SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS UTILIZATION OF MOBILE LEARNING DEVICES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES IN OSUN STATE

Onojah Amos Ochayi; Onojah Adenike Aderogba; Onojah Angel Aneh; & Amoo Alice Titilope

Department of Educational Technology

University of Ilorin, Ilorin

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ABSTRACT:

Technology is deeply rooted in the society and adolescents in particular, accept and adopt new technologies quickly. Many different types of technology can be used to support and enhance learning. However, several challenges could limit its adoption in the teaching and learning process. This study therefore (i) determined teachers’ utilization of mobile learning devices for instructional purposes; (ii) examined influence of gender on teachers’ utilization of Mobile learning devices for instructional purposes; (iii) investigated the difference in teachers’ utilization of mobile learning devices   based on age; and (iv) determined whether teachers’ utilization of mobile learning devices for instructional purposes differ based on qualification. This study is a descriptive research design survey type. 600 teachers were drawn from selected secondary schools in Osun State comprising both public and private schools. The research instrument was vet by six experts in other to ascertain face and content validity of the research instrument. The instrument was pilot tested on 20 secondary school teachers in Kwara state. The data collected was subjected to crombach alpha analysis and the result was 0.78 which made the instrument reliable. The result of the researcher instrument was done with descriptive and inferential statistics. The statistical tests that was used are descriptive analysis involving the percentage for demographic table. Research questions 1 to 4 were analyzed using mean, while t-test for hypothesis 1 to 3. The results of the findings established that most teachers judiciously utilize mobile learning devices for instructional purposes. There was no significant difference between teachers’ utilization of mobile learning devices for instructional purposes based on gender, age, qualification and school ownership. The study concluded that the use of mobile learning devices will lead to improvement of instructional purposes. This implies that teachers who use mobile learning devices for instructional purposes will teach better than those who did not. It was however recommended that educational authorities and the school system should encourage the use of mobile learning devices.

Keywords: Mobile Learning Devices, Gender, Qualification, Utilization, Teachers, School Ownership