Utilization of Internet Things (IOT) for Implementing Teaching and Learning in Technical Colleges in Enugu State

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the utilization of internet of things (IoT) for implementing teaching and learning in Technical colleges in Enugu State. Two research questions and hypothesis guided the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted to carry out the study. The population for the study was one hundred and sixty (160) respondents, comprising 137 students and 23 teachers of both Technical Colleges. Two questionnaires titled level of IoT utilization by teacher for teaching and the level of IoT utilization by students for learning were developed by the researchers and used for data collection. Three experts validated the instruments, two experts from the Department of Industrial Technical Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and one expert from the Department of Vocational Education, School of Technical Education, Yaba College of Technology. The reliability co-efficiency of the instrument was found to be 0.86 and 0.73. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions, while t-test statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study found significant response between male and female on utilization of internet of things (IoT) for implementing teaching and learning in Technical College’s in Enugu State. It was discovered that poor utilization and un updated IoT in technical colleges hinders IoT implementation for teaching and learning in technical colleges in Enugu state, hence, the utilization of IoT for implementing learning and teaching are impeded.