INFLUENCE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN ENHANCING BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS’ SELF-REGULATED LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR ACQUISITION OF EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
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The need to improve students' self-regulated learning necessitated this study. The study ascertained the influence of digital technologies in enhancing business education students’ self-regulated learning strategies for acquisition of employability skills. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design and the population of the study comprised 204 (2021/2022) academic session final year business education students in the two tertiary institutions where business education programme is offered. There was no sampling since the population was manageable. A-14 item questionnaire which was validated by three experts in the field of business education and measurement and evaluation was used for data collection. The reliability of the instrument was established using pilot study and analysis carried out using Cronbach alpha formula yielded correlation coefficients of 89 and .95 were obtained for clusters B1 to B2 respectively with an overall value of .92.Mean, standard deviation and t-test were used for data analysis. Findings showed that business education students agree that digital technologies influence their academic goal-setting and self-monitoring strategies. Institutional type was not a significant factor on business education students’ opinion in this regard. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher concluded that effective use of digital technologies in leaning enhances business education students’ self-regulated learning strategies for acquisition of employability skills. It was recommended among others that; business education lecturers should encourage their student to use digital technologies to set academic goals and self-monitor their learning progress instead for using them mainly for non-academic purposes. This will help them to acquire relevant employability skills.
Key Words:Digital Technologies, Business education, Self-regulated Learning, Employability Skills
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