STUDENTS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS VIRTUAL LEARNING TYPES IN PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE: IMPLICATION FOR EDUCATIONAL PLANNING

This study examined students' attitude towards virtual learning types in private secondary schools in Egor LGA of Edo State. Specifically, the study sought to find out the level of students’ positive attitude towards, knowledge of, the student’s participation in, and student’s perceived level of the impact and effectiveness of virtual learning types provided in private secondary schools. A descriptive survey design was used for the study. The population of this study consists of 3850 senior secondary schools two (SS 2) students of private secondary schools in Egor local government area of Edo state. The sample size was 193 which is 5% of the study population. The simple random sampling technique was adopted. The research instrument for this study is a questionnaire titled Students’ Characteristics and the Effectiveness of Virtual Learning Types in Private Secondary Schools’ Questionnaire (SCEVLTPSSQ). The data collected was analyzed using the mean, standard deviation, and t-test statistics. The research question was answered using the mean and standard deviation while the corresponding hypothesis was tested using the t-test statistics. The result of the analysis revealed that students’ levels of knowledge of Computer managed learning, Computer assisted instruction and Asynchronous online learning are high while the level of knowledge of Synchronous online learning is moderate; Students’ level of participation in CML, SOL, AOL, Fixed e-learning and Interactive online learning are moderate; Students’ levels of attitude towards CML, CAI, and AOL are high while the level of attitude towards SOL and FEL are moderate; Students’ perceived levels of the impact and effectiveness of CML, CAI, SOL, AOL, and FEL are high or very high; and Students’ perceived level of impact and effectiveness of IOL is moderate. It was recommended based on findings that administrators should evaluate and improve the effectiveness of existing policies and implement necessary actions in addressing effective virtual learning in the new normal. The study also recommends that training and workshops should be proposed to schools, particularly on discussing interventions to improve their management, pedagogical, and computer skills.  Article visualizations

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The use of information and communication technologies by nurse educators for teaching and learning in edo state, Nigeria

Magister Curationis - MCurInformation and Communication Technologies (ICT) are for information storage, retrieval, display and transmission through electronic means in our day-to-day life. The use of technology in education has made both learners and educators to achieve new possibilities because life is made easy for them due to its inherent advantages which range from support of conventional classroom work, design, development of learning materials to accessing virtual libraries. Harnessing these benefits places a great deal of demand on nurse educators to improve the teaching-learning experience of learners. However, the major players, especially the nurse educators in Nigeria, have not been properly investigated to find out if they use technology in teaching, and if they do, what types they use. The study aimed to explore and describe the nurse educators‟ use of Information and Communication Technologies in teaching and learning in nursing schools in Edo State, Nigeria. It focused on the type of Information and Communication Technologies used by nurse educators, how they use them, and the challenges they face, if any, in the use of technologies with a view to suggesting ways of overcoming the identified challenges. An exploratory descriptive quantitative research design with the use of self-administered questionnaires was adopted. The population was all the 36 nurse educators in the three universities that offer the Bachelor in Nursing Science programmes in Edo State. Validity and reliability of the study questions were ensured and a pilot study was done to ensure internal consistency by measurement with the Cronbach‟s alpha consistency measure that yielded 0.85. Descriptive analysis was employed with the aid of frequencies, tables and graphs. Findings of the study indicate that the nurse educators use technology for teaching and learning. They all use the laptop 34(100%); desktop computer iii accounts for 33(97.1%). The respondents use these technologies in conjunction with word processing and spreadsheet for direct classroom teaching, preparation of lectures and students‟ results as well as classroom facilitation. Twenty-five (25) respondents (73.5%) use the mobile technologies such as cell phones and emails to send and receive messages from students. Thirty (30) respondents (88.2%) store information as well as browse the Internet. The use of these applications is quite high, unlike video transmission to receive recorded lectures from out-stations which amounted to 7(20.6%) and video conferencing to dialogue with nursing experts 6(17.6%). The CD ROMS are used for direct classroom teaching, storage of course materials and for rehearsal and revision purposes by less than 50% of the respondents each. The respondents identified erratic power supply, unstable connectivity and inadequate ICT facilities as some of the major challenges they encounter. In conclusion, the study recommends among other things that the various departmental and personal offices of the lecturers be equipped with modern technology facilities. The university management is urged to explore other alternative power supply like solar energy. Furthermore, all the role players are urged to play their part effectively to make ICT for teaching and learning beneficial and effective

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