PERCEPTION OF UNIVERSITIES LECTURERS ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE INTERNET USAGE ON EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The study worked on influence of Internet Usage on Education as perceived by the lecturers in Nigeria Universities. As a guide to the researchers, two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated. The researcher adopted post hoc design. Structured questionnaire titled “Internet and Nigeria Education†(INE) was employed to generate data from 147 lecturers that participated in the 2nd Faculty of Education Conference organised by Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria held between 18th to 22 November, 2011. Percentage scores was used to answer the research questions at index scores of at least 50% for agreed and Simple Logistic Regression (SLR) was employed for test of the null hypotheses at 5% level of significance. The analysis revealed among others that internet usage contributed significantly to educational development in Nigeria. As a result of the findings, the researchers recommended among others that the federal and state government should encourage development of enabling policies and regulations that will enhance Internet connecting in institutions. This will enable lecturers and students take the advantage and contribute their quota on educational development in Nigeria