ASSESSMENT OF AWARENESS OF E-LEARNING FACILITIES FOR RESOURCE SHARING AMONG BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA

Saleh Tafida; Adamu Ibrahim; Umar Inuwa

ASSESSMENT OF AWARENESS OF E-LEARNING FACILITIES FOR RESOURCE SHARING AMONG BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA

Saleh Tafida, Adamu Ibrahim, Umar Inuwa

Abstract

The study assessed the awareness of e-learning facilities for resource sharing among business education students in tertiary institutions in Bauchi state, Nigeria. As a guide, three objectives, three research questions and three null hypotheses were raised. The population of the study was 372 final year Business education students in three tertiary institutions offering business education in Bauchi State. Due to manageable size of the population, the researcher adopted Total Population Sample; hence the entire 372 students were used for the study. The instrument for the study was 5-points scale structured questionnaire. The instrument was validated by experts. Pilot study was conducted at Federal College of Education Kano, data collected from pilot study were analyzed using Cronbach’s alpha and a reliability coefficient of 0.86 was obtained. The researcher assisted by two research assistants collected the administered the instrument. Data collected were analyzed using mean scores to answer the research questions and ANOVA was used to test the null hypotheses at the significant level of 0.05. The study revealed among others that the awareness of e-learning facilities for resource sharing among business education students in tertiary institutions in Bauchi state was low. Based on these, the researcher recommended among others that tertiary institutions in Bauchi state should as matter of urgency create awareness on the use of e-learning facilities for resource sharing.

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