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Research Journal of Information Technology

Year: 2010 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 1-10
DOI: 10.17311/rjit.2010.1.10
Higher Institutions Lecturers’ Attitude Towards Integration of ICT into Teaching and Research in Nigeria
S.A. Onasanya, R.A. Shehu, R.O. Oduwaiye and L.A. Shehu

Abstract: The study surveyed the attitude of lecturers towards integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in tertiary institutions in Kwara State, Nigeria. To elicit responses for the study, four research hypotheses were formulated. One hundred and fifty lecturers, 90 males and 60 females from three tertiary institutions in Kwara State participated in the study. Data were collected for the study through the administration of 29-item questionnaire. A test re-test method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument, the result was appropriately scored. The data obtained were analysed using t-test and ANOVA in testing the hypotheses. The findings showed that gender has no effects on the attitudes of lecturers towards integration of ICT into teaching and research in tertiary institutions. Science oriented lecturers attitudes towards integration of ICT in tertiary institution is higher than other non science oriented lecturers. Less experienced lecturers are more exposed to the use of ICT than moderately and highly experienced lectures. University lecturers acquired more ICT skills than their counterparts in polytechnics and colleges of education. Many lecturers lacked adequate training and competence in using computer as a tool for effective teaching and research purposes. It was recommended among other things, that higher institutions should encourage their lecturers to be computer literate by organising conferences, seminars and workshops. Old lecturers should be encouraged to develop good attitudes toward the use of ICT for teaching and research work. Recommendations were made toward effective integration of ICTs in tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

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S.A. Onasanya, R.A. Shehu, R.O. Oduwaiye and L.A. Shehu, 2010. Higher Institutions Lecturers’ Attitude Towards Integration of ICT into Teaching and Research in Nigeria. Research Journal of Information Technology, 2: 1-10.

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