UTILIZATION OF E-LEARNING RESOURCES DURING THE PERIOD OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC FOR INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN DELTA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated utilization of e-learning resources during the period of Covid-19 pandemic for instructional delivery in senior secondary schools in Delta State. Two objectives, two research questions and five hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted descriptive design. The population of this study was all the 7,084 teachers, comprising 3,144 male and 3,940 female serving in public senior secondary schools in Delta State. The sample size was 500 teachers, comprising 234 male and 266 female teachers serving in public senior secondary schools in Delta State. The stratified simple random sampling technique was used along with proportionate sampling method to draw the respondents from each of the 11 education zones in the state. The instrument used to generate data was a self-structured 12-item questionnaire titled ‘Utilization of E-learning Resources during the Period of Pandemic in Secondary Schools Questionnaire’. Test re-test was used to establish the reliability co-efficient of the instrument at 0.83. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation, while the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 significant level using the z-test. The study revealed among others that computer enhanced e-learning to a high extent in senior secondary schools during the period of Covid-19 pandemic in Delta State. The female teachers had higher opinion on the extent computer enhanced e-learning in secondary schools. This study further found out that television enhanced e-learning to a low extent in senior secondary schools during the period of Covid-19 pandemic in Delta State. Urban teachers had stronger opinion on the extent television enhanced e-learning in secondary schools. This study recommended that school managers should integrate e-learning to the mainstream of regular educational system so that teaching and learning would continue seamlessly during the period of pandemic. The study further showed that government should equip public schools with e-learning facilities (such as computers and broadcast equipment, etc.) so that teachers can utilize them to carry out teaching and learning during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.