ELECTRONIC LEARNING SYSTEM FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NIIT BENIN CITY

ABSTRACT This project work is aimed at investigating the electronic learning system for educational institution using National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT) Benin City as a case study. The study will also find possible solutions to the problems. This study focuses on the relevance of electronic learning to educational development, and it also gives a prototype design for any institution that wish to adopt the online educational learning system. Education, according to the Oxford Advance Learners’ Dictionary, is the process of teaching, training and learning to improve knowledge and develop skills. It is a known fact that education is the main catalyst to any country’s development or growth. Questionnaire was the major instrument used to collect data from the respondents from National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT) Benin City. The data collected were converted into percentage and were arranged in tabular form. The research also went ahead to make recommendations to help solve the problems of electronic learning system for educational institutions.

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND OF STUDY

There has been much technology dawn in the last 50 years during which desktop computer and the internet have been developed. There has been a similar dawn throughout the 20th century film, broadcast television, audiotape, and radio record video programmed learning machines, etc,. Each time enthusiast has announced that the transformation or even the bulk of teaching and learning has been minimal. Development in paper/printing technologies have had for more influenced, with the consequence that face to face discussion and paper resources will dominate public education. Audio-visual media have been treated more as an icing on the cake than as something at the very heart of learning and likewise their long suering support service through the new media particularly video have fared some what better In the development of media that can promote improved learning (Kozma R. B. 1994). Technological innovations always tend to create benefits and pitfalls. Cellular phone put users in touch with Kin’s clients and colleagues but they disrupt work and contribute to unsafe during habits. As for E-learning, on the upside, it can enhance the bottom line by making an organization more productive, saving money and providing more learning access to more education on the downside E-learning may reduce personal contact between instructions and learners among the learners themselves, sometimes many learners higher value. This may lead to high dropout rates, which is a warning of the potential pitfalls of E-learning. This project will help us review both sides and suggest ways to avoid E-learning pitfalls and reap its benefits. The central focus of E-learning for traditional learning is to acquire knowledge in the best way.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The research would enable us get a better glimpse of E-learning concept, which is far more different from instructing a training course. Foremost of all, E-learning is about learning, the learners’ needs and the attitude of the learner. The question this research desires to answer include: how can E-learning be fully and well implemented into our educational system which will help it gain extensive acceptance in terms of creating an alternative to brick and mortar teaching environment. Moreover, it is imperative to note that the resource of the internet has not been fully utilized, which includes the education especially in helping us get benefit of learning over the internet. This and many more will be included in this research in order to help us execute E-learning project in most of our educational institutions nationwide, extending traditional classroom facilities to virtual classes worldwide.