Extent of E-Learning Facilities Acceptance, Proficiency, Training and Retraining among Academic Staff in University of Ibadan

Abstract

Use of e-learning facilities in higher education based on preliminary investigations has shown that there is no adequate documentation of various e-learning facilities tools that academic staff of higher institutions adopts and become proficient in ensuring effective delivery of their academic duties. The study therefore, examined the level of e-learning facilities acceptance, proficiency, training and training among academic staff of University of Ibadan. The study adopted non-experimental design. Population comprised lecturers in Faculties, Institutes and Centers in University of Ibadan campus. From existing strata, purposive sampling technique was used to select 14 Faculties which consist 48 Departments, 3 Institutes and 2 Centers which are academic units. Five lecturers were randomly selected in each unit, given a total sample of 265 lecturers. Data was collected using Lecturer's Acceptance, Proficiency and Training in E- Learning Facility (LAPTEL), constructed and validated by the researchers with ordinal alpha reliability of 0.97. Data was analysed using frequency, percentages and median. Results showed high level of acceptance (Median=3.55>2.50), proficiency (Median=3.26>2.50) and training (Median=3.11>2.50) on e-learning facilities among academic staff. However, majority of the sampled academic staff were not proficient in the use of electronic board (Median=2.23<2.50). The study, concluded that when e-learning facilities are widely accepted among academic staff of higher institutions, it leads to increased proficiency and the desire to acquire more knowledge through training. The study, recommended that academic staff should strive to improve their knowledge of e-learning facilities so as to be able to use e-learning facilities for teaching, research, presentation and publication proficiently.