INTEGRATION OF DIGITALIZED BUSINESS EDUCATIONINSTRUCTION FOR IMPROVED SKILL ACQUISITION OF STUDENTS AT TERTIARY EDUCATION LEVEL IN DELTA STATE, NIGERIA
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The study was carried out in Delta State to investigate the approaches for integrating digitalized instructional technologies for skill acquisition of Business education students in tertiary institutions. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study using descriptive survey research design. The population for the study was 164 Business Educators (145 Business Education Lecturers and 19 Instructors) from four tertiary institutions offering Business Education programme in Delta State. Due to the manageable size of the population, the entire 164 Business Educators were involved as respondents for the study; hence census survey sampling was adopted. The instrument for data collection was a 25-item structured questionnaire, validated by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained with Cronbach Alpha reliability technique which yielded a coefficient of 0.93. Data for the study were collected with the help of four research assistants. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation and t-test statistics. The result of the study identified 14 digitalized instructional technologies for improving skill acquisition of Business Education students and 11 strategic approaches for integrating digitalized instructional technologies for improving skills acquisition of Business Education students. The results of the hypotheses tested showed that there was significant (p<0.05) difference in the mean ratings of the responses of Business Education lecturers and instructors on digitalized instructional technologies for improving skill acquisition of Business Education students whereas, there was no significant (p<0.05) difference in the mean ratings of respondents on the strategic approaches for integrating digitalized instructional technologies. The study among others recommended improved skill training and retraining of Business educators in the use of digitalized instruction and organization of digitalized instruction conferences and workshops where the Business Education teachers, lecturers and instructors will constitute the key participants for effective skill acquisition and performance of learners.
Keywords: Digitalized instruction, Business education, skill, students, tertiary education
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