PERCEIVED DIGITAL SKILLS REQUIRED BY BUSINESS EDUCATORS FOR EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, DELTA STATE

Abstract

The study examined the perceived digital skills required by Business Educators for effective instructional delivery in colleges of  education, Delta State. Two research questions and a null hypothesis guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population was 86 Business Educators in the three colleges of education in Delta State.  The entire population was studied because of the manageable size.  A 29 item structured questionnaire were used to gather data.  The instrument was validated by three experts. The reliability test yielded a coefficient of 0.78. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions while t-test statistics was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that; digital skills are highly required by Business Educators for enhancing and evaluating classroom instruction delivery in Colleges of Education in Delta State and that Business Educators’ gender did not significantly influence the ratings of the respondents. Based on the findings, it was recommended amongst others that; Business educators, as a matter of remaining relevant in the profession should engage on digital skills training and re-training for capacity building and  should strive to utilize those digital skills in instructional delivery so as to produce graduates for the 21^st century workplace.

Keywords: Digital Skills, Business Educators, Instructional Delivery, Colleges of Education.