LECTURERS’ AWARENESS, READINESS AND UTILIZATION OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING IN NIGER STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION MINNA

Abstract

It is not clear whether lecturers are aware and ready to utilizing open educational resources for teaching and learning in Niger state college of education, Minna in Nigeria. The purpose of this study is to investigate lecturers’ awareness, readiness and utilization of open educational resources for teaching and learning in Niger state College of Education, Minna. Open educational resources is free and open available digitalized learning resources that can be adapted, modified, use and reuse for teaching, learning and research. It is one of the ways to help higher institutions of learning to acquire learning resources at low or no cost. Two hundred and twenty-five (225) lecturers were randomly selected while questionnaire was used for data collection and validated from two lecturers from Science Education, Federal university of technology Minna. Statistics mean and standard deviation were used for data analysis. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Spearman-Brown formula for the internal consistency of the items. A reliability index of 0.79, 0.71 and 0.65 were obtained for the research instrument. A mean decision rule of 3.0 was used in this study. An average mean above 3.0 will be regarded as aware, and ready to utilize. On the other hand, a value less than 3.0 will be regarded as not aware and not ready to utilize open educational resources. Findings show that Niger State College of Education, lecturers’ are aware and ready to utilize OER Minna. It was there recommended that the stakeholder in Niger State College of Education, Minna should provide necessary ICT device and educational technology software as well as sufficient internet that can accommodate open educational resources for teaching and learning.