GAP ANALYSIS AND DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENTIATION OF UTILIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY-BASED INSTRUCTIONALRESOURCES AMONG BUSINESS EDUCATORS

Abstract

The study determined the gap analysis and demographic differentiation of utilization of
technology-based instructional resources (TBIR) among business educators in colleges of
education in Edo and Delta States of Nigeria. To guide the study, three hypotheses were
formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study employed a descriptive survey
research design. The population of the study was 116 Business educators. A census of Business
educators in five purposively selected colleges of education in Edo and Delta States was taken
because there is availability of Business education programme, and number of Business
educators is of manageable size. A questionnaire title: Gap Analysis and Demographic
Differentiation of Utilization of Technology-Based Instructional Resources (GDUTBIRQ)
validated by experts was used for data collection. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire
was 0.85. The analysis revealed that there exist skill utilization gap among business educators
on various TBIR for teaching. Also, the analysis revealed that there was demographic
differentiation with regard to TBIR utilization between the less experienced and experienced
business educators, resolved in favour of the less experienced business educators. The study,
therefore, recommended among others, that efforts should be made by institutions management
to educate Business Educators on the use of TBIR to improve teaching and learning activities
through Seminar, workshop and Conference.