Title: Use of Digital Technology in Improving Teaching and Learning Office Technology and Management (OTM) at Kano State Polytechnic, Kano State, Nigeria
Authors: Surajo Uba Muhammad and Aisha Farida Ahmed
Volume: 9
Issue: 10
Pages: 350-358
Publication Date: 2025/10/28
Abstract:
The current study was aimed to investigate the levels of digital skills and technologies in teaching Office Technology and Management (OTM) in Kano State Polytechnic, Kano Sate, Nigeria. Digital Technology (DT) can said to be an individual's ability to find, evaluate, and compose clear information through writing and other media on various digital platforms. However, the extent to which digital technology is used for teaching and learning in office technology and management in Kano state polytechnic is yet to be ascertained. The study comprises of three objectives including; identifying relevant TLS equipments to use (resources), identifying the constraint against the effective use of DT, and identifying the strategies that will be adopted towards full usage of DT for improving the effective delivery of teaching and learning skills (TLS) in Kano State Polytechnic. Thus, six research questions were derived based on the objectives of the study. The population of the study comprised of 28 part time lecturers and 76 part-time OTM students. A Questionnaire was designed and utilized on improving the effective delivery of teaching and learning skills TLS using Digital Technology DT as an instrument in this study, which used a descriptive survey research design. After the instrument was validated, the test-retest method yielded a reliability of 0.8. The mean and standard deviation also were used to examine the data gathered from the questionnaires that were recovered. Thus, the findings of the study revealed that; E- learning as a system of education has brought about tremendous improvement in today's educational system in OTM courses at Kano State Polytechnic, and most importantly the integration of online and distance learning into the educational system of OTM practical skills for effective teaching and learning. However, the study's conclusions showed that some of the limitations affecting the instructional delivery of teaching and learning skills TLS using digital technology DT were the high cost of TLS devices, a lack of smart boards, an epileptic power supply, poor internet access, and inadequate funding for maintaining the few TLS equipments that were available. Therefore, it is advised that teaching resources like computers, smart boards, and internet access be made available and maintained, that internet services and power supplies be reliable, and that computer education be made mandatory for both lecturers, instructors and students in Kano State Polytechnic, Kano-Nigeria.