UTILIZATION OF ELECTRONIC TEACHING RESOURCES IN BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN UNIVERSITIES IN A PERIOD OF SOCIO- POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY

The purpose of this study was to determine the utilization of online and offline electronic teaching resources in Business Education programme by business educators in universities. This study investigated the utilization of electronic teaching resources in Business Education programme in universities in a period of socio-political and economic uncertainty in South East Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. A total of 75 business educators which comprised 49 and 26 Business educators from federal and state universities respectively in South East states in Nigeria constituted the population for the study. There was no sampling since the population was manageable. The instrument for data collection was a 20-items researcher developed questionnaire titled: Utilization of E- Teaching Resources in Business Education Questionnaire (UETRIBEQ). The instrument had two clusters with 4-point response scales of 20 question items. The face validation of the instrument was carried out by three experts. The stability aspects of the reliability of the instrument were determined using Pearson product moment correlation coefficient statistic which yielded 0.82 and 0.79 respectively. Mean was used to answer the two research questions raised for the study and standard deviations was used to determine the closeness or homogeneity of the responses while t- test statistic was used to test the two null hypotheses formulated for the study at 0.05 level of significant. The results showed among others that E- teaching resources were utilized to a low extent in teaching Business education in universities. Based on the results, the study recommended among others that business educators should improve their information and communication technology skills in the use of E-teaching resources in teaching Business Education to enable them function effectively in their profession and as well impart meaningful knowledge to their students.

Information and communication technology, E-teaching resources, Online, Offline, Business Education,

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