USING ON-LINE GROUP DISCUSSION FOR THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BIOLOGY IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Rihanat Aduke Ahmed; Mulkah Adebisi Ahmed; Ganiyu Bello

USING ON-LINE GROUP DISCUSSION FOR THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BIOLOGY IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Rihanat Aduke Ahmed, Mulkah Adebisi Ahmed, Ganiyu Bello

Abstract

The paper describes how the on-line group discussion could be used in the teaching and learning of biology at post secondary school level of education in Nigeria. The paper is a review work on the on-line group discussion and has discussed the characteristics of different types of on-line groups, how to set on-line group for teaching and learning in biology, important things to keep in mind when using online group and benefits of on-line discussion groups for Biology teachers and students. Based on the benefits of the on-line group discussion, it was recommended that on-line group discussion be used by both Biology teachers and students for effective teaching and learning.

Keywords

On-line;group discussion;computer based test and learning

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