COLLEGES OF EDUCATION LECTURERS’ ATTITUDE AND INTENTION TOWARDS USING SOCIAL MEDIA IN INSTRUCTION IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA

Abstract

The great improvement brought by Social media into the teaching-learning process cannot be overemphasized. However, especially among the developing nations, not many countries have adopted its use, hence, this study on colleges of education lecturers’ attitude and intention toward using social media in instruction in South-West, Nigeria. The research design was descriptive cross-sectional survey method with sample drawn from ten Federal and State colleges of education in South-West, Nigeria. 1069 lecturers responded to the adapted questionnaire used to gather data. Mean score was used to answer the two research questions formulated. Findings showed that attitude (x = 3.16) and intention (x = 3.14) to use social media in instruction was positive with the maximum possible mean being 4. The implication is that Social media will be highly welcomed if integrated with Nigerian colleges of education for instructional purposes. It was therefore recommended among others that colleges of education lecturers should acquire higher skills and develop their proficiency in the utilization of Social media tools