The USE OF ELECTRONIC-LEARNING TOOLS FOR ENHANCING SCIENCE EDUCATION IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
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One of the most powerful benefits of the electronic learning (E-learning) in higher education is its role in enhancing teaching and learning. E-Learning uses course materials that exist entirely on a computer or the Internet. Nigerian schools offer courses that are entirely e-learning based such: as Biology, Chemistry and Physics Education, meanings of all texts, assignments, quizzes and tests are accessible online and no face-to-face meetings are required. E-learning allows students with limited mobility or inflexible schedules to take courses and study at times that are convenient for them. The aim of this paper is to sensitize the science education teachers on the usage of e-learning tools to enhance teaching and learning in tertiary institution in Nigeria. Some of the major challenges in the availability of e-learning tools discussed are: inadequate funding, teacher’s factor, corruption and insecurity, and lack of regular power supply. It was reviewed that the teacher could be in a far distance away from school and still perform his/her duty sending learning activities through e-mail. Both teacher and student can communicate together outside classroom situation online. The paper recommends among others that Electronic library (e-library) should be established in all schools and fund be made available to purchase computers and other ICT equipment and more trained computer teachers should be employed and those science teachers who are not computer literate should be mandated to go for computer training.
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