The Extent of Usage of Virtual Classroom Instructional Technologies by Business Education Lecturers for Effective Instructional Delivery in Public Colleges of Edudcation in South-East, Nigeria (Published)
The study focused on the extent of usage of virtual classroom instructional technologies by business education lecturers for effective instructional delivery in public colleges of education in South-East, Nigeria. One research question and two null hypotheses guided the study. The design of the study was a survey design. The population of the study comprised 92 business education lecturers in public colleges of education in South-East, Nigeria. The entire population was studied; hence it was a census survey. A structured questionnaire, validated by two experts in Business Education Department and one expert in Science Education Department was used for the study. The reliability test was done using Cronbach Alpha formula and the instrument yielded an overall reliability index of 0.86. Seventy-nine copies of the questionnaire were accurately completed and returned. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the hypotheses. The results of the study showed that virtual classroom instructional technologies were lowly used by business education lecturers in their instructional delivery in public colleges of education in South-East, Nigeria. It was also found that there was no significant difference between the mean responses of business education lecturers in federal and state colleges of education on virtual classroom instructional technologies used for effective instructional delivery in public colleges of education in South-East, Nigeria and there was no significant difference between the mean responses of male and female business education lecturers on virtual classroom instructional technologies used for effective instructional delivery in public colleges of education in South-East, Nigeria. The implication of this study is that most business education lecturers are still using traditional method of teaching. This can adversely affect the attainment of the objectives of business education programme and thus will not help the students’ development in this 21st century. It was recommended among others that business education lecturers in colleges of education should be abreast with emerging technologies and be conversant with the use of virtual classroom instructional technologies in their instructional process.
Keywords: Business Education, business educators, virtual classroom