Utilization of Zoom Meeting in Physics Education in Public Secondary Schools in Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State

Abstract

This research work is on Utilization of zoom meeting application in physics education in Bayelsa State. Zoom meeting is an online meeting technology which provides virtual, online meeting application facilitated with the zoom platform, involving real time video conferencing, chat features, and collaborative tools.  The researcher used a quasi - experimental design method to determine if SS II physics students use zoom meeting technologies to enhance their academic achievement in public secondary schools in the local government area under study. The population of this research comprised of all SS II (2,612) physics students in five secondary schools in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State, while the sample size consisted of 120 SS II Physics students. Purposive sampling technique was used.  A physics achievement test instrument was used for data collection, the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 significance using an independent sample t-test. The researcher found out that the use of zoom meeting as an instructional strategy for teaching physics had a positive impact on the student's academic achievement. The researcher, among other things, recommended that: Physics students in the 21st century should embrace the use of zoom meeting application in instructional delivery, physics students and teachers should have positive attitude towards the use of zoom meeting application in learning, government of Bayelsa State should provide physics students with functional laptops to aid their integration of ICT via zoom meeting applications in learning physics, government of Bayelsa state should also provide steady electrical power supply to aid the use of computers during instructional development, parents should provide their students with money for use in buying data, this will enable the physics students to access the online zoom meeting lessons, educational technologists should organize workshops on 'Utilization of zoom meeting application ' for the physics teachers and students.

Keywords: Zoom meeting application, Physics Education

DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/15-5-04

Publication date: June 28^th 2025