EXTENT OF UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES BY BUSINESS EDUCATORS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN IMO STATE

The utilization of ICT facilities in teaching and learning has gained wide acceptance
across the globe. This study determined the extent of utilization of information and
communication technology facilities for teaching by business educators in tertiary
institutions in Imo State. Two research questions guided the study and two null
hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted descriptive
survey research design. The population of the study consisted of 99 business
educators in the four tertiary institutions that offer the programme in Imo state. The
entire population was used as sample because of the manageable size. A structured
validated questionnaire on a five point scale with 21 items was used for data
collection. Cronbanch Alpha coefficient formula was used to determine the inter-item
consistency of the instrument which yielded an overall reliability coefficient index
value of 0.73. Mean, standard deviation and z-test statistics were used for data
analysis. The findings of the study revealed that business educators were making use
of the ICT facilities at moderate extents. It was also discovered that gender has
significant influence on the extent business educators utilize ICT facilities in teaching
and learning. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that
Association of Business Educators of Nigerian (ABEN) should organize seminars,
workshops to train and retrain business educators on how to effectively utilize ICT
facilities in teaching and learning.

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