Evidence-based strategies for effective deployment, and utilisation of new media for educational purposes by Nigerian university students

Abstract

The study investigated the influence of demographics, a wide range of motivations of new media use and constraints of its use, on the pattern of new media use for educational purposes by Nigerian university students. The rationale was to proffer appropriate strategies towards sustainable and effective deployment, integration, and utilisation of new media for a better educational experience of students in Nigerian universities. The philosophical perspective was based on positivism. The quantitative approach with survey research design was adopted, covering a cross-section of Nigerian university students using questionnaires as the data collection instrument, complemented with structured interviews. Three large and geographically central universities were purposively selected for the study: