GENDER RESPONSE TOWARDS LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN ENHANCING TEACHING AND LEARNING

¹Ugwuoti, O.I. ²Bright, H.A.

ABSTRACT

The study was undertaken to investigate the gender response towards Learning Management Systems in enhancing teaching and learning of Biology in Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri. Two research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population of the study consisted of Biology teachers and students in the institution. Purposive and stratified random sampling techniques were used for the teachers and students respectively. Twenty five (25) teachers and three hundred students (300) were used as the sample size. Summative scale was used for data collection. The internal consistency of the instrument was 0.84 using Cronbach Alpha formula. The research questions were analysed using arithmetic mean while hypothesis was tested using Chi-square at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the analysis revealed that there is apathy towards the use of Learning Management Systems among female teachers and female students than their male counterparts. It was recommended among other things that teachers in tertiary institutions should adopt the use of Learning Management Systems as a blended teaching strategy in enhancing teaching and learning and ensure that it is strictly for academic purpose devoid of social interactions.