INFLUENCE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES ON BUSINESS EDUCATION INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY PROCESS IN HIGHER INSTITUTIONS IN DELTA STATE

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to ascertain the influence of modern technologies on business education instructional delivery process in higher institutions in Delta State. The study adopted the survey research design. The population of the study comprised 1,380 respondents made up of 1276 student and 104 lecturers. A sample size of 437 respondents was randomly selected for the study. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled “Questionnaire on the influence of modern technologies on business education instructional delivery process (QITBEDP)”. The validation of the instrument was done by three experts. The consistency and reliability of the instrument was done using the Cronbach Alpha method, to determine the degree of reliability which yielded a correlation co-efficient of 0.90. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions, while T-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significant. The findings of the study showed a positive influence of modern technologies on business education instructional delivery process. It was recommended among others that institutions should encourage business educators through sponsorship to acquire knowledge and skills in the area of modern technologies.