Attitude of Students Towards Use of Google Classroom for E-Learning in Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated the attitude of students towards the use of Google Classroom for e-learning in Alvan Ikoku Federal college of Education, Owerri. The study was conducted using a descriptive analytical survey design. one research question and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A sample of 150 students was purposively selected from an intact Educational Technology class comprising Education/Economics and Education/English 200 level students. A sixteen item researchers designed instrument was employed to collect data from the respondents. The instrument was administered on the respondents electronically through Survey Monkey on Google Classroom platform.  Data collected from the survey was analysed using descriptive and analytical statistics. Findings revealed that the students have a positive attitude towards the use of Google Classroom. It was also discovered that there is a significant difference in attitude towards the use of Google Classroom between male and female students in favour of the males. However, there was no significant difference in attitude towards use of Google Classroom based on the area of specialization of the students. It was recommended that educators in the higher education institutions should upgrade their skill in the use of Google Classroom application in presentation of contents in their subject areas among others.

Keywords: Attitude of students; google classroom; e-learning.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/14-17-03

Publication date:June 30^th 2023