CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES APPLICATION IN TEACHING AND LEARNING BUSINESS EDUCATION IN THE E-WORLD IN UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH EAST NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated challenges and strategies for new technologies application in teaching and learning business education in the e-world in universities in Southeast Nigeria. Two research questions were answered while two hypotheses were tested. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The population for the study comprised 75 business education lecturers in the eight public universities offering business education in South-East Nigeria. The entire population was used for the study because of its manageable size, hence, there was no need for sampling. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire structured on a 5-point Likert scale of Strongly Agree, Agree, Undecided, Disagree and Strongly Disagree with corresponding values of 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 respectively. Three experts in business education validated the questionnaire and the Cronbach Alpha reliability of the questionnaire yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.75. copies of the questionnaire were distributed to the respondents. However, 73 copies representing (97%) out of the 75 copies of the questionnaire were retrieved and found usable. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions, while the t-test was used to test the hypotheses. The findings of the study identified 10 challenges and 10 strategies for improving new technologies application in the teaching and learning of business education in universities in South-East Nigeria. There were no significant differences in the mean ratings of business education lecturers on 16 out of the 20 items, whereas, there were significant differences in the mean ratings of the lecturers on the remaining four items of the study. The study among others recommended the organization of in-service training for business educators on the application of new technologies in instructional delivery.