Effect of Google Meet E-learning Technology on Building Students Knowledge

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of Google meet e-learning technology on  building students’ knowledge in Economics in the face of COVID-19 pandemic in Imo State. Two purposes, two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a quasi-experiment pre-test, post-test, control group design, involving two groups with analysis of covariance as post-hoc control. The population of the study consisted the entire year two students in Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri in Imo State, which are 2,063. The sample consisted of 80 Economics students, drawn from the population. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the 40 students in each class and assigned the classes to experimental and control groups. Google Meet E-learning technology Instructional Package (GMET-IP) and the Economics Achievement Test (EAT) were used as the instrument for data collection, while mean rating, standard deviation and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were used to answer the research questions and test the hypotheses. The content and face validities of the instruments were established by two (2) experts in Educational Measurement and Evaluation, two (2) lecturers teaching Economics, who after due corrections, fine-tuned them and certified them fit for administration. Pearson product moment correlation coefficients method was used to determine the reliability of the results obtained with the instrument; and to establish its construct validity that is inter correlations among items which yielded a reliability coefficient value of 0.78. Findings from the study indicated that Video Modules E-learning approach method had effect on the academic achievement of students in Basic Sciences. The treatments have more positive impact on the female students than male students, showing an interaction occurred between the gender. Conclusions were drawn and recommendations made from the findings of the study which includes that there is need for the incorporation of this e-learning approach into the teaching and learning of Economics in tertiary institutions in Imo State.