E-learning Applications and Learning Outcomes of Postgraduate Business Education Students in Rivers State Universities

Abstract

The study investigated E-learning applications and learning outcomes of postgraduate 
Business Education Students in Rivers State Universities. Three research questions and three 
hypotheses guided the study. The correlational research design was adopted for the study 
with a population of 92 Postgraduate students of Business Education in 2020/2021 Academic 
year comprising 43 postgraduate students of Business Education Department in Rivers State 
University, Port-Harcourt and 49 Postgraduate students from Business Education 
Department in Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port-Harcourt. The entirety of the 
population was used as census. Two different questionnaires titled: “E-learning Applications 
Questionnaire” and “Learning Outcomes of Business Education Postgraduate Students
Questionnaire” were used for data collection. The instruments were face and content 
validated by two experts in Measurement and Evaluation and the Department of Business 
Education, all in Rivers State University and tested for reliability using Pearson Product 
Moment Correlation Coefficient which yielded reliability indexes of 0.83 and 0.76. Pearson
Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to answer the research questions while 
the hypotheses were tested using t-Transformation at 0.05 level of significance. Findings 
amongst others unravelled that a high, positive and significant relationship exist between 
Google classroom and zoom application usage and learning outcomes of postgraduate 
Business Education Students in Rivers State Universities. The researchers recommended 
among others that school management should regularly organize seminars/workshops and 
other training programmes for lecturers and students on the use of Zoom application for 
teaching and learning so as to enhance students’ learning outcomes.