Utilization of Interactive Whiteboard Technology for Teaching Office Management and Technology (OMT) Courses in Rivers State Universities

Abstract

This study examined the utilization of digital instructional technologies for teaching Office Management and Technology (OMT) courses in Rivers State Universities. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study consisted of forty-seven (47) Office Management and Technology lecturers in the two state universities offering Business Education programme. Due to the manageable population, no sampling was done. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire developed by the researcher, which was validated by three research experts, two in Business Education and one in Measurement and Evaluation. The Cronbach Coefficient Alpha was used to determine the reliability of the instrument, which yielded a coefficient of 0.83 percent. Forty-onecopies of the questionnaire were retrieved and used for analysis. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research question, while t-test statistic was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The finding of the study showed that Interactive Whiteboardwas utilized to a low extent in the teaching of OMT courses in Rivers State Universities. Based on the finding of the study, it was recommended that the managements of Rivers State Universities should provide training and retraining opportunities for lecturers teaching Office Management and Technology courses in interactive whiteboard technology to enhance use of this innovative teaching technology in classroom activities in Rivers State universities.