ASSESSMENT OF INTERNET LITERACY SKILLS OF ACADEMIC STAFF IN TWO FACULTIES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA

📄 Project Abstract

This study assessed internet literacy skills of academic staff in two faculties, in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. It sought to find out the available e-resources, level of internet literacy skills, methods of internet literacy skills acquisition, frequency of internet usage, perceived benefits of internet literacy skills, problems and strategies for enhancing acquisition of internet literacy skills of the academic staff. A descriptive survey design was used for the study with a population of 354 academic staff. Sample size of 212 (60%) of the population was used for the study. The instrument for data collection was structured questionnaires with 57 question items which were appropriately validated by three persons. These include the supervisor and two other lecturers in the department of library and information science. Percentages, mean scores and frequency tables were used in analyzing the data to answer the seven research questions mapped out for the study. The findings reveal...