Perceived Usefulness and Accessibility of Hypermedia Instructional Resources as Determinants for Teaching Digital Electronics Courses in Nigerian Universities

Abdulaziz Bello¹ , Ahmad Aliyu Deba² , Paul Shehu Yaduma³ , Sa’adatu Abubakar Mohammed⁴

1. Dept. of Technology and Vocational Education, Faculty of Science and Technology Education, Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology Wudil, Nigeria.
2. Dept. of Vocational and Technology Education, Faculty of Technology Education, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria.
3. Dept. of Vocational and Technology Education, Faculty of Technology Education, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria.
4. Dept. of Vocational and Technology Education, Faculty of Technology Education, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria.

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.10 , Issue.9 , pp.1-9, Sep-2024

Online published on Sep 30, 2024

Copyright © Abdulaziz Bello, Ahmad Aliyu Deba, Paul Shehu Yaduma, Sa’adatu Abubakar Mohammed . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
The use of hypermedia as an instructional resource has led to new and exciting opportunities for instructional delivery in institutions of learning. Yet, traditional teaching methods dominated the established academic institutions in Nigeria. This study explores the determinants that will predict the actual use of hypermedia instructional resources for teaching Digital electronics courses in Nigerian universities, an explanatory sequential mixed method was adopted as the research design for the study while Survey research was conducted on 120 electrical and electronics technology education undergraduates’ students and lecturers. Structural equation modeling using Smart Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling software was performed to evaluate the proposed hypotheses, and a semi-structured interview was conducted and analyzed through the inherent future of Nvivo11 to support the quantitative data. The results revealed that Perceived Usefulness and Accessibility were significant predictors of using hypermedia instructional resources for teaching digital electronic courses. The paper recommended that the University management, policymakers, and educational technology practitioners consider Perceived Usefulness and Accessibility as factors that predict the actual use of Hypermedia Instructional Resources in teaching digital electronics in Nigerian universities before investing huge amounts of funds in the development of Hypermedia Instructional Resources for teaching and learning.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Hypermedia Instructional Resources, Perceived Usefulness, Accessibility, Digital Electronics, Nvivo, Smart PLS-SEM

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