Lecturers’ Awareness and Perceptions on The Usefulness of Augmented Reality For Instructional Delivery in Nigerian Universities

Abstract

The introduction of technology into instructional delivery processes in the  institutions of higher learning has taken numerous dimensions in this 21st century. Several concepts have also emanated through the design of interactive instructional contents. Augmented Reality is one of such designs that tend to simplify instructional content for the teaching and learning processes. This study examined lecturers’ awareness  and perceptions  on instructional usefulness of augmented reality. The study adopted a descriptive research design using the survey approach.  Simple random sampling technique was employed . The instrument used is a researcher-designed questionnaire with four sections to collect responses on demography, awareness level and perceptions   of instructional usefulness of augmented reality. The instrument was validated by four experts comprising two each of educational technology and computer science lecturers. The reliability of the instrument was determined through Cronbach Alpha which yielded 0.91. The questionnaire was administered through Google Form and 197 respondents were able to access it. Three research questions were answered and two hypotheses were tested. Mean and t-test were used to answer the research questions and hypotheses respectively. The findings revealed that the majority of lecturers in tertiary institutions in Nigeria possess high level and rate of awareness and perception respectively. Also, most lecturers found augmented reality to be instructional useful. It is then recommended that a positive move should be built on improving the awareness and perception by way of making infrastructure and equipment available in tertiary institutions in Nigeria.