Lecturers of Fine-Arts’ Digital Technology Utilization in Tertiary Institutions of North-Central Geo-Political Zone, Nigeria

Abstract

Investigation on utilization of Digital Technology by lecturers of Fine-Arts in North-Central tertiary institutions in Nigeria was studied. Descriptive survey research type was used with researchers’ designed questionnaire; the population were Fine-Arts lecturers in Colleges of Education and Universities in North-Central, Nigeria. Purposive as well as simple random sampling techniques were used to select 100 lecturers of 50 male and 50 female. Three research questions were raised and two hypotheses formulated for the study. Simple percentage and means were used to answer the research questions, while hypotheses were tested with t-test and ANOVA at level 0.05 of significance. The findings revealed that the lecturers utilized some digital tools for their instructional delivery. Therefore, it is recommended that tertiary institutions in general and North-Central Nigeria in particular, should procure digital technology devices for lecturers’ utilization in instruction and that they should make use of them accordingly.

Keywords: digital, technology, digital technologies, utilization, fine-arts, gender