Keywords
Colleges of Education, Learning, Mobile Devices, Utilization
Abstract
The adequate and proper utilization of mobile devices proffer solutions to students’ difficulties in instructional skills acquisition and knowledge at any citadel of learning. This study assessed students’ usage of mobile devices in some Colleges of Education in Kwara state. Three research questions and one hypothesis were answered and tested respectively. The study was a descriptive research of the survey type. The Sample comprised of 150 students (92 Females and 58 Males) randomly selected from three Colleges of Education. Questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. Frequency counts, percentages and mean were used to answer the research questions’, while chi-square was used for testing the hypothesis at 0.05. The findings showed that 73.3% of the students had at least a smart phone as a mobile device and 75% of the students made use of their smart phone. It also revealed that students had positive attitude towards the usage of mobile devices. However, there was no significant difference between male and female students in utilizing mobile devices; and no significance difference exists in utilization of mobile devices based on the location of schools. It was recommended that students should be guided and conditioned to use mobile devices for educational pursuits; and school authority should partner with mobile devices producers/network service providers in order to reduce the cost of the device and data plan both for students and other school community members.
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