AVAILABILITY AND UTILISATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BUILDING TECHNOLOGY IN SOUTH-WEST COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

ABSTRACT The study investigated the availability and utilisation of ICT facilities for teaching and learning building technology in South-West Colleges of Education. The study specifically covered extent of availability and utilisation of ICT facilities: Internet, AutoCAD, PowerPoint, iLearn tool and SMART Board in teaching and learning Building Technology. Six research questions were raised and answered while two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The research design adopted for the study was descriptive survey. The population of the study comprised 46 building technology lecturers and 207 building technology students of South-West Colleges of Education. The entire population constituted the sample for the study because the number is small and manageable. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire with 4-point rating scale. The questionnaires were validated by the researcher’s supervisor and two experts in the Department of Vocational and Technical Education, University of Benin. The values of the reliability obtained were 0.93 and 0.91 for lecturers and students respectively. The data collected from the field were analyzed using, Percentages, Mean and Standard Deviation statistics, while t-test was used for the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that ICT facilities are inadequate and that lecturers utilise internet, AutoCAD and PowerPoint for teaching building technology. It was also discovered that students use SMART Board for learning building technology but they do not use iLearn tool. There is no significant difference between the mean ratings of male and female lecturers as regards utilisation of ICT facilities for teaching building technology in South-West Colleges of Education. Also, There is no significant difference between the mean ratings of male and female students as regards utilisation of ICT facilities for learning building technology in South-West Colleges of Education. It was therefore recommended that Government and Schools should provide ICT facilities for effective teaching and learning of building technology, Department should organise seminars and retraining programmes for building technology lecturers on the utilisation of AutoCAD for graphics design and there is need for building technology lecturers to increase students engagement with the use of SMART Board in learning building technology.