The dream of every undergraduate is to get a fascinated well-paid Job after school. One of the courses that could aid students’ employment is the vocational and entrepreneurship courses. Due to the high number of students who partake in this course, some technologies were employed for the instructional process. One of such is the Google classroom. However, there are some complains from students on these learning technological platforms. This study therefore investigates the barriers limiting the use of google classroom for learning vocational and entrepreneurship courses. This study employs the survey method, and 250 undergraduates were purposively sampled. The findings established that Poor power supply, loss of class control, High cost of purchasing relevant materials, Lack of adequate support system and laziness encouragement are barriers that hinder students’ use of google classroom for learning vocational and entrepreneurship courses. The study concluded that some barriers which hinders students from using Google classroom for learning should be resolved. It was however recommended that the use of google classroom should be encouraged in schools, not only for learning vocational and entrepreneurship courses but for other courses.
Availability that lacks accessibility is nothing different from unavailability. The aftermath of COVID19 had forced most schools to employ several learning technologies with Google classroom inclusive. This study thus investigates undergraduate access to Google classroom for learning. This study employs the survey method and 250 undergraduates were purposively sampled. The findings established that undergraduate students have adequate access to google classroom for learning vocational and entrepreneurship courses and there was significant relationship between undergraduate access and utilization of google classroom for learning. The study concluded that access to Google classroom was directly proportional to its utilization. It was however recommended that lecturers should use the Google classroom to facilitate their instructional process.
There are several reasons that users use different technologies, especially students in tertiary institutions. The google classroom is not left out as some lectures are been branded using this medium. This study thus investigates the purpose which undergraduate students use Google classroom for. This study employs the survey method and 250 undergraduates were purposively sampled. The findings established that the majority of undergraduates use Google Classroom for their learning activities. There was a significant difference among undergraduate students’ purpose of utilizing google classroom based on their Academic level but not gender. The study concluded that if Google classroom is employed by lecturers for instructional activities, students are ready to utilize it. It was however recommended that curriculum developers must be well-informed and see the importance of the integration of Google classroom in the school curriculum because it may affect everyone beyond the classroom environment.
This study investigated the science lecturers’ perceived use of Google classroom for instruction as well as the influence of teaching experience and experience in the use of the google classroom for instruction. The study hires a survey method with the use of the online questionnaire. All lecturers in the faculty of science made up the population for the study. The findings established that science lecturers have good seeming on the use of google classroom for instruction. Also, lecturers’ years of experience influenced their use of Google classroom for instruction. The study concluded that lecturers perceived use of google classroom encouraged them to use it in their instructional activities. It was however recommended that Google Classroom also has to constantly upgrade to suit user needs so as not to be replaced with newer, better, faster, more efficient alternatives.
Advances in technology have brought instructional media to the forefront as the most radical tools of globalization and social development which have influenced the classroom teaching/ learning situation positively. Such technological breakthroughs are important landmarks in knowledge transfer. There are several acclaimed video packages which may not be perfectly suitable for instruction thus there is need to evaluate any package that should be used for learning. The main purpose of this research was to investigate experts' evaluation on the video instructional package for junior secondary school students in basic technology. This research was a research and development research method and the respondents comprised of 20 experts studying at the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. The findings established that Experts rated the video instructional package to be very effective and good for learning. It was however recommended that Computer literacy programme should be provided for both students and teachers for full integration of ICT resources in Science Education Programme.
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