ACCESSIBILITY AND USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

Social media is a new paradigm of learning process that provides the tools for learners to be in contact with classmates and the tutors outside the classroom. The study investigated the accessibility and utilization of social media among Undergraduates in Kwara State, Nigeria. This study was a descriptive study of the survey type. The study sample was drawn from three universities in Kwara state, Nigeria. The respondents were 287 undergraduates, 169 males and 118 females. Mean and percentage was used to answer research question 1, 2 and 3. Independent sample t-test was used to test hypothesis 1 and 2. All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that WhatsApp is the most accessed social media tool among undergraduates’ students in Kwara State Nigeria. The study concluded that there is no significant difference between male and female undergraduates’ accessibility and use of social media for learning. The study also revealed that there was no significant difference on accessibility and utilization of social media for learning by undergraduates based on school proprietorship. It was recommended among others that university authority should organize capacity building workshops to educate undergraduates on the use of social media for learning in Kwara State.