SURVEY OF TERTIARY EDUCATION STUDENTS’ ACCEPTANCE AND USAGE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES ON LEARNING IN NIGER STATE

Abstract

This study investigated the survey of tertiary education students’ acceptance and usage of digital technologies on learning in Niger State. The sample comprised of 76 (46 males and 30 females) year two students was used selected by random sampling techniques from population of 250 science education students from school of sciences education in Niger State. The research design adopted was descriptive survey design.  One validated instrument was used with reliability coefficient of 0.77. Tertiary Education Students Digital Technology Questionnaire (TESDITEQ) was used for data collection. Four research questions were raised and answered using mean and standard deviation while two null hypotheses were tested at α = 0.05 level of significant using t- test and ANOVA . The findings of the study indicated that there was no significant difference between male and female of tertiary education students’ on acceptance of digital technologies on learning and also there was no significant difference between male and female of tertiary education students’ usage of digital technologies facilities in the institution. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that digital technology should be used in teaching and learning of biology in Colleges of Education and university in Niger State Nigeria, also students of higher institution of learning should adopt usage of digital technology to improve on the concept that is difficult to learners in biology.