The Use of E-Library on Teachers’ Instructional Delivery in Public Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District

Abstract

The study investigated the use of e-library on teachers’ instructional delivery in public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District of Nigeria. One research question and one hypothesis were formulated as well as a correlation research design was used to guide the study. The study’s population comprised all the two thousand, three hundred and ninety (2,390) teachers and fifteen thousand, eight hundred and forty-eight (15,848) students in the eighty-six (86) public secondary schools in the North-West Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State. Using proportionate sampling technique, three hundred and fifty-six (356) teachers were selected as sample size for the study. The instruments for data collection were two sets of questionnaire developed by the researcher with the title ICT Facilities Questionnaire (IFQ) and Teachers’ Instructional Delivery Questionnaire (TIDQ). The reliability coefficient of the instruments were established using Cronbach’s Alpha Analysis with the reliability co-efficient alpha of 0.866 for ICT Facilities Questionnaire (IFQ) and 0.786 for Teachers’ Instructional Delivery Questionnaire (TIDQ). Data collected were analyzed using Simple Linear Regression Analysis at .05 level of significance. The result of the analyses revealed that the use of E-library significantly predict teachers’ instructional delivery in public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom North-west Sensational District. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others, that government should encourage the use of ICT facilities by making them available in public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District. Moreso, teachers should be trained to make use of these facilities effectively through workshops, seminars and conferences.