HARNESSING POTENTIALS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN EKITI STATE

Abstract

The study examined potentials of artificial intelligence for teaching and learning OTM   programme in tertiary institutions in Ekiti State. The study investigated OTM teaching and learning skills effectiveness with artificial intelligence technologies in tertiary institutions in Ekiti State. The descriptive research design of survey type was adopted for the study.  Two research questions guided the study.  The population of the study comprised 40 lecturers of OTM drawn from four institutions in Ekiti State. The entire population was used as a sample in view of the manageable size.  A structured questionnaire with 20 items was used to collect data from the respondents. The instrument was validated by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach Alpha. A coefficient of 0.87 was obtained. Mean and standard deviation was employed to analyse the data collected. The findings revealed that the identified artificial intelligence are needed by OTM lecturers for instructional delivery in the 21st century.  The findings also showed that artificial intelligence technologies were not utilised for effective instructional delivery by OTM lecturers.  Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that it is imperative for OTM lecturers to effectively utilise the artificial intelligence technologies for instructional delivery and skills acquisition in OTM programme for quality service delivery.  Thus, it is recommended amongst others that school managment should procure artificial intelligence technologies for the lecturers and students. Thus, free internet facility, regular training on the usage of artificial intelligence technologies for teaching and learning process should be accorded priority.