THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY-BASED TEACHING METHODS AMONG ACADEMIC STAFF MEMBERS IN PUBLIC TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN EKITI STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
Academic Staff Members, Service Delivery, Emerging Technologies, Public Tertiary Institutions, Technology-Based Teaching Methods.Abstract
The purpose of the paper was to examine the use of technology-based teaching methods among academic staff members in public tertiary institutions in Ekiti State. The study was guided by three research questions. The study adopted a quantitative survey research design to achieve the purpose of the study. A structured questionnaire was used as a primary source of data collection. The data collected from the respondents were analysed using descriptive statistics (for example, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistic (for example, Chi-Square). One hundred and fifty (150) copies of the questionnaire were administered on the respondents, comprising of some selected academic staff members of the five public tertiary institutions in Ekiti State. The result showed that the level of availability of technology-based teaching methods in tertiary institutions in Ekiti State is high. The result also revealed that academic staff members in the five public tertiary institutions in Ekiti State often utilize variety of emerging technologies during teaching. The result further showed that there is a significant moderate interplay between emerging technologies and quality service delivery among academic staff members in public tertiary institutions in Ekiti State. The authors recommended, among others, that tertiary institutions should endeavour to intensify efforts to provide comprehensive training programmes for academic staff members on emerging technologies in order to foster teaching effectiveness.
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