ICT Literacy Skill and Electronic Resources Utilization Among Lecturers in the Faculty of Education, Oou, Nigeria

A O Ogunsanya ,Olayinka Buraimo

doi:10.7176/jiea/11-1-04

Abstract

This study examined ICT literacy skills and electronic resources utilization among lecturers in the Faculty of Education, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design where 56 academic staff been all academic staff in the Faculty of Education were purposively selected to participate in the study. In all, 49 were retrieved valid which accounted for 87.5% rate of returned. The questionnaire termed” Information Literacy skill Scale” (ILSS) Electronic resources utilization scale” (ERUS) and reason for using electronic resources scale (RUES) instrument were validated by five (5) expert in the Faculty of Education and three (3) other lecturers outside the faculty. The reliability of the instrument was determined by using Cronbach’s’ co-efficient alpha (α) values with the following α scores: ICT literacy skill = 0.81, electronic resources utilization = 0.87, Purpose of using electronic resources = 0.76. Data gathered were analyzed using descriptive statistics (simple percentage, mean & standard deviation) and regression analysis . Findings from the study revealed a high level of ICT literacy skill and a high level of electronic resources utilization. The top notable purposes of electronic resources utilization as indicated by the sampled audience were to update knowledge/research purposes, to share knowledge, for publication of journal/ articles, for writing of thesis /dissertation among many others. Besides, the findings also revealed a significant relative influence of ICT literacy skill on electronic resources utilization. It is hereby recommended that special notice board through the library should be created across faculties in the university on lists of electronic resources and how to assess them. Not only that, the university management should made fund necessarily available either through TETFUND intervention or other means for subscription of more scholarly electronic information resources and databases in order to build a strong collection of e-resources in the library for the usage among its clientele including the academic staffs. Keywords: ICT Literacy Skill, Electronic Resources Utilization, Lecturers, OOU, Nigeria. DOI: 10.7176/JIEA/11-1-04 Publication date: January 31 st 2021

Highlights

Background to the studyThe roles and responsibilities of academic staffs in any tertiary institutions in meeting with the stipulated aims and objectives of its establishment cannot be overestimated
Since we are in 21st century, which is driven by information and communication technologies, it is mandatory for academic staffs to be proficient in Information Communication Technology (ICT) literacy skill in order to utilize electronic resources needed for teaching, researching and for disseminating of existing and new information amongst others and meet with the stipulated aim and objective of university education as stated above and above all, they need to compete favourably with other academic staffs in more advance economy
This implies that ICT literacy skills significantly influence electronic resources utilization among academic staff in the Faculty of Education, OOU, Nigeria

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Introduction

Background to the studyThe roles and responsibilities of academic staffs in any tertiary institutions in meeting with the stipulated aims and objectives of its establishment cannot be overestimated. Since we are in 21st century, which is driven by information and communication technologies, it is mandatory for academic staffs to be proficient in ICT literacy skill in order to utilize electronic resources needed for teaching, researching and for disseminating of existing and new information amongst others and meet with the stipulated aim and objective of university education as stated above and above all, they need to compete favourably with other academic staffs in more advance economy This is why Iyanda, Okpele and Akintude (2016) noted that Information Communication Technology (ICT) has become part of everyday life that makes human lives more comfortable and easy. With the introduction of information and communication technology in Nigerian higher institutions, information dissemination among the academic communities has been tremendously enhanced

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