COLLEGES OF EDUCATION LECTURERS USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR TEACHING OF OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT EDUCATION (OTME)

Abstract

The need to access a reliable digital infrastructure for teaching and learning has become increasingly important in a period of isolation like COVID 19 era and beyond. The study was carried out to determine the effective teaching of Office Technology and Management Education (OTME) Courses by Lecturers in Colleges of Education using social media during pandemic era and beyond in Lagos State. The study was conducted in Lagos state with a sample size of 40 lecturers that was also used as the total population due to the small and manageable size from a Federal and State Colleges of Education. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled: Relevance of the use of social media by Teachers during pandemic era and beyond. (RUSMTDPEAB)”. Two research questions were formulated. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data for answering research questions based on Lecturer’s utilization and challenges for using the new technologies like social media in teaching and learning Office Technology and Management programmes. Based on the data analyzed, shows Lecturers utilizes the new technologies like Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram, Zoom, WhatsApp, Facebook to stream Live lectures, YouTube, Email to teach but also faced with challenges in the use of the new learning technologies for the implementation of Office Technology and Management programme in the college of education. It was recommended that Government, Institutions, and civil society should encourage, promote and provide ICT facilities in the teaching and learning of OTME