Application of E-devices in Teaching and its Effectiveness in State Universities in Ogun State, Nigeria

Since ICT has become a new and pervasive supplementary tool in teaching job, this descriptive survey research examines the application of electronic devices in teaching and its influence on teaching effectiveness of academic staff of Nigeria universities. Tai Solarin University of Education and Olabisi Onabanjo University, both in Ogun State, were used as case study. The study population comprises all the students and lecturers in the universities. Multi-stage sampling technique utilizing proportional random sampling was used to select the study sample. In choosing the sample size, each university was grouped into strata based on colleges/faculties amounting to ten colleges/faculties and 20 participants (10 students and 10 lecturers) were selected from each department. Hence a total of 400 pre-tested questionnaires titled ‘Scale on Application of Electronic Devices and Teaching Effectiveness ’ were administered on the sample size. Two versions of the instrument was prepared; one for the students and the other for the lecturers. 336 were however returned and analysed using frequency counts percentage and chi-square statistics. The study revealed that application of electronic devices in teaching significantly influences lecturers ’ performance and teaching quality. Though instructio