Abstract
Information Communication Technology (ICT) application in academics and research has come to stay. While the developed world has not only embraced ICT in academics, they have gone ahead to make teaching and learning far more simpler, on the other hand most of the developed world is still grappling with the provision of basic amenities to its citizens that the idea of ICT appears farfetched and elitist. This study was carried out to assess how student perception, knowledge and area of specialization influenced ICT utilization for academic purposes in College of Health Technology, Calabar. To achieve the objective of the study, three hypotheses were raised and tested at a 0.05 level of significance. Structured questionnaires were administered randomly to a sample of 390 students drawn from all the Departments of the College. The findings of the study revealed among other things that; from hypothesis one, there was no significant influence of student perception on the use of ICT for academic purposes (P > 0.05); from hypothesis two; student knowledge of ICT did not significantly influence the utilization of ICT for academic purposes (P > 0.05) and hypothesis three revealed that area of specialization significantly influenced utilization of ICT for academic purposes (P > 0.05). Therefore, the use of ICT for teaching and learning and the greater awareness of benefits of ICT use in academics is recommended. Key words: Assessment, student perception, knowledge, area of specialization, ICT utilization in College of Health Technology.
Highlights
Information Communication Technology (ICT) refers to mediums that grant access to information via telecommunication (Jim, 2012)
In a more specific sense, ICT is used to refer to the role “unified communications” in association with telecommunication computers as well as other software, storage and audio visual appliances play in letting the user gain access or store and carryout sophisticated procedures on the net (Jim, 2012)
ICT has as it is commonly said turned the world to a global village, with an ever increasing possibility of accessing a wide array of information and knowledge, making it possible for shared written, audio and visual information at real time in many parts of the world (Braimoh et al, 2012)
Summary
Information Communication Technology (ICT) refers to mediums that grant access to information via telecommunication (Jim, 2012). It has to do with the technology used in handling, acquiring, processing, storing and disseminating information. The application of ICT in academic studies has been on for quite some time in the advanced world, quickly becoming the defining factor, especially in higher education, offering students and teachers a broad base of accessible data (http://www.webworldbank.org, 2014). This study was necessitated by a dearth of research on the use of ICT among students of monothecnics, especially in institutions with a health bias like the College of Health Technology. This study aimed at determining the use of ICT for studies among students of College of Health Technology, Calabar, as a window to a boarder picture of what may apply with other Colleges of Health Technology
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