ONLINE LEARNING AND IT FINANCIAL IMPLICATION ON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE’S UNIVERSITY TANZANIA (SAUT): THE COVID 19 EXPERIENCE

Abstract

The objective of the study seeks to investigate the influence of online learning and its financial implication on educational foundation undergraduate students SAUT; the study adopted a mixed method approach which comprises qualitative and quantitative methods. The survey research design was used. The targeted population of the study comprised 6200 undergraduate students of the Department of Educational Foundation (SAUT). The sample of the study comprised 310 undergraduate students of the department of Educational Foundation which represents 5% of the total population. The instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire tagged “Online Learning and financial implication on educational foundations undergraduate students’ questionnaire (OLFEUSQ)”. The instrument was validated by experts in measurement and evaluation as well as educational foundation. The reliability of the students was carried out using Cronbach’ Alpha method ranging from 0.72-0.85. Statistical tool used for data analysis was independent t-test (since the sub-variables were categorical). The findings of the study revealed that there was significance influence of accessibility of online resources and availability of online resources on financial implication of undergraduate students in the study area. In line with the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that there should be availability and efforts should be made by educationists and managements of higher institutions to provide adequate e-learning resources to aid learning; there should be availability and accessibility of online resources for undergraduate students of Department of Educational Foundation.