Assessment of E-Learning Facilities for Effective Teaching and Learning of Building Trades in Benue State Technical Colleges

Assessment of E-Learning Facilities for Effective Teaching and Learning of Building Trades in Benue State Technical Colleges

¹Markus Kwaji; ²Sylvester Igwe Sylvester & ³Eric Christopher

¹Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Benue State University Makurdi, Nigeria

^2,3Department of Technology Education, School of Technology and Science Education, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria

Email:marcuskhore@gmail.com,sylvester.sylvester01@yahoo.com,christophereric31@yahoo.com

Corresponding Author: Markus Kwaji

ABSTRACT

The study is an empirically based research which assessed the adequacy of e-learning facilities and the factors affecting their use for teaching and learning of building trades in Benue State Technical Colleges, Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. 235 respondents were used as the sample of the study which comprises 30 building trades’ teachers teaching in the six out of twelve State Technical Colleges, 205 NTC three students. The instrument used was questionnaire which contained 27 items. The reliability coefficient of the instrument stood at 0.81. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The findings revealed that e-learning facilities such as Computer (palmtop, desktop, and laptop size), Internet services, Computer Aided Drawing software’s (AUTOCAD, REVIT, ARCHICAD), Projector, Video conferencing, Teleconferencing, an Electronic device for marking multiple choice questions among others are inadequate. It was also revealed that the few e-learning facilities face some challenges which affect the use of e-learning and teaching of building trades in Benue state technical colleges. These among others include; Lack of infrastructures; Shortage of trained personnel; Poor maintenance service; Poor quality of teachers to handle e-learning facilities; Not all topics of building trades can be taught through e-learning; Teachers resistance to e-learning trend. It was recommended among other things that; all technical teachers particularly those in building trades need training workshops/seminars to upgrade them in e-learning. E-learning facilities and other support services should be made adequate and available for technical colleges.

Keywords: E-learning Facilities, Building Trades, ICT