EFFECT OF AUDIO, VISUAL MATERIAL AND INTERNET ON THE LEARNING OUTCOME OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

EFFECT OF AUDIO, VISUAL MATERIAL AND INTERNET ON THE LEARNING OUTCOME OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

CHAPTER ONE

Introduction

1.1     Background of the Study

This research work titled “The use of Audio Visual-materials and internet in computer study on students learning performance” is informed by the prevalent global wave in the use of educational technology V is the – avis the situation of junior secondary in Ogun State. Being an experimental research, the study investigated the use of audio, visual material and internet and equipment in a typical school computer and evaluated the effect and the outcome of the use of such technology on the learning performance of students.

There have been many technological dawns in the last 30 years, during which the desktop computer and internet have been developed; but there have been similar dawns throughout the 20^th century. Film, radio, records, broadcast television, audiotape, videotape, programmed learning machines etc. each time enthusiasts have announced the transformation or even the end of the school, college and university. In fact, the impact on the bulk of teaching and learning has been minimal. Developments in paper /printing technologies have had for more influence, with the consequence that face-to-face discussion and paper resources still dominate public education. Audiovisual material and internet have been treated more as icing-on-the cake than as something at the very heart of learning and likewise their long-suffering support services (through the new media, particularly video, have fared somewhat better in the development of corporate training programs). In fact there is a debate in instructional design literature about whether there are any unique attributes of media that can promote improved learning.

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Audio-visual education a branch of education technology emerged as a discipline in the 2006s when film technology was developing rapidly (Hughes 2006). A visual instruction movement a rose which encouraged the use of visual materials to make abstract ideas more comprehensible to students. As sound technology improved, the movement become known as audio visual instruction. Education at that time viewed audio visuals only as aids to teachers. Not until World War II, when the armed services used audio-visual materials to train large numbers of persons in short periods of time, did the potential of these devices primary sources of instruction become apparent. Blomeyer and Martin (2008) in the 2008s and 2009s, developments in communications theory and systems concepts led to studies of the educational process, its elements, and their interrelationship. Hughes (2006) Amga these elements are the teacher, the teaching methods, the information conveyed, the materials used, the students, and the students’responses. As a result of these studies, the field of audio-visuals shifted its emphasis from devices and material to the examination of the teaching learning.

Education is a systematic process through which a child or an adult acquires knowledge, experience, skill and sound attitude. It makes an individual civilized, refined, cultured, and educated. For a civilized and socialized society. Education is the only means. Its goal is to make an individual perfect. Every society gives importance to education to education because it is a panacea for all evicts. It is the key to solve to solve the various problem of life. Education, according to Coombs (2008) consists of two components. He classified these two components into inputs and outputs. According to him, inputs consists of human and material resources and outputs are the goals and outcomes of the educational process.

Both the inputs and outputs from a dynamic organic whole and if one wants to investigate and asses the educational system in order to improve its performance, effect of one component on the other must be examined. Audio, visual materials and internet which are educational inputs and of vital importance to the teaching of any subject in the school curriculum. Wales (2008) was of the opinion that the use of audio, visual materials and internet would make discovered facts glued firmly to the memory of students. Savoury (2008) also added that, a well-planned and imaginative use of audio-visual materials and internet in lessons should do much to barish apathy , supplement inadequacy of books as well as arouse students interest by giving them something practical to see and do, and at the same time helping to train them to think things out themselves. 
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1.2     Statement of the Problem

This project attempt to highlight the effects of audio, visual material and internet on learning outcome of junior secondary schools students in computer study in Ogun State computer has been recognized worldwide over the ages of civilization as a vital tool for survival particularly in areas of science and technology. Computer education therefore has increasingly become science and technological oriented. The 21^st century has witnessed as advanced development in information communication and technology (ICT) through the introduction of undersea fiber optic cable which link the whole world through the computer (internet), making the a global village (Deepak and Turner, 2006). Further to these, there has been an increase in access to computers due to tremendous advancement witnessed in computer hardware and software engineering which has resulted in the lowering of the prices of desktop and Laptop computer (Garrison and Anderson, 2008).

1.3     Purpose of the Study

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of audio, visual material and internet on the learning outcome of junior secondary school students.

The study was guided by the following specific objectives.

i.        to determine the effects of audio, visual materials and internet on learning outcome of junior secondary school students.

ii.       to determine the challenges students face when using computer in learning especially in junior secondary schools students.

iii.      to investigate the effect of computer and audio teaching aid on the attitudes of junior secondary schools students.

1.4     Research Hypotheses

H₀1  1. There is no significant different between the students taught with audio-visual material and those taught with traditional method.

2.   There is no significant difference in learning outcome of male and female students taught with audio-visual materials.

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