AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING AMONG TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN MINNA

Abstract

This study is aimed at determining the availability and utilization of mobile technological devices for teaching and learning among tertiary institutions in Minna metropolis. The study seeks to find out the different factors that could influence the use of mobile technological devices for teaching and learning. For the purpose of this research a questionnaire was designed for data collection aiming to investigate the availability and utilization as well as the attitude of students and lecturers towards mobile technological devices for teaching and learning in their tertiary institutions education purposes. The survey was used to collect data from 150 undergraduate students from two tertiary institutions in Minna, Niger state. Quantitative survey method of research design was adopted for the study. The targeted population of the study consists of 300L student of Educational Technology department in Federal University of Technology, Minna Bosso Campus and Niger State College of Education Minna. The instrument was validated and its reliability coefficient was calculated using simple percentage method represented with a table. The conclusion indicates that majority of students use mobile technology for self-directed learning and to interact with their colleagues and instructor within and outside the classroom. In addition, there were no statistically significant differences in student use of mobile technologies due to their gender, age, or major. The recommendation made was that lecturers and students should engage more in the use of their mobile devices during teaching and learning to enable easy collaborative learning between student to student and student to teachers.