Abstract:
The study was carried out to develop a learning management system for teaching data processing in science, technical and vocational schools in Nsukka educational Zone. Six research questions guided the study while one null hypothesis was tested at p ≤ 0.05 level of significance. Research and Development research design was adopted for the study. The target population for the study was 102, comprising of 17 Data processing teachers and 85 SS 2 data processing students. All the 17 DP teachers were used for the study while multistage sampling technique was used to select 61 SS 2 DP Students in two intact classes (30 and 31 respectively for the study). Data processing teachers and SS 2 data processing students in Science, Technical and Vocational Schools in Nsukka Educational Zone. Data was collected using structured questionnaire and test items. The data collected were analyzed using grand mean and mean gain for answering the research questions while ANCOVA was used for testing the null hypothesis. Findings of the study identified 10 objectives, 15 learning activities for, 6 delivery systems, 7 Evaluation techniques, and 19 assessment / features for the developed LMS. The inference drawn from the hypothesis tested showed that there was significant difference between the mean score of students taught using the developed LMS and those taught without using the developed LMS. The study therefore, recommended that government and vocational schools should organize training and workshop for data processing teachers, the developed LMS should be adopted by the National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) and other curriculum development agencies for interactive teaching of Data processing in Nigerian Secondary schools. Furthermore, Instructional materials such as laptop/computer sets and internet accessories should be provided by the government and school administrators for teachers and students alike, to facilitate the adoption of the developed LMS.
