Assessing E-Learning Adoption in Nigeria Universities Using Students’ Perspective a Case Study of the University of Benin

Abstract

It is an incentive that education has no age limit, which has made learning literarily a vital interest amidst all age groups. This paper explores the benefits of e-learning and examines a developing University’s educational delivery and learning system to determine its position in global educational standards and technology utilization. The effectiveness of such level of Education is linked with four major interrelated factors – the learner (student), the teacher (lecturer), the Academic System (University Procedures) and the learning environment (local and national location). With the ‘learner’ often being the focus of any academic set up, the authors investigated students’ perspectives of elearning and its access, using University of Benin as a case study. A sample population comprised students selected from three faculties in the University of Benin that offer Computer Science modules. The data collected was analyzed using quantitative approach. The findings revealed the major challenges to e-learning adoption as unavailable access to required infrastructures.

KEYWORDS: Learning, e-learning, classroom, ICT