Assessment of Lecturers and Students Attitude Towards Utilization of Social Media for Educational Purposes in Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State.

Abstract

This study investigated assessment of lecturers and students’ attitude and utilization of social media for educational purposes in Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State. Four research questions and two hypotheses were used to guide the study. A survey research design was adopted for the study. A sample study of eighty five (85) lecturers and students from the School of Science and Technology Education FUT Minna were selected using hat draw method of simple random sampling. Two sets of questionnaires were used, students' utilization and attitude towards Social Media (SUASM), and teachers' utilization and attitude towards Social Media (TUASM). The instruments were validated by three educational technologists. Using Cronbach Alpha Reliability Coefficient, reliability co-efficient of 0.85 and 0.88 were obtained for the two instruments. Data were analyzed using mean scores and standard deviation. The findings from the study revealed that lecturers and students of the School of Science and Technology Education FUT, Minna have a high positive attitude towards the use of social media for educational purposes. It was also revealed that students and lecturers of Industrial and Technology Education and students and lecturers of Science Education did not differ significantly when compared base on department. Based on these findings, the researcher recommends among others that provisions should be made by the state government through the state ministry of power and electricity to ensure constant supply of power in Niger State. This will help to maintain constant usage of social media for educational activities especially in the universities and particularly the Federal University of Technology, Minna.