Availability and Utilization of Information and Communication Technology by Students of University of Uyo, Uyo. Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

摘要

This study investigated the availability and use of information and communication technology among undergraduate students of the University of Uyo, Akwa lbom State, Nigeria. Five research questions guided the study and a structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 198 students out of 936 registered undergraduate students using stratified and proportionate sampling techniques. The data collected were analyzed using simple percentage and T-test Analysis. The study revealed that students in the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Uyo are mostly females and single. The majority of the students were 25 years and below. Most of the students owned ICT gadgets (81.2%) and were sponsored by their parents (75.8%). Among the ICT facilities considered, mobile phones were available and accessible to all students and was most utilized (mean score = 2.77). The result also revealed that male and female students in the Faculty of Agriculture do not differ in their levels of utilization of ICT facilities. It concludes that the need for the development of ICT used in Nigerian universities for the improvement of teaching and learning for the students cannot be overemphasized. It was recommended among others that students should see the use of ICT as potentially going well beyond the use of the internet to search for resources and the use of email to stay in touch with tutors and fellow students but for greater endeavour like e-conferencing, banking etc.