IMPROVING QUALITY DELIVERY OF BUSINESS EDUCATION USING BLENDEDLEARNING TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
Keywords:
blended learning, instructional delivery, business education, studentsAbstract
The study investigated improving quality delivery of business education using blended learning technology in Nigeria Universities. The design adopted for the study was descriptive survey. The population for the study which was also adopted as sample comprised all twenty five (25) lecturers of business education in two (2) Public Universities in Ebonyi State, Alex Ekwueme Federal University and Ebonyi State University.Twenty (20) items structured questionnaire titled: Questionnaire on improving quality delivery of business education using blended learning technology in Nigeria Universities. The questionnaire was face validatedby three experts in Business education and Test and measurement. Cornbach alpha was used to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire items and coefficient of 0.80 was obtained. Research questionswere answered using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics at 0.05 level of significances. The findings showcased the blended learning technologies available for instructional delivery of business education contents and the strategies employed in delivering quality business education contents. The study further revealed that there was no significant difference between the mean response of business education lecturers in both institutions (Alex Ekwueme federal university and Ebonyi State University). It was concluded that given blended learning technologies priority while teaching will make greater impact in quality delivery of business education contents. Based on the findings and conclusion of the study. It was recommended among others that government should make blended learning technologies available in their schools and train the business education lecturers on how best to use it as tools for quality delivery of business education contents.References
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