STUDENTS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS VIRTUAL LEARNING TYPES IN PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE: IMPLICATION FOR EDUCATIONAL PLANNING
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students’ attitude, knowledge, participation, and perception, virtual learning types and implications for educational planning and managementAbstract
This study examined students' attitude towards virtual learning types in private secondary schools in Egor LGA of Edo State. Specifically, the study sought to find out the level of students’ positive attitude towards, knowledge of, the student’s participation in, and student’s perceived level of the impact and effectiveness of virtual learning types provided in private secondary schools. A descriptive survey design was used for the study. The population of this study consists of 3850 senior secondary schools two (SS 2) students of private secondary schools in Egor local government area of Edo state. The sample size was 193 which is 5% of the study population. The simple random sampling technique was adopted. The research instrument for this study is a questionnaire titled Students’ Characteristics and the Effectiveness of Virtual Learning Types in Private Secondary Schools’ Questionnaire (SCEVLTPSSQ). The data collected was analyzed using the mean, standard deviation, and t-test statistics. The research question was answered using the mean and standard deviation while the corresponding hypothesis was tested using the t-test statistics. The result of the analysis revealed that students’ levels of knowledge of Computer managed learning, Computer assisted instruction and Asynchronous online learning are high while the level of knowledge of Synchronous online learning is moderate; Students’ level of participation in CML, SOL, AOL, Fixed e-learning and Interactive online learning are moderate; Students’ levels of attitude towards CML, CAI, and AOL are high while the level of attitude towards SOL and FEL are moderate; Students’ perceived levels of the impact and effectiveness of CML, CAI, SOL, AOL, and FEL are high or very high; and Students’ perceived level of impact and effectiveness of IOL is moderate. It was recommended based on findings that administrators should evaluate and improve the effectiveness of existing policies and implement necessary actions in addressing effective virtual learning in the new normal. The study also recommends that training and workshops should be proposed to schools, particularly on discussing interventions to improve their management, pedagogical, and computer skills.
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