Students’ Perception and Their Attitudes Toward the Use of Google Classroom in Osun State University

Abstract

The study investigated students’ perception and their attitudes toward the use of Google Classroom in Osun State University. The study is a descriptive study; a sample of 360 students from in Osun State University formed the participants for the study. The instrument for data collections was inventory and questionnaire and was structured by the researcher for data collection and reliability level was 0.78. Data collected were analyzed using mean, descriptive statistics (frequency count and simple percentage), t-test and correlation. The findings of the study revealed that students' perceived the usefulness of Google Classroom for learning process in Osun State University, students have positive attitude towards the use of Google Classroom for learning in Osun State University, difficulties associated with the use of google classroom in Osun State University as lack of ICT tools in campus, epileptic electricity power supply, cost of data, lack of class management in google classroom, learning schedule do not allow for google classroom for learning, insufficient number of ICT facilities, insufficient Internet bandwidth or speed, amongst others and there is no significant difference in the students’ perception of the use of Google Classroom for learning in Osun State University differ based on student’s gender. The following recommendations were made such as: academic institutions should apply Google Classroom as it will assist both students and lecturers to connect, work together, create assignments, grade students and post lecture notes, academic institutions should continue to promote and provide quality ICT infrastructures upgraded computer units, laptops, tablets, and most importantly school-wide wifi access for all the stakeholders, training should also be given to facilitators of learning and students on how to maximize the use of Google Classroom for effective teaching and learning and academic institutions are encouraged to make Google Classroom an avenue to promote e-learning among the students.