study concluded that e-learning facilities were not adequately available for teaching and learning of business education while the limited available one was not utilized. Based on the findings and conclusion of the study, it was recommended among others that government should provide adequate e-learning facilities in school so that effective teaching and learning can take place.