Learning Management System Usage On Teaching and Learning in Akatsi College of Education (Published)
The main objective of this study was to examine the effect of Learning Management System (LMS) usage in education in public College of Education using Akatsi College of Education as a case study organization. However, the specific objectives to be included are to identify the Learning Management System (LMS currently in use to support teaching and learning at Akatsi College of Education, assess the extent of the adoption of Learning Management System (LMS by Akatsi College of Education in teaching and learning and ascertain challenges that the management of the College is encountering in the use of Learning Management System (LMS. The study used the descriptive survey method as the research design. The selected population for the study was the staff, management and students of College in Akatsi. A sample size of 120 was used. This was made up of 5 Heads of Department, and 15 tutors and 100 students. By this, the sampling method that was used in selecting the lecturers and staff is convenience sampling technique, while the simple random sampling technique was used in selecting the students. The main instrument that was used for the collection of data is the questionnaire and primary data and secondary data were used as sources of data. The findings of the study showed that some of the Learning Management System (LMS) devices used at the College include projectors, internet and telecommunication systems, audio and video visual communication systems, telephone, computers, fax machines and many others. These resources enable them to serve the university community better. Besides, the College has further employed an application called MOODLE that has all students and tutors enrolled on. This to them provides the platform for assessing the students and tutors. Recommendations were that it is important that LMS systems at College are made available to every member of the College whether student, tutors or a non-teaching staff. From the study, ICT systems have been very effective in ensuring the productivity of users including teachers and non-teachers. Significantly, not all the respondents admitted that they use Learning Management System (LMS) system of the university. However, if the College wants to achieve productivity across the College, then the need to ensure that every member of the university is made to use LMS in their functions.
Keywords: CIS, ICT, LAN, LMS, NOC, Policy Makers, moodle
Globalization and Adaptation of University Curriculum with LMSs in the Changing World (Published)
Methodological approaches and efforts towards attainment of excellence in higher education, as the most powerful instrument for social and economic advancement, are undergoing major changes technologically and otherwise. For the university to play a leading role in the ever-changing world of globalization, internationalization, and digitalization; the university curriculum must necessarily be adapted to suit the Revolutionary Information Age that we live in. Learning Management Systems (LMSs) are used all over Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Oceania, and most countries in Africa for the purpose. The need to acquire, know, understand, and actually use LMS in the Third World countries as in the Developed World has arisen and is rapidly increasing aggressively in today’s ever-changing globalized digital knowledge economy. Unfortunately however, LMS is not yet in use in any of the universities in Nigeria as a function of lack of information about how LMSs are being used, where and how to acquire LMSs, and which LMSs are the most adopted elsewhere in the world. This research aimed at, and provided the requisite information for universities to easily acquire, develop and use LMSs for effective delivery of higher education to meet the internationalization and globalization needs of the Revolutionary Information Age
Keywords: Adaptation, Changing world, Excellence in higher education, Globalization, Internationalization, LMS, LMSs, Learning Management System, List of top LMSs, Revolutionary Information Age, University curriculum