EFFECTIVENESS AND ATTITUDE OF STUDENTS TOWARD E-COURSES IN UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, NIGERIA

Abstract

E-courses are courses taken by students through the convergence of learning and the internet which involves the use of technology to design, select, administer, and extend learning. E-courses are delivered through electronic media but their effectiveness and students' attitude toward their usage have not been determined at the University of Lagos. Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) guided the study for attitude and effectiveness based on the actual usage of e-courses. This study, therefore, determined the effectiveness and attitude of students towards e-courses at the university of Lagos. The descriptive research design of the survey type was adopted in the study. Two hundred and eighty-six students were randomly selected from Mathematics Education and Science education students from 100-400level of education from the University of Lagos. Researcher-designed instruments were used for the study. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the two research questions raised. The average mean of 3.16 for effectiveness indicates that students considered e-courses to be effective a mean of 3.18 shows that students have a positive attitude towards e-courses. The study concluded that e-learning is effective, and students are having a positive attitude towards the usage for learning. The study recommended among others that enough facilities should be made available for those handling the e-courses program to ease the online learning via the e-courses.