INFLUENCE OF CLOUD COMPUTING ON TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS AMONG VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LECTURERS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN AKWA IBOM STATE

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to determine the influence of cloud computing on teaching effectiveness among Vocational Education Lecturers in tertiary institutions in Akwa Ibom State. Three research questions were answered in the study and three null hypotheses were tested at .05 level of significance. The population of the study comprised 98 lecturers (College of Education, Afaha Nsit – 53 and University of Uyo – 45) Vocational Education Lecturers in tertiary institutions in the State. A sample of 65 (66%) Lecturers was drawn from the population using stratified random sampling technique. A questionnaire with 15 items designed by the researchers was used for data collection for the study. The instrument was subjected to face-validation by three experts in the Department of Vocational Education of the University of Uyo. The internal consistency of the instrument was determined using Cronbach’s Alpha technique and a reliability coefficient of 0.87 was obtained. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the three research questions. The Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test hypotheses 1 and 2, while independent t-test was used to test null hypothesis 3 at .05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that cloud delivery, resources sharing and assessment have high influence on teaching effectiveness among Vocational Education Lecturers in tertiary institutions in Akwa Ibom State and that there is no significant difference in the mean responses of lecturers on the influence of cloud computing variables on their teaching effectiveness among Vocational Education lecturers in tertiary institutions in Akwa Ibom State. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that the National University Commission (NUC) should make cloud computing compulsory for lecturers at all levels to ensure teaching effectiveness among them. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that if cloud computing is developed appropriately, lecturers’ teaching effectiveness could be enhanced.