The study examined digital resources (DRs) and the reading habits of university students in Nigeria. This study aims to establish the relationship between DRs and the reading habits of university students in Nigeria. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all university students in Nigeria. An online questionnaire was used to collect data. The questionnaire was validated by two experts in research methodology and educational technology. 412 university students who responded to the questionnaire were used as the sample for the study. The sample size is justified by Fox et al. (2007) and Meyer (1979), who recommended 384 samples from an infinite population range. Cronbach’s alpha was used to establish the reliability of the instrument, which yielded 0.76. Data were analyzed with frequency counts and simple percentages, and statistical product and service solutions version 23 was used to generate the mean and standard deviation while Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient was used to test the hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings established that the majority of the university students used DRs daily and the Internet resources were mostly used by the students. The students had positive perceptions of the impacts of DR usage on their reading habits. Lastly, the test of the hypothesis showed that there is a significant relationship between DRs and the reading habits of university students in Nigeria. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended that the university management should continue to provide the Internet services and computer systems so that students can continue to enjoy more access to DRs to enhance their learning.
The study investigated students’ perceptions and the use of digital resources at the University of Africa Bayelsa State. The study was guided by three research questions and two hypotheses. The researchers employed a descriptive survey design. The study comprised 1420 undergraduate students out of which 409 were randomly selected. The study's sample size was determined using the Taro Yamane sample size formula. The questionnaire was used for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by educational technology experts. The data gathered from the study were analyzed to check for internal consistency of reliability and the Cronbach alpha value of 0.86 was obtained. Based on the coefficient obtained, the questionnaire was considered reliable. Data were analyzed using frequency count, and simple percentages, and Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) version 23 was used to generate the mean while the test of the hypotheses was done using Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient and independent t-testat 0.05 significant levels. The findings revealed that the students had positive perceptions and a high level of usage of digital resources. The study also established that inadequate information retrieval skills, poor Internet connectivity, and lack of time to search for suitable resources were some of the challenges in the use of digital resources. Lastly, the test of the hypotheses showed, that there is a significant relationship between students’ perceptions and the use of digital resources in this study. Hence, the students’ positive perceptions influenced their level of digital resources usage.. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were made.
UAT). Four research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The researchers used a descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised 1,500 students at UAT, in the 2020/2021 academic session. The questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by educational technology experts. Cronbach's alpha was used to establish the reliability of the instrument which yielded 0.98. The instrument was administered by the researchers to all the students and was able to retrieve 1,342, which comprised 100 to 400 level students. Data were analyzed with frequency count, simple percentages, and statistical product and service solutions version 23 was used to generate the mean, standard deviation while Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 significant levels. The findings revealed that the level of usage of DR is low as only 4% of the students made use of DR daily. The study established that the students made use of the Internet resources, e-books, and online educational videos on YouTube, e-journals, and e-newspapers. It was also revealed that the students had a positive perception of the impacts of DR usage on their academic performance. Lastly, the test of the hypothesis one showed that there is a significant relationship between DR usage and the academic performance of undergraduate students at UAT. This implies that the increase in the DR usage do definitely increase the performance of the students at UAT. Result from hypothesis two revealed that there is a significant effect of DR usage on academic performance of students at UAT. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended that the university library management should create more awareness on the use of DR by conducting workshop, seminars, and through the use of social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp and hands-on training on the use of these resources should be actively promoted.
The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which Al Kabir Polytechnic students in Jamshedpur, India, find Open Educational Resources (OER) useful. The investigation was directed by four research questions and a hypothesis. A descriptive survey was used by the researchers. A total of 1000 students from Al Kabir Polytechnic were included in the study. The sample size, which is 300 students, represents 30% of the overall population. The study's sample size was determined using the Taro Yamane sample size formula. For data gathering, a questionnaire was used. Educational technology professionals helped to validate the questionnaire. Cronbach Alpha was used to determine the instrument's reliability, and the result was 0.98. The mean and standard deviation were calculated using Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) version 23, and Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 significant levels. The students had a high level of awareness and the use of OER. Students had a high level of usage of OER, according to the survey. It was also shown that a lack of digital literacy abilities was the most significant barrier to effective OER use. Finally, the hypothesis test reveals that there is a substantial link between student awareness and the use of OER. The positive link implied that students' awareness of OER had a favorable impact on their use in the study. The researchers proposed that the school administration and library management provide training on digital literacy skills for students to effectively use these resources based on the findings. Again, librarians and lecturers should continue to promote OER use among students to sustain its use.
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