EXTENT OF ADOPTION AND UTILIZATION OF E-LEARNING MEDIA IN THE TEACHING OF ACCOUNTING IN GOVERNMENT TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN ANAMBRA STATE
Keywords:
Adoption, Utilization, Blended Learning, Internet Technology, E-Learning Media, Accounting.Abstract
The study ascertained the extent of adoption and utilization of e-learning media in the teaching of accounting in government tertiary institutions in Anambra State. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population comprised 322 accounting lecturers in the six government tertiary institutions in Anambra State that teach accounting courses. The entire population was used. The instrument for data collection was 20-items structured questionnaire. The instrument was validated by three experts. To determine the internal consistency of the items, Cronbach Alpha method was used which yielded reliability co-efficient values of 0.89, 0.80, 0.92 and 0.91 for all the clusters with an overall co-efficient value of 0.88. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of the study revealed that accounting lecturers highly adopt blended learning and moderately adopt internet technology in the teaching of accounting in government tertiary institutions in Anambra State. Male and female accounting lecturers differ significantly in their mean ratings on extent of adoption and utilization of blended learning among others. The study concluded that internet technology is highly adopted while blended learning is moderately adopted by accounting lecturers in the teaching of accounting in government tertiary institutions in Anambra State. It was recommended among others that accounting lecturers should put more effort by adopting blended learning, utilizing internet technology and blended learning in the teaching of accounting courses so as to help students access the instructors’ messages whether present in the classroom or not, and become independent in their learning