Integrating Emerging Technologies for Effective Curriculum Content Delivery in Private Universities in South East, Nigeria

Abstract

The study ascertained the integration of emerging technologies for effective curriculum content delivery in private universities in South East, Nigeria. The study was guided by two research questions while two null-hypotheses were formulated and tested at .05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was one hundred and seventy-six (176) respondents which comprised 80 management staff and 96 Heads of Department. The entire population was used, hence, there was no sampling. The instrument for data collection was a researcher structured questionnaire titled “Integrating Emerging Technologies for effective Curriculum Content Delivery Questionnaire (IETCCDQ)”. The instrument was validated by three research experts. Two of the experts were from the Department of Educational Management and one from Measurement and Evaluation Unit of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Education. Cronbach alpha method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument which yielded .77 for cluster 1 and .79 for cluster 2 with an overall reliability index of .78. Mean scores and standard deviation were used for answering the research questions while t-test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that emerging technologies have impacts in effective curriculum delivery in terms of instructional delivery. The study recommended among others that private universities need to integrate emerging technologies in education which is so far viable to prepare learners to operate in the modern knowledge economy.