UTILIZATION OF INTERNET AND MOBILE TECHNOLOGY SKILLS BY BUSINESSEDUCATION TEACHERS FOR TEACHING IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

Abstract

This study examined the utilization of internet and mobile technology skills by business education teachers for
teaching in colleges of education in Kwara State. To facilitate the conduct of the study, two specific purposes
and two research questions were developed and answered while two research hypotheses were formulated and
tested. Survey research design was used. 71 business education teachers from eight colleges of education in
Kwara State were used as population. The researcher used the entire population for the study, A 20 items
questionnaire tagged Utilization of Internet and Mobile Technology Skills by Business Education Teachers for
Teaching Questionnaire (UIMTSBETTQ) with 4-point rating scales was the instrument used for data collection.
The reliability of the instrument yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.71. The data collected were analyzed using
mean and standard deviation. The null hypotheses were tested using independent sample t-test and One-way
Analysis of Variance at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that there was no significant difference in
the mean responses of business education teachers on the utilization of internet and mobile technology skills for
teaching in colleges of education based on gender and their years of experience. Based on the findings and
conclusion of the study, it was recommended among others that Colleges of education authorities should take
the issue of teachers development and re-training with all the seriousness it deserves by organizing workshops,
seminars, conferences and in-service training for teachers of business education to acquire more internet and
mobile technology skills.