UTILISATION OF DIGITAL SKILLS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BUSINESS EDUCATION IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN THE SOUTH-SOUTH, NIGERIA
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The study assessed the extent digital skills are utilized by business education lecturers for effective teaching and learning in public universities in South-South, Nigeria. It adopts the descriptive survey design. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. Population consisted of 170 Business Educators in public universities in South- South, Nigeria. No sample was used because the population is not large. The instrument was validated by experts in business education and measurement and evaluation from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. Cronbach alpha was used to ascertain the reliability of the instrument with coefficient of 0.72. A four- point response type of Very High Extent, High Extent, Low Extent and Very Low extent with 23 items were used. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the hypotheses. Findings of the study revealed that there is high extent use of mobile phone and internet and low extent use of smart board in teaching and learning of Business Education. The findings further showed no significant difference in the mean ratings of male and female business educators on extent mobile phones, internet and smart boards are utilized in teaching and learning of Business Education in public universities in South-South, Nigeria. It was concluded that Digital skills have positive usefulness in teaching and learning of Business Education. However, level of digital skills adoption for teaching in some universities are low, not all school adopts the use of smart boards and mobile phones in teaching and learning. It was recommended among others that Business Education lecturers should adopt new methods of instruction delivery and presentations in our tertiary institutions to embrace the advancement in technology.
Keywords: Digital Skills, Teaching, Learning, Business Education, Universities.
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