Smart Classroom: A Panacea for Effective ICT-based Instructional Strategies in Nigerian Medical Colleges
Henry Chukwudi John 1 * ,
Aaron Afan Izang 2,
Joshua Owolabi 2 More Detail
1 Greensprings School, Lagos, NIGERIA
2 Babcock University, Ogun State, NIGERIA
* Corresponding Author
European Journal of Health and Biology Education, 2018 - Volume 7 Issue 2, pp. 17-26
https://doi.org/10.29333/ejhbe/80717
Published Online: 15 Dec 2018
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This study assessed the availability and use of ICT-based Instructional tools in selected colleges in Ogun State, Nigeria. This study adopted a descriptive survey research design. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 248 respondents for the study. Data was collected with the use of questionnaires titled (ICT-bIPIMC) and a checklist during their faculty meetings/seminars, and the data collected were analysed uisng simple frequency and percentage techniques. It was revealed that Computer Aided Instruction (CAI), Social Media, Human Patient Simulation (HPS), PowerPoint Slides (Microsoft): PP slides, and Medical videos (MV), Multimedia Classrooms (Audio Visual Centre), Projectors, E-Medical journals and animation clips were the only available ICT-based tools for Instructional tools in Ogun State medical colleges. Based on the findings, Internet connected laptops (34%), E-medical journals (40%), Computer-aided instructions (39%), social media (45%) and online educational forum (37%) were the major ICT-based tools used at least twice daily. The study recommended that ICT-based instructional tools should be compulsory for Instructional practices among lecturers, laboratory technologists and clinical instructors, medical colleges and should be motivated to use ICT-based tools for Instructional tools through training and workshop on how to effectively use the available tools.
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