PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS AWARENESS OF THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR LEARNING IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
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2018-02-05
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN EDUCATION
Abstract
This study investigated the awareness and use of social media by students in Colleges of
Education (COE) in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. The study was a descriptive research of the survey
type. 200 students from the institutions responded to the questionnaire designed to elicit responses
regarding the purposes of the study. Frequency count, percentage and t-test were used to analyze the
data. The results indicated that colleges of education students were aware of and use social media for
learning. Also, colleges of education students interact with and assimilated faster when using Social
Media and this influences colleges of education students learning style. There was no significant
difference in the awareness of colleges of education students based on gender and, gender does not
influence colleges of education students’ use of social media. The study concluded that COE students
in Ilorin have ample awareness about the use of social media for learning and that the lecturers’ role
would be to guide the application to learning. It was recommended that the use of social media in
teaching and learning in Colleges of Education be encouraged and adequately monitored to avoid
abuse.
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Awareness, Social Media, Colleges of Education, ICT
Citation
Aderoju and Kolawole (2017)