RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERNET COMMUNICATION AND LECTURERS’ EFFECTIVENESS IN OFFA, KWARA STATE NIGERIA
Keywords:
Internet Communication, Teachers’ effectiveness, Teaching effectiveness, Research and publication effectivenessAbstract
This paper investigated the relationship between internet communication and academic staff effectiveness in Federal Polytechnic, Offa. The study adopted descriptive design of correlational type. Population of the study comprised all lecturers in Federal Polytechnic, Offa. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a total of 70 respondents (academic staff) from different departments. A researcher designed instrument titled Internet Communication Usage and Lecturers Effectiveness Questionnaire (ICULEQ) with reliability coefficient of 0.72 was used for data collection. Three research hypotheses were generated and analyzed using the Pearson Product Moment Co–efficient statistical method. The findings revealed that significant relationships existed between internet communication and academic staff effectiveness as regards teaching and research or publications. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that concerted effort should be made to further encourage the use of internet in Federal Polytechnic, Offa and other institutions of higher learning through regular seminars, workshop and conferences in order to keep the lecturers abreast of latest developments on ICT for teaching effectiveness.
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