Assessing OTM Lecturers’ Competencies in the Utilization of Website and Database Technologies for Electronic Records Management in Polytechnics in South-East Nigeria (Published)
The study assessed the competencies of Polytechnic office technology and management lecturers in the utilization of websites records and database records management Technologies in Polytechnics in South East-States Nigeria. Two research questions were answered and two hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. A total of 114 OTM lecturers in the eight government owned polytechnics (federal and state) in the South-East states of Nigeria made up the population of the study, and the population formed the sample for the study. The research instrument was a structured questionnaire comprising 25 items arranged in two clusters in line with the research questions. The instrument was validated by three experts and was used to collect data. Test of reliability on the instrument using Cronbach Alpha yielded coefficients of .849, .796, for clusters 1 and 2 respectively with general reliability co-efficiency of 0.85. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze data relating to the research questions while t-test was used for testing the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Major findings included that majority of the polytechnic OTM lecturers in the South-East Nigeria utilized, at a high level, competencies in website records management technologies and competencies in database records management technologies. Again, they did not differ in their opinions on their level of competencies in the utilization of website records management technologies and competencies in database records management technologies. Based on these findings, the researcher recommended among others that OTM lecturers should engage in continuous professional development by enrolling in online certifications (e.g, Google Workspace), attending webinars and workshops on digital records and data management. OTM lecturers should collaborate and share knowledge from peer learning groups to share skills and solve real records management challenges together, especially in managing word processing records, and electronic mail records.
Keywords: Competencies, database records management, office technology and management, technologies, websites records