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LECTURERS’ ACCESS AND USABILITY OF DIGITAL VISUAL INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES AMONG COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN KWARA STATE

Usman, S. R. & Bolaji, H. O.

Abstract


The paper was carried out to investigate into lecturers’ access and usability of digital visual instructional resources among Colleges of Education in Kwara State. A descriptive research design of survey type was adopted for the study. A sample population of one hundred and fifty lecturers was randomly selected across five colleges of education in Kwara State. The objective of the study was to investigate lecturers’ access and usability of digital visual instructional resources and therefore, a well structure questionnaire was adopted to elicit relevant data from the sampled lecturers and data collected was subject to both descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings from the study revealed that, most available digital visual instructional resources were not utilized appropriately; also, there was a significant difference in lecturer’s access and usability of digital visual instructional resources in colleges of education in Kwara State on basis of school type. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that government at various levels should ensure adequate provision of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) tools in colleges of education and indeed, colleges of education lecturers should be well motivated and encourage to use ICT tools in their teaching.

Keywords: Access, Usability, Digital, Visual Instructional Resources
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