Teacher’s Attitude towards Use of Multimedia for Teaching in Colleges of Education in Niger State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated teachers’ educators’ attitude towards use of multimedia for teaching in colleges of education in Niger state. The study was conducted using descriptive survey method. The sample of the study comprised of two hundred and eight (208) teachers drawn from the two colleges of education in Niger state. The instrument used for data collection was adapted and modified for the purpose of the study. The instrument was validated and the reliability of the instrument was ascertain using Cronbach Alpha computation and a threshold which is 70 alpha level was obtained for all the variables (perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and attitude towards use of multimedia) of the study. Based on the objectives of the study, three research questions were formulated to guide the study. The data collected was subjected to descriptive statistic analysis. The finding of the study revealed that majority of the respondents agreed that multimedia tools are useful for teaching, while some handful strongly disagree; they also agree that multimedia is easy for teaching; the finding showed that the respondent has positive attitude towards multimedia use for teaching;. Based on these findings, the following recommendations’ were made: that more enabling environment should be created for the use of multimedia for teaching; that government should continuously equipping the two colleges with modern multimedia tools; that periodic seminal and workshop should be given to sustain and increase the teacher educator competence on multimedia use among others