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{"title":"Knowledge, perception and attitude of teacher librarians towards makerspace in\u0000 schools in Oyo State, Nigeria","authors":"G. Lazarus, B. C. Funom","doi":"10.47524/jictdar.v3i1.98","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47524/jictdar.v3i1.98","url":null,"abstract":"The study investigated the knowledge, perception and attitude of teacher\u0000 librarians in secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State towards makerspace. The survey\u0000 research design was adopted for the study while questionnaire was used as the instrument\u0000 of data collection. The sample size for the study comprised 103 teacher librarians in\u0000 selected secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State. Nigeria. Findings from the study showed\u0000 that the teacher librarians in secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State possessed adequate\u0000 knowledge about makerspace especially as regards to choosing technologies that enhance\u0000 student's teaching and learning process, selecting effective teaching approaches to\u0000 guide students thinking and learning on makerspace, having prior knowledge on\u0000 makerspace, having various ways and strategies of developing their understanding of the\u0000 makerspace and using makerspace as a way of creating, tinkering and exploring new things\u0000 just as they have positive perception about makerspace. The study further revealed that\u0000 teacher librarians in secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State have positive attitude\u0000 towards makerspace. Positive relationships were established between knowledge and\u0000 attitude, perception and attitude as well as knowledge and perception of teacher\u0000 librarians as regards makerspace.","PeriodicalId":236906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ICT Development, Applications and Research","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124873544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adoption and use of electronic-mail by staff in Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe","authors":"Hauwa Musa Yunusa, Yakub Liman","doi":"10.47524/jictdar.v5i1.46","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47524/jictdar.v5i1.46","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to examine the adoption and use of electronic-mail by staff in Federal College of Education (Technical) Gombe. The objectives of the study include: to assess the level of usage of e-mail among staff of Federal College of Education, Gombe, to determine the impacts of adoption of e-mail among staff in the College and to identify the challenges associated with the use osf e-mail among the staff of the College under study. This study was guided by descriptive research design. The population of this study consisted of 1449 academic and nonacademic staff across various departments and units in the College. Simple random sampling in probability sampling techniques was used for this study and the sample size of the study was 302. The findings of the study revealed that respondents used email to share information faster than the conventional mail. The study also revealed that the adoption of email enhanced efficiency and promotes productivity in service delivery among the staff. The study concluded that though not all the public higher institutions in Gombe Staff participated in this study, the use of email were found to be useful among the staff. The study recommended that the adoption and use of e-mail should be given priority as a means of communication to enhance productivity in the delivery of information. Also, there is also the need to facilitate easy access to information as a means of enhancing impacts to improve public information system among the staff.","PeriodicalId":236906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ICT Development, Applications and Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130094747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigation of students’ perceptions of online learning resources and textbook materials in Nasarawa State University, Keffi","authors":"Crescent Onyema Solomon Solomon, A. Faga, Garba M. Rabiu, Umar Mukail Nuhu","doi":"10.47524/jictdar.v5i1.23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47524/jictdar.v5i1.23","url":null,"abstract":"Considering the development of technology in the current era, the present research aimed at investigating students’ perceptions of online learning resources and conventional textbook materials in Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK). The population of the study comprised 6000 Post Graduate (PG) students from which a sample of 361 representing about 60 percent of the entire population was taken. The descriptive survey design was used and the setting for the study was a mix of face to face and online survey. The instrument for data collection was an investigator designed questionnaire which was pilot tested with five participants. Four research questions guided the study. The study found that, online learning material is better than conventional textbook materials in terms of coverage of topics, access to materials provision of supplemented instruction, flexible reading style, provision of current and updated information etc. The study also found that, to access online learning materials, majority of the students use Cybercafé network since the institution does not provide internet services for the students. This to a large extent contributes to why many students still patronize conventional textbook materials. The study also found that, online learning resource is more cost effective than conventional textbook materials. The study recommended that, institutions of learning in Nigeria should do away with resistance in the shift towards online learning resources and adapt their curriculum to include digital resources, and that; there should be free internet service for students on campus in all universities in Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":236906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ICT Development, Applications and Research","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128511469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Towards an enterprise research model for academics at University of\u0000 Botswana","authors":"O. T. Eyitayo, T. Leburu-Dingalo","doi":"10.47524/jictdar.v3i1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47524/jictdar.v3i1.2","url":null,"abstract":"We are in an age where there are several societal and scientific challenges that\u0000 are facing humanity. The academics are not left out of this entire dilemma. The same\u0000 academic who is expected to be active in research within the university system is also\u0000 expected to be committed to teaching and service assignments. The research task itself\u0000 requires a lot of processes scattered around various work, culture, people and structure\u0000 such as writing proposals, liaising with the research department, looking for materials\u0000 in the library, learning appropriate applications with the Information Technology (IT)\u0000 department etc. The aim of this research is to establish the perceived gaps based on the\u0000 process of academic research in the university. The study is based on a case study of\u0000 the University of Botswana. It uses the Nadler-Tushman Congruence Framework to perform a\u0000 gap analysis on the current system. The study is initiated as part of progress towards\u0000 providing a model to identify opportunities for improvement in research services at the\u0000 university. The outcome from the study is a proposed model to help align work, culture,\u0000 people and structure. The blueprint provided by the model will allow one to see the real\u0000 impact of change, identifying where gaps and opportunities exist, and understand how and\u0000 where things can be improved for the benefit of all stakeholders. The model provides for\u0000 a single point through which a researcher can request assistance from the various units\u0000 of the system. Be-yond the single point of access, the various units should be able to\u0000 provide support for the entire research process without the researcher necessarily\u0000 having to leave their desk. It also provides researchers with information to build\u0000 systems that can improve enterprise flow within the research process. An efficient way\u0000 of achieving this will be to eliminate or minimize the human factor where necessary. The\u0000 paper proposes that a more detailed model can be achieved using The Open Group\u0000 Architecture Framework (TOGAF) architecture model.","PeriodicalId":236906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ICT Development, Applications and Research","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114655058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A comparative study of performance in three bachelor’s degrees of information\u0000 system (IS) streams: Implications on delivery","authors":"O. T. Eyitayo, Goaletsa Rammidi","doi":"10.47524/jictdar.v3i1.82","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47524/jictdar.v3i1.82","url":null,"abstract":"This study describes the difference between student performances across three\u0000 Information System streams (Business Information Systems, Computer Information Systems,\u0000 and Information Management) in the University of Botswana. A quantitative approach was\u0000 employed utilising Chi-square to test significance, as well as means, frequencies, and\u0000 charts to help understand the performance within the three streams. The purpose of this\u0000 study was to investigate the relationships between final marks and the streams in\u0000 seventeen common courses. The data consists of 3119 records of students’ final marks\u0000 spanning three academic years. The results show that there is significant difference in\u0000 student performance across the three streams, differences within the individual courses,\u0000 as well as differences in overall performance for course groupings, none of which are\u0000 biased by the student belonging to the department that taught the course. The study\u0000 contributes knowledge in shaping IS curriculum development and highlights the importance\u0000 of catering for different categories of students taking same courses in\u0000 multi-disciplinary collaborative environment.","PeriodicalId":236906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ICT Development, Applications and Research","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130769946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ICT as enabler for the adoption of knowledge management practices in selected north-west Nigeria federal university libraries","authors":"Ali Muhammed Fakandu, Ahmed Yabagi","doi":"10.47524/jictdar.v5i1.36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47524/jictdar.v5i1.36","url":null,"abstract":"Managing knowledge in libraries is an essential role in librarianship. Information and communication technology (ICT) is an enabler that facilitate library routines including knowledge management practices. The objectives of this study include to assess the level of adoption of knowledge management practices, to establish the extent of ICT application in knowledge management and assess the relevance of ICT facilities in knowledge management practices in university libraries. This study applied descriptive research and had a target population of three hundred and ninety-three (393) librarians and the sample size of the study was 191. Questionnaires method were used for data collection. Descriptive statistic methods was used in analyzing the data collected while tables, frequencies, percentages and charts were used for tabulation and presentation. This study found out that university libraries often applied information and communication technology (ICT) in performing library routines (activities). The study also established that ICT was used to share knowledge among librarians and available ICT facilities were used to provide different services in the university libraries. The study recommend that the university and library management should invest greatly by improving the budget of library to enable the library to install relevant facilities/tools and materials for IT literacy.","PeriodicalId":236906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ICT Development, Applications and Research","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124849834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Information and communication technology adoption and electronic information resource usage among university-owned senior secondary school students in southwestern Nigeria","authors":"Folasade Busayo Oguntoye, Kolawole Akinjide Aramide","doi":"10.47524/jictdar.v5i1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47524/jictdar.v5i1.2","url":null,"abstract":"Electronic information resources (EIRs) usage by students involves accessing and utilizing electronic sources and services for knowledge acquisition, entertainment and learning purposes. However, extant literatures have shown that most of the students in Nigeria do not use these information resources adequately. Previous studies focused largely on accessing and utilisation of IRs among students in tertiary institutions with little emphasis on secondary school students, particularly those in university-owned secondary schools. This study, therefore, was carried out to examine the adoption on EIRs usage among students in Federal university-owned senior secondary schools in southwestern Nigeria. The survey design of ex post-facto type was utilised. The university-owned senior secondary schools from five federal universities in southwestern Nigeria were purposively selected. Six hundred and seventy- four Senior Secondary School II students in the five schools were enumerated. The instruments used were: Information Communication Technology Adoption (r=0.70) and IRs Usage (r=0.77) scales. This was complemented with a focus group discussion session with 10 students in each school. Quantitative data were subjected to descriptive analysis, Pearson’s product moment correlation at 0.05 level of significance, while qualitative data were thematically analysed. The respondents’ age was of 16.0±2.0 years, 50.6% were males and 68.1% were from the sciences. The ICT adoption level was high ( ̅=2.90) against 2.50 criterion mean. Information resources were used on a regular basis within the interval of 26-50 on the test of norm table. The sources of accessing the IRs were Internet (85.4%), mobile phone (77.8%), television (71.5%), e-books (50.9%) and educational software (49.1%). The ICT adoption (r=0.58), correlated significantly with IRs usage. ICT adoption predicted IRs usage (F(3;670) =24.26; Adj. R2=0.366), accounting for 36.6% of its variance. The ICT adoption (β=0.52) contributed to IRs usage. Instability of network services, information overload, inadequate technical support and restrictions of ICT tools use were challenges facing IRs usage among the students. Information and communication technology adoption influenced information resources usage among students of university-owned senior secondary schools in southwestern Nigeria. Therefore, there is need for the provision of functional and effective network services and enactment of flexible rules on information and communication technology tools.","PeriodicalId":236906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ICT Development, Applications and Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130339049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Extent of KOHA software application to cataloguing and classification in National\u0000 Library of Nigeria","authors":"A. Abdulrahman, Mustapha Adisa Abdullahi, Anita David Mazila","doi":"10.47524/jictdar.v3i1.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47524/jictdar.v3i1.35","url":null,"abstract":"The study was conducted to examine the extent of KOHA software application in\u0000 cataloguing and classification in National Library of Nigeria, Abuja headquarters. The\u0000 study was guided by three research questions. The study adopted the descriptive survey\u0000 research design. The population of the study comprised the entire 16 cataloguers and\u0000 classifiers in National Library of Nigeria, Abuja. The entire population was used as\u0000 sample size because of its size and which is manageable A34 items questionnaire was used\u0000 as instrument for data collection. The data collected were statistically analysed using\u0000 mean and standard deviation for the research questions.The findings of the study showed\u0000 and identified some challenges which include lack of training and retraining of staff,\u0000 epileptic nature of power supply, poor funding, crashing in network, lack of\u0000 stationaries for provision of cataloguing worksheets, poor maintenance culture of\u0000 computers. The paper recommended that adequate training and retraining of staff in ICT\u0000 skills and use of the Open Souce Software (OSS) , provision of alternative power source,\u0000 sorting of network problem to curtail network crashing, improved and diversification of\u0000 sources of fund, amongst others.","PeriodicalId":236906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ICT Development, Applications and Research","volume":"341 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114057018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}