Digital-Based Learning and the Sustainability of Business Education Programmes among College of Education Lecturers in Cross River State

Abstract

The study examined digital-based learning and the sustainability of business education programs among College of Education lecturers in Cross River State. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The study was carried out in Cross River State. The population of this study consisted of forty (40) students in business education from the Federal College of Education Obudu and the College of Education Akamkpe, all in Cross River State. There was no sampling since the population is manageable and accessible to the researchers. A self-developed questionnaire titled “Digital Based Learning and the Sustainability of Business Education Programmes Questionnaire (DBLSBEPQ). A 10-item self-developed questionnaire was validated by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was established using a pilot-testing approach, and the Cronbach's alpha calculation yielded an overall coefficient's value of.78. The mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the responses to the items in the questionnaire, while an independent t-test was used to test the hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The decision level was based on a 2.50 cut-off point. Findings of the study showed that business education lecturers in colleges of education in Cross River State do not adopt nor utilize digital learning tools for the sustainability of business education programs in colleges of education in Cross River. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher concludes that business education lecturers should be able to develop digital skills to enhance their adaptation and the utilization of digital skills for the sustainability of business education programs in Nigerian colleges of education.  It was recommended, among others, that the provost of colleges of education should make regular digital technology training programs compulsory for all college lecturers in Nigeria.

Received: 19 June 2024 / Accepted: 24 June 2024 / Published: 8 July 2024