LECTURERS’ ATTITUDE AND PERCEPTION ON STUDENTS’ MOBILE PHONE CLASSROOM USAGE IN EMMANUEL ALAYANDE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, OYO, NIGERIA

The use of technology has permeated almost everything we do in the world today including teaching and learning in colleges of education. Although mobile phone usage in the classroom is increasing over time, it is still as rejected as ever was. This study, therefore, investigates the lecturers’ attitude and perception on students’ mobile phone classroom usage in Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted with samples drawn from the six schools in the college of education. The population for the study consisted of all the lecturers in the college. However, 175 lecturers responded to the questionnaire used to gather data. The samples were selected using simple random sampling. Using mean (ẋ) as the statistical tool, the study found out that the lecturers had a negative attitude towards students’ mobile phone classroom usage, however, they perceived the usefulness of mobile phones in the classroom positively. The study also revealed that lecturers perceived the way out on students’ mobile phone classroom usage positively. It was therefore recommended among others that in-service training and workshops should be organized for lecturers to improve their skill on mobile phone usage and its smooth integration into classroom teaching and learnin