E-TEACHING SKILLS NEEDED BY BUSINESS EDUCATION LECTURERS FOR TEACHING IN COVID -19 ERA

Abstract

 

The study sought to identify Electronic learning skills needed by Business Education Lecturers for teaching in COVID-19 era. The descriptive survey research design was used. To facilitate the conduct of the study, three research questions were raised. The population of the study consisted of all Lecturers of in the department of Business Education in Federal College of Education, Pankshin. The number of the lectures used was 18. No sampling was done; the entire population was used. A 28-item questionnaire tagged “Internet skills needed for teaching questionnaire (ESNT) with 4-point rating scale was the instrument used for data collection. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The null hypotheses were tested using the independent t-test at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that internet, software and formatting skills are needed for teaching during covid-19. This means that without sufficient amount of internet, software and formatting skills, business education lecturers will find it difficult to teach in COVID-19 era. The study recommended among others, that Business Education lecturers should take it upon themselves to acquire internet and formatting skills sufficiently for successful e-teaching and there is a need for business education lecturers to learn software and formatting skills by means of special training. This can also be achieved by interacting with some of their colleagues who are good in these skills and are used to e- teaching.

 Key-words: E-Learning Skills, Business Education, COVID-19, Teaching, Business Education Lecturers.