scholarly journals Information and Communication Technology Literacy Skills and Class Instruction: a Comprehensive Perception Survey of University of Benin First Year Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke O. Obasuyi
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
First Year ◽  
Ict Literacy ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Class Instruction ◽  
The University

This study investigates the influence of class instruction (GST 111 – use of library) on University of Benin (UNIBEN) first year students’ information and communication technology (ICT) literacy skills. The study adopted the survey research method using the questionnaire as research instrument. First year students in the 2013/2014 academic session constituted the population of study. Simple random and total enumeration sampling methods were used to collect data from students in five out of twelve faculties in the university. The questionnaire used is a 4-point likert scale instrument: SA (Strongly agreed) = 4; A (Agreed) = 3; D (Disagreed) = 2; and SD (Strongly disagreed) = 1. Data was collected at the end of the first semester when the GST 111 – use of library was concluded. Results revealed that Computer, Software, Internet, WWW and ICT literacy skills of the students are high. There is a significant difference in Computer, Software, Internet and WWW and ICT literacy skills of the students per faculty. Majority (65%) of the students are skillful in ICT use. Class instruction is very well perceived by the students and it positively influenced students’ ICT literacy skills. Gender and secondary school attended did not influence students’ ICT literacy skills. There is no significant difference between male and female students’ ICT literacy skills as well as students that attended private or public secondary schools. It is therefore concluded that the students are highly ICT literate and class instruction (GST 111 – use of library) course mainly influenced the students’ ICT literacy skills thus the class instruction programme in the university is adequate and effective.

Cybernetic Model by Blended Learning Using Technological Applications About Mathematics in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 40-63
Author(s):  
Samuel Olmos Peña ◽  
Magally Martinez-Reyes ◽  
Anabelem Soberanes-Martín
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cybernetic Model ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Education Of Students ◽  
The University

Traditional teaching has been changing with the development of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Blended learning is a new approach that enriches the education of students in order to improve their performance in their different subjects. Mathematics learning is a subject matter that is particularly difficult for students. The present chapter targets the application of a cybernetic model for blended learning in the teaching of mathematics, that is, the elements of communication and control are incorporated into this learning paradigm. It applies to first-year students of mathematics at the university level in the area of engineering. The results show an improvement in tests applied to students before and after the inclusion of activities with technological applications.

Female Lecturers' Perception of ICT Integration for Teaching and Learning in University of Ibadan, Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Airen Adetimirin
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Ict Literacy ◽  
Ict Integration ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Ibadan

Deployment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for teaching and learning affords learners' flexibility in learning such that they can learn as individuals or groups. The dissemination of information by lecturers to learners will also be facilitated by the use of ICT. The University of Ibadan designed a courseware development programme for 20 female lecturers to improve the use of technology for teaching and research. Data was collected using a questionnaire, interview and secondary data. Results revealed that the lecturers found the programme very relevant, appropriate but demanding. The major challenges were limited access to some of the technologies, fluctuation in internet connectivity and poor ICT literacy skills. Improvement in the level of ICT use requires the development of relevant infrastructure and ICT literacy training which were identified as critical for its successful deployment.

scholarly journals A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Presentation Formats for Instruction: Teaching First-Year Students

2000 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Anne Germain ◽  
Trudi E. Jacobson ◽  
Sue A. Kaczor
Keyword(s):  
First Year Experience ◽  
First Year ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Class Session ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
New Students ◽  
Presentation Formats ◽  
The University

First-year experience (FYE) programs offer librarians opportunities to teach new students in a comprehensive fashion. However, large FYE programs can place demands on user education programs that are difficult to meet. Instruction librarians at the University at Albany sought to address this dilemma by developing a Web-based instructional module for one class session. The module was used by a segment of students in the Project Renaissance FYE program, whereas another segment received instruction by a librarian. The effectiveness of the two instructional methods was compared using pre- and post-tests, and was found to be equal. Analysis of the test scores also showed that instruction, regardless of format, makes a significant difference (p < .05) in the number of correct test answers.

scholarly journals Undergraduate business education students’ perception on information and communication technology use in teaching and learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 359
Author(s):  
Patrick Uzo Osadebe ◽  
Joyce Frances Osadebe
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The University

The study was carried out to assess the undergraduate Business Education Students’ Perception on the use of Information and communication technology (ICT) in teaching and learning in the University. Thus, to achieve the purpose, two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. A sample of 100 students was randomly drawn using balloting and proportionate stratified random sampling techniques. A questionnaire of 4-point scale was used to collect data. It has face validity determined through expert judgement, and construct validity verified through factor analysis. The reliability of the instrument was obtained through Cronbach Alpha. A reliability coefficient of 0.82 was obtained as a measure of internal consistency. The data collected were analyzed with mean and Z-test. Mean was used to answer the research questions while Z-test was used to test the hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that there was high perception of students to use ICT in teaching and learning in the university. There was no significant difference between male and female students as well as 300 level and 400 level students on the use of ICT in teaching and learning. Therefore, it was recommended that ICT should be used in teaching and learning Business Education in the University.

scholarly journals Attitudes of Islamic Learning and Education Faculty Students towards English Language at Karachi University

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-96
Author(s):  
Nayab Iqbal ◽  
Kaukab Abid Azhar
Keyword(s):  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
English Language ◽  
First Year ◽  
Education Faculty ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference ◽  
A Minor ◽  
The University

The research paper aims at studying the attitudes of the students of Islamic Learning and Education Faculty towards English Language at the University of Karachi. It is based on testing the hypothesis that the students of Islamic Learning Faculty have less positive attitudes towards English language as compared to the students of Education faculty through a survey on first year students of both the faculties. A five point Likert scale was used to conduct a survey on 151 students of the Islamic Learning faculty and 135 students of the Education faculty. The results were calculated using an independent t-test and standard deviation which reveals that there is a minor difference in the attitudes of the student of both the faculties. The students of the Education faculty show more positive attitudes when asked about the importance of English language as compared to the attitudes of the students of Islamic Learning Faculty. However, the difference in their attitude is negligible. As the results reveal minor association between the attitudes of the learners and their faculty therefore, the study proves the null hypothesis which says that there is no significant difference between the attitudes of the students of both the faculties.

scholarly journals Use of ICT by the University Students: Exploring difference between Book, Noticeboard and ICT for knowledge and Information Seeking

2020 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 122-140
Author(s):  
Fahad Anis ◽  
Prof. Dr. Syed Abdul Siraj
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
Scholastic Achievement ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The University

The study investigates Universities’ students use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for leaning and a comparison between book and ICT in obtaining knowledge. The study highlights public and private universities students banking on ICT for seeking knowledge and information. Besides, the study focuses on the facilitation and acquiring gratification from ICT in terms of entertainment, socialization, and scholastic achievement. The results show that student seek greater knowledge from ICT than the book. Similarly, they get quick information from ICT than the noticeboard. The use of ICT also gratifies them for entertainment, socialization, and scholastic achievement. Moreover, the study does not find significant difference among the students of public and private universities for seeking knowledge from ICT.

Female Lecturers' Perception of ICT Integration for Teaching and Learning in University of Ibadan, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
pp. 1624-1636
Author(s):  
Airen Adetimirin
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Ict Literacy ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Ibadan

Deployment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for teaching and learning affords learners' flexibility in learning such that they can learn as individuals or groups. The dissemination of information by lecturers to learners will also be facilitated by the use of ICT. The University of Ibadan designed a courseware development programme for 20 female lecturers to improve the use of technology for teaching and research. Data was collected using a questionnaire, interview and secondary data. Results revealed that the lecturers found the programme very relevant, appropriate but demanding. The major challenges were limited access to some of the technologies, fluctuation in internet connectivity and poor ICT literacy skills. Improvement in the level of ICT use requires the development of relevant infrastructure and ICT literacy training which were identified as critical for its successful deployment.

Computer Ownership and Usage as Predictors of Computer Literacy of South African Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 638-664
Author(s):  
Pieter Blignaut ◽  
Engela Dednam ◽  
Tlholohelo Nkalai
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
First Year ◽  
African Students ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
The University ◽  
Better Than

Most of our first-year students were born after 1995 and belong to the generation of “digital natives”. They are perceived as being comfortable with technology and active on social media for a large part of every day. However, students at the University of the Free State (ufs) come from diverse backgrounds and the typical characteristicsof their contemporaries do not necessarily apply to them.Students completed questionnaires about their experience with and exposure to various software applications before commencement of the first computer literacy module at the mentioned institution. Students’ performance in three formal assessments during the semester were used as dependent variable to determine whether prior ownership and exposure to computers gave them an advantage over their peers who did not have access to computers.Students owning a computer or who had access to someone else’s computer performed significantly better than those without access to a computer. The Internet andmsWord were found to be among the most used applications prior to entering a university, and they also proved to be predictive of the performance of students in a computer literacy module throughout the semester. The amount of usage did, however,not make any significant difference with regard to the students’ performance.

scholarly journals Attitudes of Islamic Learning and Education Faculty Students towards English Language at Karachi University

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Nayab Iqbal ◽  
Huma Aftab ◽  
Kaukab Abid Azhar
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
English Language ◽  
First Year ◽  
Education Faculty ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference ◽  
A Minor ◽  
The University

The research paper aims at studying the attitudes of the students of Islamic Learning and Education Faculty towards English at the University of Karachi. It is based on testing the hypothesis that the students of Islamic Learning Faculty have less positive attitudes towards English as compared to the students of Education faculty through a survey on first year students of both faculties. A five-point Likert scale was used to conduct a survey on 151 students of the Islamic Learning faculty and 135 students of the Education faculty. The results were calculated using an independent t-testand standard deviation which reveals that there is a minor difference in the attitudes of thestudent of both faculties. The students of the Education faculty showed more positive attitudes when asked about the importance of English as compared to the attitudes of the students of Islamic Learning Faculty. However, the difference in their attitude is negligible. As the results reveal a minor association between the attitudes of the learners and their faculty, the study; therefore, proves the null hypothesiswhich says that there is no significant difference between the attitudes of the students of both the faculties. Keywords: attitudes; English language; t-test; standard deviation; Islamic learning faculty; education faculty; likert-scales

scholarly journals Understanding Technology Literacy: The Characteristics of ICT Literacy Vocational Teachers

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.33) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Saripudin S ◽  
S Sumarto ◽  
E A Juanda ◽  
Ade Ghafar Abdullah ◽  
Ana A
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Technology Literacy ◽  
Vocational Teachers ◽  
Ict Literacy ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Information And Communication

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy is the ability to use digital technology, communication tools and/or networks to define, access, manage, integrate, evaluate, create and communicate information well and legally toward a knowledgeable society. This literature study looks at the level of ICT literacy of vocational high school (SMK) teachers. The purpose is to determine the ICT literacy skills of vocational teachers in integrating and assessing ICT learning. The method used is literature review by searching and selecting articles / journals with suitable topics which then are proceed to analysis. The results of this literature study are to look the ICT literacy of vocational school teachers in using technology to conduct learning in the classroom.  

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