Awareness and Challenges of E-Learning in Teaching and Learning Business Education Courses in Universities in Kwara State
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2022-08
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Abstract: This study explored awareness and challenges of e-learning in teaching and learning business education courses in
universities in Kwara State, Nigeria. A descriptive study design was selected. This study was guided by two objectives, two research
questions, and two null hypotheses. The survey sample included 686 lecturers and students in business education in universities in
Kwara State. There was no sample due to the sizeable study population. A questionnaire checked by three experts served as a means
of data collection. Instrument reliability was assessed using the Cronbach alpha method, yielding an r-factor of 0.78. Data for the
research question were reported with mean and standard deviation. An independent-samples t-test was used to test the null
hypotheses 1 and 2 at the 0.05 significance level. The study found that lecturers and students alike had awareness in e-learning
technology for teaching and learning business education courses at a moderate level in universities, lack of associated software,
and irregular power supply, has been found to be some of the notable challenges faced by students when using face e-learning
technologies to study business education in universities. Based on this result, this study leads to the conclusion that lecturers and
students are aware of e-learning technologies but do not use them very often and the few that do, do not extensively use them. In
order for business education to maximize its goals in an era of rapid technological change, business educators should apply elearning
technologies to teaching and learning of business education and the need for proper provision of ICT laboratories and equipment
to curbs the e-learning challenges faced by students who use e-learning to study business education courses in
universities.