UTILIZATION OF WEB-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL PACKAGE IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE COURSES FOR LIFE LONG LEARNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH-WEST FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

This study examines the utilization of web-based instructional package in the teaching and learning of library and information science courses for lifelong learning and sustainable development in north-western federal universities. Four research questions were sought. The population of the study comprised all the seven (07) federal universities in north-western states of Nigeria. However two (02) of the federal universities offering LIS courses were used as the sample with twenty eight (28) staff members and seven hundred and eleven (711) students, using purposes sampling technique. An open and close ended questionnaire was design and used for the study. Data that relate to research questions was analysed using means and standard deviations. The study found that there are inadequate WEBIP resources and even the available ones, are not well utilized for effective teaching and learning of LIS courses. Therefore it was concluded that, to effectively implement the use of WEBIP in LIS curriculum, there is need to make effective use of WEBIP to make teaching and learning more lively, permanent and easily remembered and applied for a lifelong learning and sustainable development. While recommendation was made that            WEBIP resources such as application software, smart broad and other forms of online teaching and learning technology should be provided and used effectively to enhancing effective teaching and learning of LIS courses for a lifelong learning and sustainable development in the north-western states of Nigeria.