PERCEPTION, SELF-EFFICACY AND INTEREST TOWARDS UTILIZATION OF VIRTUAL REALITY LEARNING AMONG LECTURERS OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY MINNA NIGER STATE

Abstract

This study determines the perception, self-efficacy and interest towards the utilization of virtual reality by lecturers at the Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State. Three research questions were raised and answered. This study adopts the descriptive survey research design. The target population for the study consisted of all the lecturers in the School of Science and Technology Education (SSTE), Federal University of Technology Minna. The sample size for the study is thirty (30) teachers which consisted of twenty-four (24) male lecturers and six (06) female lecturers. The sample size was ascertained using the simple random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection titled “Perception, Selfefficacy and Interest towards Utilization of Virtual Reality” (PSIUVR). The instruments were validated by educational technology experts and a reliability test was carried out using the Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) which gave a reliability index score of r=0.67. The data was analyzed using the mean, standard deviation and t-test statistics. The findings revealed that lecturers held positive perception towards the utilization of virtual technology at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Lecturers has self-efficacy towards the utilization of virtual technology at the Federal University of Technology, Minna. Lecturers has interest towards the utilization of virtual technology at the Federal University of Technology, Minna. The study made recommendations amongst others, which included that the Federal ministry of education should provide virtual reality technologies in all the Federal Universities in Niger