STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING TVET LECTURERS’ DIGITAL LITERACY FOR REMOTE LEARNING IMPLEMENTATION IN NORTHERN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
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TVET, Lecturers, Digital Literacy, Remote Learning, Implementation and UniversitiesAbstract
The study aimed to determine the Strategies for Improving Digital Literacy of TVET Lecturers for the Implementation of Remote Learning in Universities in Northern Nigeria. The study was guided by one objective, one research question and one null hypothesis respectively. The research design adopted for the study was a descriptive survey design. The population of this study comprise of all 341 TVET lecturers in public Universities of Northern Nigeria consisting of 168 lecturers of Technology Education and 173 lecturers of Vocational Education in Universities in Northern Nigeria and census approach was adopted for this study. The instrument for data collection in this study was a structured questionnaire developed by the researcher. The validity of the instrument in this study was ascertained by three experts one from the field of Test and Measurement in the Department of Educational Foundation, one from the Department of Vocational Education and one from Department of Construction Technology Education, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Bauchi State. The overall reliability coefficient of the entire instrument is .934 which indicates that the instrument is reliable and appropriate for the study. The data was collected with the help of eleven trained research assistants and the data was analyzed using SPSS version 25 and the statistical tool used were descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation while independent t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. In line with the analysis of data collected for this study, the findings of the study revealed that found that Regular digital literacy training programs, training in online pedagogy and instructional design for effective remote learning among others are the strategies for improving digital literacy among TVET lecturers for the implementation of remote learning in Universities in Northern Nigeria. Based on the finding, the study recommends that Government at all level should improve the digital literacy of TVET Lecturers for more effectiveness for the implementation of remote learning in Universities in Northern Nigeria.
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