AVAILABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS E-LEARNING RESOURCES FOR TEACHING CHEMISTRY AMONG COLLEGE OF EDUCATION STUDENTS IN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

Abstract Chemistry which is expected to be an interesting practical science subject is posing a great threat to many students nowadays. This is commiserating with the attitude of the students, lack of commitment and laxity of lecturers in their quality of teaching and availability of E-learning resources to help students in solving academic problems is affecting the students. The paper aimed to assess the Accessibility, Availability and Attitude of Students towards E-learning resources for teaching Chemistry among College of Education in Niger State. The study adopts a descriptive survey in other to document current condition that exists at the moment. The data collected for the study was analyzed using simple frequencies and spatial regression analysis using AMOS 23 software. The findings shows that websites have the mean value of 1.73 with the standard deviation of 0.85 which signifies it’s highly available among the identify E-learning resources and Full text databases has the mean value of 3.01 with the standard deviation of 0.83 which signifies not available in colleges of education in Niger State as investigated by the respondents. The findings further show students attitudes towards the use of E-learning resources; it was discovered that “I believe using e-learning will improve the quality of my work” with the lowest mean value of 1.98 and standard deviation (0.88) is strongly agreed by the respondents. The study concluded that e-learning facilities are moderately available in the study area but it can be seen from the findings that e-learning facilities that will improve the academic performance of students and bridge the gap that exist between theories and practical are not effectively available. Thereby recommends that College authority should give priority in the provision of e-learning facilities through collaboration for effective teaching and learning to take place.