Utilization of Academic Learning Management System to Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Federal Colleges of Education in Northwest Zone of Nigeria

Abstract

The study Assessed the Utilization of Academic Learning Management System in enhancing Teaching and Learning in Federal Colleges of Education in North West Zone, Nigeria. The study had two objectives. In line with the objectives, two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated and tested. The study adopted a survey research design with a population of 5,995 (five thousand, nine hundred and ninety-five) respondents, which comprised 3,625 (three thousand six hundred and twenty-five) lecturers and 2,370 (two thousand three hundred and seventy) seniors. A sample size of three hundred and sixty-five (365) participants, consisting of two hundred and twenty-one lecturers (221) and one hundred and forty-four (144) senior management staff were used in the study. Data was collected through a self-structured questionnaire tagged “Utilization of Academic Learning Management System Questionnaire (UALMSQ)”. The result of the pilot study conducted showed a reliability value of 0.82. Data collected in the study was analysed using descriptive statistics while Chi-square statistical method was used to test the null hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study, among others, revealed that the utilisation of the Academic Learning Management System for Course Management is poor in Federal Colleges of Education in North West Zone, Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended, among others, that: Colleges of Education staff across the board should be trained on the effective use and application of Academic Learning Management System tools in consonance with the goals and objectives of the education system through strategic adherence to innovation.