Gap analysis and demographic differentiation of awareness of technology based instructional resources among business educators

Abstract

The study determined the gap analysis and demographic differentiation of awareness of Technology -Based Instructional Resources (TBIR) among business educators in colleges of education in Edo and Delta States of Nigeria. To guide the study, two research questions were raised and answered while two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 116 business educators, in the colleges of education in Edo and Delta States and this constitute the sample size for the study. A questionnaire title: Gap Analysis and Demographic Differentiation of Awareness of Technology - Based Instructional Resources (GDATBIR), validated by experts was used for data collectio n. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.84. The analysis revealed that there exist awareness gap among business educators on various TBIR for teaching. Also, the analysis revealed that there exist demographic differentiations of awareness between male and female business educators regarding TBIR for teaching business subject. The study, therefore, recommended among others, that authorities of colleges of education should endeavorto create awareness for their business educators to adopt TBIR for instructional delivery through seminars, workshops and conferences. Also, male and female business educators should be sensitized equally on the awareness of utilizing TBIR for effective instructional delivery.