Utilization of Emerging Technologies in Business Education for Achieving Sustainale Development Goals in Universities in Enugu State

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to determine the extent of utilization of emerging technology in Business education for achieving sustainable development goals in Universities in Enugu State. The study was guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population used for the study comprised 26 business educators in two public universities offering business education programme in Enugu State. There was no sampling due to the manageable size of the population. The instrument used for data collection was 21 item questionnaire grouped into one sections according to the research question that guided the study. The items were structured in four point rating scale. The instrument was validated and the reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha which yielded 0.71. Out of 26 copies distributed 24 copies were returned giving 92.31% return rate. Mean, standard deviation and t-test statistics were the statistical tools used. Based on the data analysis, the study identified that social media and virtual classroom is utilized to a low extent in teaching and learning of business education. Based on the findings of the study recommendations were made among which include; business educators should use social media tools in preparing lesson and emerging technology in education like virtual classroom should be used to improve the teaching and learning of business education.