UTILIZATION OF DIGITAL INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR TEACHING OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT STUDENTS IN THE NEW NORMAL IN POLYTECHNICS, IN NORTH-CENTRAL, NIGERIA
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This study was carried out to determine utilization of digital instructional technologies for teaching office technology and management students in Polytechnics Nigeria. To direct the study, three research questions guided the study and three null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The Cronbach Alpha coefficient measure of internal consistency was used to test the reliability value of the instrument. The results of the reliability test were 0.90, 0.91. The population of the study comprised 144 lecturers in OTM department in the North Central, Polytechnics. The study adopted complete enumeration method. A structured questionnaire was developed by the researcher and validated by three experts. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions. The t- test was used to test the three null hypotheses. The data analysis revealed the following findings: OTM lecturers in the North Central, Polytechnics utilize digital instructional technologies to a moderate extent. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that; the information and Communication Technology (ICT) unit of polytechnics should organize workshops and on the job training programmes for lecturers in Office Technology and Management programme on how to effectively use multimedia in their instructional delivery; and that the school curriculum should increasingly be interwoven with ICT such that teachers and students should be given opportunities to utilize hardware tools for teaching and learning.
Keywords: Digital Technology, Covid-19, Office Technology and Management, Polytechnic
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