POST-COVID 19 CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS AS CORRELATE OF LECTURERS INSTRUCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH EAST, NIGERIA.

Abstract

The study examined post-covid classroom technological applications as correlates of lecturer’s instructional effectiveness in public universities in South East Nigeria. Two research questions were answered and two null hypotheses postulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The study adopted a correlational design. The population was 634 lecturers from six colleges and faculties of education in the studied universities. The sample size was 317 lecturers which represented 50% of the population. This consisted of 80 lecturers’ from Michael Okpra University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), 75 lecturers from University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), 53 lecturers’ from Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufo Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), 28 lecturers from Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), 48 lecturers from Imo State University, Owerri (IMSU) and 33 lecturers from Ebonyi State University Abakaliki (EBSU). The sample was arrived at using four-staged sampling technique. Data for the study was collected using researchers’ self-developed questionnaires titled Post-covid Classroom Technological Application Questionnaire (PCCTAQ) and Lecturers Instructional Effectiveness Questionnaire (LIEQ). The instruments were validated by two experts from the Department of Educational Management and one expert from the Department of Science Education specialized in Measurement and Evaluation, all from MOUAU. The reliability of the instruments was determined using Cronbach Alpha Method which yielded an alpha of.79 and .80 respectively which were considered reliable. Data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC) to answer the research questions while linear regression analysis was used to test the null hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that use of WhatsApp application technologies to a positive low extent correlate with lecturers’ instructional effectiveness in public universities; Game software application technology has a positive weak correlation with lecturers instructional effectiveness in public universities in south east, Nigeria; Use of facebook application technology to a positive low extent relationship lecturers instructional effectiveness in public universities in south east, Nigeria. The researchers recommended that there should be practical simulation of mobile apps into the curriculum; that game software related to various disciplines of learning should be used in order to facilitate instruction; that there is need to introduce the policy of on-your-mobile classroom-gadget (OYOMOCAG) by education policy makers in conjunction with federal government of Nigeria.