INTEGRATION OF WEB-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING ENTREPRENEURIAL COURSES IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN DELTA STATE
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The study examined the extent to which business educators integrate web-based instructional technologies in teaching entrepreneurial courses in tertiary institutions in Delta State. One research question and three hypotheses guided the study. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population consisted of 122 business educators in tertiary institutions in Delta State. A 15-item questionnaire was used for data collection. Mean, standard deviation and z-test were used in the analysis of data. Findings of the study revealed that business educators integrated web-based instructional technologies in teaching entrepreneurial courses to a low extent irrespective of gender and institution
type. The age of business educators significantly affected the integration of web-based instructional technologies in teaching entrepreneurial courses. The study concluded that the low level of integration of web-based instructional technologies in teaching entrepreneurial courses will fail to provide a platform with which business education students can have competitive edge in the digitalized business world over their contemporaries in other climes. The study recommended among others that ICT manufacturing companies, internet service providers, employers of labour and international communities should support entrepreneurship education programmes in Nigeria by providing affordable
computers and telecommunication gadgets, reliable internet services as well as sponsor web-oriented inservice training for business educators for effective teaching of entrepreneurial courses in Nigeria.
KEY WORDS: Integration, web-based instructional technologies and entrepreneurship education
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