LECTURERS’ AWARENESS AND UTILIZATION OF BLENDED LEARNING FOR TEACHING EDUCATIONAL COURSES IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIA.

Abstract

The study focused on the lecturers’ awareness and utilization of blended learning for teaching educational courses in colleges of education in Sokoto State, Nigeria. This paper adopted a survey research design. The population of the study consisted of all lecturers in the Department of Education in two colleges of education in Sokoto State. One hundred and eight lecturers were used as the sample for this study. Two research questions guided the study. The instrument for this study was a questionnaire constructed based on a 4- point Likert scale called College Lecturers’ Assessment Questionnaire (CLAQ) which was validated, and the reliability index was found to be 0.71 using Cronbach alpha. The data obtained was analyzed using frequency descriptive statistics to answer the research questions. The result shows that almost all the lecturers are Blended learning model. The study recommends that seminar and workshop should be organized for the lecturers to further update their knowledge on the benefits of blended learning for teaching.