PERCEPTION OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN INTEGRATING BLENDED LEARNING IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BUSINESS EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITIES IN EDO STATE

ABSTRACT

This study examined the Perception of Business Education Students in Integrating Blended Learning in Teaching and Learning of Business Education in Universities in Edo State. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consists of three universities; one federal, state and private university in the area of study with a total number of 220 students. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire. The validity and reliability were ascertained with a Cronbach Alpha value of 0.81. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The findings revealed that the Perception of Business Education Students in Integrating Blended Learning in Teaching and Learning of Business Education in Universities in Edo State were largely influenced by awareness, students preferences and availability of infrastructure. Based on the findings, the study recommends, among others, conduction of orientation sessions at the beginning of each course or semester to introduce students to the concept of blended learning and how it will be utilized, flexibility in scheduling synchronous and asynchronous learning activities to accommodate students' diverse schedules and preferences, allocation of resources to upgrade infrastructure and provision of training and technical support to faculty and students on how to use the available technology effectively for blended learning in business education.