ASSESSMENT OF DIGITAL ECONOMY COMPETENCIES REQUIRED BY BUSINESS EDUCATORS FOR DRIVING MODERN BUSINESS PRACTICES IN ONDO STATE

Abstract

The study examined the digital economy competencies required by business educators for driving modern business practices across Ondo State. Two research questions were raised to guide the study and two research hypotheses were formulated for the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study consisted of 39 business education lecturers in two public universities offering business education programme in Ondo State of Nigeria. The population was manageable as a result, no sampling was carried out. The instrument used was a structured questionnaire which was validated by two experts from Business Education Department, Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo. Reliability of the study was determined using Cronbach Alpha which yielded a co-efficient value of 0.79. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test statistics was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that business education lecturers generally possess proficiency in various digital skills relevant to effective teaching and learning. It was also revealed that business educators in universities do face high challenges at implementing digital economy practices. The study therefore recommended among others that, various universities management and administrators should prioritize huge investment on ICT infrastructure in order to place their institution at per foreign ones, especially in developed countries.