Browsing by Author "NUHU, Kehinde Muritala"

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    ACCESSIBILITY AND THE UTILIZATION OF ONLINE TOOLS FOR LEARNING AMONG UNDERGRADUATES OF NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA
    (The Association for Innovative Technology Integration in Education, 2019) OWONONI, Femi Augustine; NUHU, Kehinde Muritala; ADEDOKUN-SHITTU, Nafisat A.; SHITTU, Abdul Jaleel Kehinde
    Online learning tools refer to any program, app, or technology that can be accessed via an Internet connection and enhance a teacher's ability to present information and a student's ability to access that information. To be successful in a distance education environment, distance education students must use online learning tools in their day to day learning activities. This study examined the accessibility and the utilization of online tools for learning among undergraduates of National Open University in South-west, Nigeria. The study was limited to NOUN undergraduates in South-west, Nigeria. A total of 294 undergraduates were sampled in Lagos and Ibadan NOUN study centres. A researcher-designed questionnaire with reliability coefficient of 0.84 was employed. Mean and standard deviation values were used to answer research questions, while t-test was used to test the hypothesis at 0.0.5 level of significance. Findings of this study revealed that few online tools were accessible for learning by NOUN undergraduate, online tools were sparsely utilized for learning by NOUN undergraduates, there was no significant difference between male and female undergraduates in the utilization of online tools for learning. The study concluded that only few online tools were accessible for learning but they were utilized by the undergraduates. It was therefore recommended among others that trainings and workshops should be organised for students on the benefits and use of online tools for learning.
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    POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS’ AWARENESS OF ACADEMIC SOCIAL-NETWORKING SITES FOR RESEARCH; ITS INFLUENCE ON GENDER AND ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES
    (Nigerian Journal of Educational Technology, Department of Educational Technology, 2019) ISHOLA, Ayodele Oluwaseun; DANYARO, Abdul; MOHAMMED, Al-Amin; NUHU, Kehinde Muritala; BADA, Abiodun Christiana
    Academic social-networking sites are platforms created to promote interactions, collaborations and enhance access to research publications and other academic activities online. However, in spite of the research benefits these platforms offer, there is a relatively low rate of postgraduate students’ awareness of academic social-networking sites for research. This study, therefore, focused on postgraduate students’ awareness of academic social-networking sites for research in Oyo State. The descriptive research design of the survey type was used for the study. Two research questions and two hypotheses were answered and tested respectively in the study. A total of 290 postgraduate students were proportionally selected from the target populations for the study. A researcher-designed questionnaire was used to determine the respondents’ awareness of academic social-networking sites. Cronbach Alpha was used to determine the reliability value of 0.70. Frequency counts and simple percentages were used to answer research questions, while t-test was used to test the study’s hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that: Most postgraduate students were not aware of academic social-networking sites for research; Most postgraduate students’ found out about academic social-networking sites through online research; There was no significant difference between male and female postgraduate students’ awareness of academic social-networking sites for research; and There was a significant difference between sciences and humanities postgraduate students’ awareness of academic social-networking sites for research. Conclusively, most postgraduate students examined were unaware of academic social networking sites. The implication, therefore, could make postgraduate students’ to be uninformed keeping up with the latest research trends and activities aimed at improving their research know-how and exposure. It was therefore recommended amongst others that, postgraduate students should be encouraged to engage in more online researches and sensitization at seminars aimed at increasing their awareness and knowledge of the use of academic social-networking sites for research.