INFLUENCE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN UNIVERSITIES IN EDO STATE

Abstract

This study investigated the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on the teaching and learning processes within business education programs in universities located in Edo State. Four research questions were raised to guide the study and one null hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study employed the descriptive survey research design. The population of this study was made up of 829 business education students in Edo State public universities. The sample size of this study was made up of 83 business education students from the two (2) public universities in the state, University of Benin and Ambrose Ali University. A proportionate sampling technique in which 10% of the total population of business education students from the two universities were used to arrive at the sampling size. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire. It was subjected to face validity by researcher’s supervisor and two other experts in the Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Edo State. To establish the reliability of the instrument, the internal consistency of the items was employed by using the Cronbach alpha formula. The instrument was administered to 20 students who were not part of the study population. A coefficient of 0.71 was obtained. The data collected from the respondents was analyzed using mean (x ̅), standard deviation (SD) and two sample independent t-test. The findings showed that computer, interactive board, teleconferencing, and projector influence the teaching and learning of business education programme, the findings also showed that there is no significant difference between the influence of ICT on learning of male and female business education students. It was concluded that ICT influenced the teaching and learning of business education programmes. It was also recommended among others that government should ensure that various computer facilities are provided in the universities for effective and efficient teaching and learning process of business education programme.