Okeke, A. U.; Ihenacho, U. O. (2019)

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EXTENT OF UTILIZATION OF E-LEARNING RESOURCES IN BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
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Okeke, A. U.; Ihenacho, U. O.
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The need to produce competentgraduates for effective performance in the global workplace necessitated this study to determine the extent of utilization ofe-learning resources in business education programme in southeast Nigerian universities. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population of the study was 50 business education lecturers from the universities offering business education programme in South-East Nigeria. This population formed the sample. The instrument for data collection was a 17-item validated questionnaire developed by the researchers. The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha with reliability coefficients of 0.86 and 0.79 for Clusters A and B respectively. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while t-test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that e-learning resources for instructional delivery and evaluation process in business education programme in South-East Nigerian universities were utilized to a very low extent very lowly. Also, ownership of institutions did not significantly affect the opinion of business educators regarding the extent theyutilize e-learning resources for instructional delivery and evaluation process in business education programme in South-East, Nigerian universities. It was recommended among others that the university administrators in collaboration with the government should provide adequate e-learning facilities for lecturers inorder to facilitate their teaching and evaluation process. Keywords: E-learning, E-learning resources, Business Education

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NAU JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
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