Title: Social Media Utilization for Instructional Delivery and Student Assessment in Obio Akpor Secondary Schools, Rivers State: Types, Extent, and Challenges
Authors: Augustine, Sandra Eberechukwu (Ph.D), Eteng-Uket, Stella (Ph.D)
Volume: 9
Issue: 7
Pages: 142-153
Publication Date: 2025/07/28
Abstract:
This study investigated social media utilization for teaching and student assessment among secondary school teachers in Obio Akpor, Rivers State, focusing on the types, extent, and challenges. The study has five research questions and four hypotheses. It employed a descriptive survey and 156 teachers from private and public schools drawn using a stratified random sampling technique. Data collection was through a structured questionnaire titled Teachers' Social Media Utilization for Instructional Delivery and Student Assessment Questionnaire (TSMUIDSAQ). The researchers used a Cronbach alpha to get the instrument's internal consistency with a 0.94 alpha reliability coefficient. Data was analyzed using frequency, simple percentage, mean, standard deviation, one-way, and two-way Analysis of Variance. The results showed that WhatsApp is the most used social media platform for instructional delivery and assessment, followed by Facebook, YouTube, Telegram, and LinkedIn, respectively, while Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Snapchat, Skype, X (Twitter), and Quora have limited or no adoption; there was a significant influence in the extent of using social media for instructional delivery and assessment among secondary school teachers in Obio Akpor, Rivers State; gender and school type had a significant interaction on the extent of social media use for instructional delivery and assessment, and there was a significant influence of gender and school type on the levels of challenges experience, but there was no significant interaction influence. Recommendations include that school administrators should provide digital resources that enhance social media utilization for instruction and ensure that female teachers access and use them effectively.