Effects of Ease of Use and Usefulness of E-Leaning Management System among Students of Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria

Abstract

In this paper, the researchers seek to find out the awareness, ease of use and usefulness of learning management system among staff/students in the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Jos. This study aimed to construct survey questionnaire covering University of Jos on awareness, ease of use and usefulness and possible challenges that might slowed he take off of the E-learning in the university. The researchers gave background information to the study and postulated six research questions and four hypotheses based on the research questions. The methodology used was descriptive survey research, while chi-square was used to analyze the data using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The sample consists of 40 students/ lecturers drown from the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Jos. From the findings, it clearly showed that more than 87% expected count more than 5 in the association between Academic level and Ease of usefulness of the Learning Management System. While 96% expected count are more than 5 in the association between Academic level and perceived usefulness. This implies that students-staff relationship has not improved given the availability of the E-learning management system (LMS) in the University of Jos. Finally, conclusion and recommendation were made.

Keywords: Student Awareness, Perceived usefulness, learning management system.