iosr-JRME   Volume-13 ~ Issue-1 ~ Jan. – Feb. 2023

Abstract: As the world is in a constant state of change, schools need to constantly adjust their classroom settings to be consistent with their students' daily lives. With the advent of the internet in the past few decades, the introduction of advanced technology in the education system has become a significant issue and talking point. However, a relatively small amount of research has been done on the effects of this shift, which is mainly due to the short amount of time it has had to influence the education system and the different levels of integration between schools. Though a number of studies have concluded that the use of online resources has visibly improved overall student performance......

Keywords: Education, technology, policies, internet, teachers, classrooms, remote learning. Subject: Education Technology.

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Abstract: The study examined the place of ICT education in teaching visual arts, with specific attention to senior high schools in the Tamale Metropolitan Area of Ghana. The study looked at how educators and learners use computers in the teaching and learning of visual art. Materials and Methods: A descriptive survey design was employed, and the sampling technique used was purposive sampling. where a questionnaire......

Keywords: education, ICT, visual arts, teaching, learning

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Abstract: The use of digital technologies and resources for learning by students has become one of the factors that will determine either students' academic successes orfailures. This study, therefore, investigated undergraduate students' access to digital technologies in the Faculty of Education in public universities in Rivers State.The study was guided by two research questions and a corresponding hypothesis formulated in line with the specific objectives of the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research designwith a population is two thousand, one hundred.....

Keywords: Digital citizenship, digital access, ICT-related challenges, Universities, Rivers State.

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Abstract: This study investigated the influence of Facebook on students' Social Intelligence in four (4) faculties of the University of Port Harcourt. The study had three (3) research questions, and three (3) null hypotheses. A descriptive research design was adopted. The study population was 2, 220 Three hundred (300) level students. Using the Taro Yamen formula, a sample of 340 was drawn. The instrument used for data collection was titled: Facebook Use and Social Intelligence (FUSI), designed on a four-point Likert rating scale. The reliability index for the instrument was 0.67 for,,,,,

Keywords: Facebook, Social Intelligence, Social Network Sites, Undergraduate Students

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Abstract:The study sought to find out the topics in conservation principles and physics in technology in the physics Curriculum that students in Senior Secondary School have difficulties in learning, if gender has a moderating influence on the students having difficulties in learning such topics in physics, the underlying factors responsible for such difficulties and to suggest ways of improving the effectiveness of the teachinglearning process of physics topicsin Enugu state, Nigeria. The study was guided by three research questions and two null hypotheses. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised of 17,439........

Keywords: Physics Curriculum; Conservation Principles; Physics in Technology

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