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ICT and Digital Literacy Skills: a Mechanism for Efficient Teaching in Nigerian Colleges of Education
(Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 2018) Omosekejimi, Ademola F.; Brume-Ezewu, Steven; Brume-Ezewu, Ejiro G.; Nwobu, Benjamin K.; Nweke, Angela C.
This study examines information communication technology (ICT) and digital literacy skills as mechanism for effective teaching in Nigerian colleges of education. The total population for this study comprises of 1,500 lecturers in four colleges of education in South West Nigeria. 10% was drawn from the total population using a random sampling technique giving a total 150 which form the sample size for the study. Questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. Findings from this study revealed among others that that ICT and digital literacy skills when applied will to a very large extent be a tool for efficient teaching
aid for lecturers in colleges of education in Nigeria, that computers, printers, photocopiers, projectors, interactive white board/electronic notice board, internet facility and CD Rom will to a very large extent serve as ICT tools that can be used for effective teaching. This study also revealed that most of the lecturers in colleges of education in Nigeria are not proficient in the use of power-point, excel and spreadsheet, cannot apply computers to solve real life academic problems etc. Recommendations were put forward to enhance the use of ICT for efficient teaching in Nigerian colleges of education.
Covid 19 Information Seeking Behaviour of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS) in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria.
(Lincoln, 2021) Omosekejimi, Ademola F.; Dada, Grace A.; Ebhonu, Sylvester I.
This study focused on exploring COVID 19 information seeking behavior of IDPs Nigerian using IDPs in the federal capital territory, Abuja, Nigeria as a case study. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. Four objectives were laid down for the study and a structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents. The findings revealed that the COVID 19 information needs of IDPs are information on symptoms of COVID 19, how it spreads, preventive measures against COVID 19, the causes of COVID 19 and how to get medical attention should anyone be confirmed infected at the IPD camp among others. The study also found that the sources of COVID 19 information available to IDPs include friends and family at the camp; social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp; radio; Internet and health workers i.e. doctors and nurses. The study revealed that the major use COVID 19 information were to know the symptoms of the virus; know to prevent themselves from being infected with the virus; know how to reach out to health workers in case of suspected COVID 19 patients and knowing the drugs combination for self treatment in case of infection. Lack of frequent visitation to the camps by health official, lack of access to television at the camp, distorted information from friends and family, too many information on COVID 19, among others were revealed as the barriers to COVID 19 information seeking and access among the IDPs. The study recommends that efforts should be made by the Federal government of Nigeria to pay special attention to the information needs of the IDPs and devise necessary means of getting timely and accurate information across to them as this will help to keep them up to date about information on COVID 19 among others
Assess users’ satisfaction on Academic library performance: A study.
(Progressive Academic Publishing, UK, 2015) Ijiekhuamhen, Osaze P.; Aghojare, Blessing; Omosekejimi, Ademola F.
This study quantifies user’s satisfaction on academic library performance by determine the clients satisfaction with library services, infrastructure/place/space and collection/information provided by an academic library in Federal University of Petroleum Resources, (FUPRE) Library. The study sample population comprised 381 students of the university. The instrument used for data collection in this study was questionnaire. Research questions were answered using frequency, bar charts, tables and percentages for easy interpretation. The major findings of the study revealed that the respondents were highly satisfied with the library services, infrastructure/place/space, and collection/information of the library as a whole. Also, the study reveals that, many of the respondents visit the library for more than one reason whereas the largest proportion of the respondents goes to library due to the availability of internet connectivity in the library. The respondents were suggests that, library should stay open longer, Increase internet bandwidth, library should publish a guide on information searching skills, library should provide the latest collection, some were of opinion that library should publish index and bibliographies, provision of guidance on consultation and research method, library should organize workshop on how to find information, staff should be more friendly and knowledgeable among other.
External Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial intentions among Electrical Craftsmen: A study of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
(Imperial Publishing House., 2017) Ijiekuamhen, Osaze P.; Amakiri, Okilo F.; Woyengidubamo, Kakri
The study was conducted to investigate the influence of external factors on entrepreneurial intentions among electrical craftsmen in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Survey design was adopted for the study. Structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from the respondents. Sample was drawn using convenience sampling technique. A total of sixty respondents were used for the study. The data was analyzed using multiple regression analysis. The researcher concentrated on the causal effects of the variables on entrepreneurial intentions. The results revealed that socio-cultural and economic factors were statistically significant in influencing entrepreneurial intentions, while education was not statistically significant. It was recommended that government and non-governmental organizations
should go back to the drawn board on how to plain their training programmes on entrepreneurship. Government should create the enabling environment that would encourage entrepreneurship and to also enhance success.
Artificial Intelligence literacy and Digital Communication Competencies of Librarians as Predictors of Service Delivery in state University libraries in South-South, Nigeria.
(Department of Library and Information Science at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka., 2025) Ijiekhuamhen, Osaze P.; Obi, Boma B.
The study examined artificial intelligence literacy and digital communication competencies of librarians as predictors of service delivery in state university libraries in South-South Nigeria. A correlational research design was adopted for the study with a population of 164 librarians engaged in the state university libraries in SouthSouth, Nigeria. A structured questionnaire designed by the researcher was the instrument adopted for eliciting data from the respondents. The reliability of the instrument yielded an alpha coefficient of 0.87, indicating the instrument is reliable. The data elicited using the questionnaire were analysed using descriptive statistics for the research questions, and the Pearson Product-Moment Correlational Coefficient was adopted for the Hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that the librarians do not possess artificial intelligence literacy for effective library service delivery in the state university libraries examined. The findings indicate that the librarians moderately possess digital communication competencies to support library service delivery in the state university libraries. The finding indicated that a strong positive relationship exists between librarians’ AI literacy and service delivery in the state university libraries. The findings indicated that a moderate positive relationship exists between librarians’ digital communication competencies in 4IR technologies and service delivery. It was recommended that university library management in South-South Nigeria should regularly conduct AI training programmes to improve librarians’ literacy and enhance the use of AI in service delivery, and state university library management should organise capacity building efforts to boost the digital communication competencies of their librarians.