GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to determine the influence of Computer Science lecturers’ demographic characteristics on their application of ICT resources in Federal Universities in South-South Nigeria. Specifically, the study was designed to determine the difference in lecturers’ application of ICT resources in teaching Computer Science in Federal Universities in South-South Nigeria based on the following demographic characteristics: educational qualification, gender, and age. To achieve this purpose, three specific purposes, three research questions and three null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The ex-post facto research design was used in the study and it was carried out in South-South Nigeria. The population of the study consisted of 225 Computer Science lecturers from all the six federal Universities in South-South, Nigeria. The sample of the study comprised 142 Computer Science lecturers. The sample size was determined using Krejice and Morgan’s (1970) sampling model while the sample was selected using a combination of proportionate sampling and random sampling techniques. The researcher developed an instrument known as “Lecturer’s Characteristics and the Application of Information and Communication Technology Resource Tools Questionnaire” (LCAICTRT-Q) was used for data collection. The validated instrument was administered on 20 Computer Science lecturers from federal Universities in South-South Nigeria that were not used in the main study. The data obtained were subjected to Cronbach Alpha reliability statistics using the Spilt-half method. The internal consistency reliability coefficient obtained was 0.90. The researcher administered the questionnaire to the lecturers with the help of three research assistants who were among the Computer Science lecturers in the sampled universities. Mean was used to answer the research questions, while Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was used to test the null hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the present study indicate that educational qualification does not significantly influence lecturers’ application of ICT resource tools in the teaching of Computer Science in Federal Universities in South-South Nigeria. Federal government of Nigeria should ensure that lecturers are giving adequate training on the utilization of ICT resources in teaching irrespective of their gender since utilization is not gender bias. KEYWORDS: Computer Science Lecturers, ICT Resources, ICT Resources Tools