Utilization of E-Learning Technology by Physics Lecturers in Colleges of Education in North West Region of Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the extent of utilization of e-learning technology by physics lecturers in Colleges of Education in North-Western Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design. A sample of one hundred and thirty (130) physics lecturers drawn from five federal, five state and five private Colleges of Education in the North West region were used for the study. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument was face validated by experts. The reliability co-efficient of the instrument was 0.86 using the Cronbach alpha reliability test. Research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation, and hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of significance using t-test and ANOVA. Among the study’s findings is that the extent of utilization of e-learning technologies among physics lecturers is low. The study concluded that there was low utilization of e-learning technologies by physics lecturers in Colleges of Education in North-Western Nigeria and recommendations were made including the need to create awareness on the importance of e-learning technologies by government at all levels in order to ensure full integration and implementation of e-learning.