EXTENT OF UTILIZATION OF E-LEARNING RESOURCES IN BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

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 elearning 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.

E-learning, E-learning resources, Business Education,

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