FAMILIARITY, UTILIZATION AND EFFECTIVENESS IN THE USE OF ICT FOR INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY

Abstract

The study examined the familiarity, utilization and effective use of ICT (Information and Communication technology) in instructional delivery. It adopted descriptive survey research design. 80 educators were participated from university, college of education, secondary and primary education. Multistage sampling techniques were used. Purposive sampling technique was used to select educators in higher institutions while simple random sampling was used to select those in primary and secondary education. The study made use of a three point Likert scale structured questionnaire validated by experts with reliability co-efficient measure of 0.85. The results revealed that educators in Nigeria had low level of familiarity with ICT tools, they had not been utilizing ICT tools in preparing students for future challenges and had not been effectively use ICT strategies for classroom instruction. Based on these findings, the researchers recommended that educators should try to get themselves familiarized with ICT tools and effectively utilize ICT strategies for classroom instruction.