SURVEY OF UNDERGRADUATES’ PERCEPTION OF CLASS-MARKER FOR LEARNING IN ILORIN

Abstract

The study determined the perception of undergraduates’ use of class-maker for learning as educational technology applications for learning abound. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design to evaluate undergraduates’ perception of the use of class-marker for learning in a public university in Ilorin, Kwara State. The population for the study comprised all the 400-level undergraduates in the 2019/2020 academic session in the department of educational technology, University of Ilorin. The sample for the study was all 238 students. The class was created by the researchers via: www.classmarker.com and titled 123undergraduate. The instrument for data collection was developed by the researchers titled: “Survey of Class-Marker for Learning (SC-ML)”. Cronbach Alpha was employed to determine the internal consistency of the instrument which yielded r=0.89. The instrument was cropped into a link using google form and the link was sent to the respondents via the class WhatsApp group chat. A total of 233 students which represented 98% responded to the instrument. Data collected were analyzed using frequency counts, percentages, and a mean set value of 2.50 to answer the research questions. Findings showed that class marker was perceived as easy to use, efficient and gender-friendly amongst others. It was recommended that class markers be integrated into educational technology for learning.