Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Access to relevant information resources play a critical role in fostering learning environment. Prior investigation showed that there is a dearth of research on the use of electronic information resource amongst academic staff in universities. Previous studies also focused on electronic information resource use by students. This study, was therefore carried out to examine electronic information resources use on the perceived teaching effectiveness of the academic staff in the selected universities in Oyo state, Nigeria.
The theory of action and the cognitive-behavioral theory provided the framework for this study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. 1,705 academic staff of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) and University of Ibadan (UI) constituted the population of the study. 219 academic staff was drawn out to form the sample size through the multi-stage cluster random sampling technique. The instruments used were the Teaching Effectiveness (α=0.87) and Electronic Information Resource Use (α=0.94) scales. Data were analysed using Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product-moment correlation, and Multiple regression at a 0.05 level of significance.
The levels of teaching effectiveness (106.01) and use of electronic information resource by academic staff (47.43) are very high using the tests of norm. The most types of electronic information resources used by academic are the internet (𝑥̅=3.52), electronic journals (𝑥̅=3.43), and e-books (𝑥̅=3.39). Frequently used electronic information resources were internet (𝑥̅=4.33), E-mail (𝑥̅=4.10), and electronic journals (𝑥̅=3.88). The prominent purposes of use of electronic information resources were knowledge acquisition (𝑥̅=3.56) and professional development (𝑥̅=3.49).
From the study, electronic information resources use has a significant relationship with the teaching effectiveness of the academic staff in the selected universities. Academic staff should improve their electronic information resources use in order to ensure improved teaching effectiveness.
