AN EVALUATION OF THE USABILITY FACTORS AFFECTING THE USE OF THE INTERNET FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

Abstract

Exploring the internet is central to teaching and learning that requires continuous and committed efforts that wouldmore than put it on a fast track for eventual production of optimal results. It is an attempt to provide a framework forunderstanding the dynamic events in the educational sector and how best the use of internet can be situated that thisstudy emerges. It provides a perspective on the suitability of Internet to educational endeavours and achieves thiswith the use of primary data, obtained with a 15-item questionnaire. The questionnaire is structured to take care ofdependent variable and three independent tested at 0.5 significant level with the use of a paired t-test. All the nullhypotheses constructed in respect of the variables tested at the chosen level of significance are rejected, this providesthe basis for the conclusion that internet play a significant role in pushing the frontier of knowledge.

Keywords: Usability, learning, Internet, Teaching, Students and Framework.