Roseline Akpokiere, O. S. Oyelekan, A. S. Olorundare
{"title":"Development of a Computer Package on Organic Chemistry for Colleges of Education Students in Nigeria","authors":"Roseline Akpokiere, O. S. Oyelekan, A. S. Olorundare","doi":"10.4018/ijvple.2020010103","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ThelowachievementofchemistrystudentsinNigerianCollegesofEducationhasbeenattributedto anumberoffactorsincludingalackofindigenouscomputersoftwareforenhancingcourseteaching. Thisstudythereforesoughttodevelopandvalidateaninstructionalcomputerpackageonorganic chemistryforCollegesofEducationinNigeria.Thedevelopmentofthepackageinvolvedtheuse ofMacromediaFlashandMacromediaTimeLineandFramesonHTMLplatform.CorelDrawand MicrosoftWordprogramswereusedfortextsandgraphics,MacromediaFireworkswasusedfor sometexts,buttons,andgraphics,whileMacromediaFlashwasutilisedforanimations.Intheend, anorganicchemistrycomputerinstructionalpackage(OCIP)hasbeenproducedandvalidated.It is recommended amongothers that lecturers teachingorganic chemistry to first yearCollegeof Educationstudentsshouldmakeuseofthedevelopedpackagetoimprovetheunderstandingofthe coursebythestudents. KEywORDS Chemistry Instruction, Chemistry Lecturers, Chemistry Students, Constructivism, Educational Technology, E-learning, ICT, Validation","PeriodicalId":53545,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments","volume":"4 1","pages":"36-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijvple.2020010103","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}