EASY USAGE OF MOBILE DEVICES FOR TEACHING UNDERGRADUATES AS PERCEIVED BY LECTURERS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the perceptions of lecturers on integrating mobile devices for teaching undergraduates  in Kwara state. Moderating influence  of gender on the ease of use of mobile devices for teaching was also examined. Data were collected from 356 university lecturers from four  Universities  in  Kwara  State  including  Al-hikmah University, Kwara  State  University, Landmark University and University of Ilorin using a random sampling technique. Data were gathered using a researcher  designed questionnaire tagged Ease of Use of mobile devices for teaching questionnaire and the data were analysed using mean to answer research questions and t-test was used to test the null hypothesis formulated. Findings were that lecturers perceived mobile devices easy to use for teaching with Grand Mean of (2.47). Also there was no significant difference between male and female lecturers’ perceived ease of use of mobile devices for teaching with t value of (354) and significant value of 1.07, p >  0.05 alpha level of significance.  The implication is that mobile devices were found easy to use for teaching by lecturers, irrespective of gender. Therefore, lecturers should be encouraged to attend trainings, conferences and capacity building workshops in order to acquire skills on the use of Mobile Devices and other ICT tools for teaching