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Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

2020

Educational Technology

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Cognisance, Access, And Utilization Of Electronic Scholarly Resources In Knustspace: The Case Of Staff And Students At Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science And Technology, Frank Mensah Bonsu, Harry Barton Essel, Akosua Tachie-Menson, Anna Hasan Mar 2020

Cognisance, Access, And Utilization Of Electronic Scholarly Resources In Knustspace: The Case Of Staff And Students At Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science And Technology, Frank Mensah Bonsu, Harry Barton Essel, Akosua Tachie-Menson, Anna Hasan

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The Institutional Repository (KNUSTSpace) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) plays an essential role in meeting the information needs of scholars by providing free, instant, and endless online access to the full content of scholarly resources. The study investigated users’ cognisance, access and usage effectiveness of electronic academic resources in KNUSTSpace to determine how it has satisfied the information needs of users. Thirty-five lecturers and 113 students responded to the survey. The study discovered that the majority of users are aware of the existence of KNUSTSpace; the results show a growing interest in the usage of …

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Librarians’ Proffessional Ethics And Reference Service Delivery In Colleges Of Education In South-South, Nigeria, Efe Francis Ejedafiru Jan 2020

Librarians’ Proffessional Ethics And Reference Service Delivery In Colleges Of Education In South-South, Nigeria, Efe Francis Ejedafiru

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This study examines librarian’s professional ethics and reference service delivery in Colleges of Education in Delta and Edo States in south-south, Nigeria. To guide the study, three research questions and one hypothesis have been formulated. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The purposive sampling technique has been employed in the selection of data while the instrument for data collection was the questionnaire. The reliability of the instrument was estimated using test-retest method and the coefficient of 0.88 was obtained. Simple frequency and percentage were used to analyse section A of the research instrument. Descriptive and inferential statistics such as …

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Re-Positioning The 21st Century University Libraries In Nigeria: The Role Of Librarians And The Need For Innovative Services For Sustainable Development, Lawrence Arumuru Jan 2020

Re-Positioning The 21st Century University Libraries In Nigeria: The Role Of Librarians And The Need For Innovative Services For Sustainable Development, Lawrence Arumuru

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This study looked at repositioning the 21st century university libraries in Nigeria: the role of librarians and the need for innovative services. The 21st Century as brought about different technological innovations which has invariable turned the world into a global village or knowledge society where information can be accessed with ease from any location irrespective of the distance. These have brought about huge challenges to libraries, librarians and the library profession generally to look for more proactive ways of generating information and making the generated information available to library users. This paper has successfully discussed issues that has …

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Bibliometric Analysis On Global E-Learning Literature In Web Of Science Database: With Special Reference To Sri Lankan Context, Mohamed Majeed Mashroofa, Mazuki Jusoh Prof, Karuthan Chinna Prof. Jan 2020

Bibliometric Analysis On Global E-Learning Literature In Web Of Science Database: With Special Reference To Sri Lankan Context, Mohamed Majeed Mashroofa, Mazuki Jusoh Prof, Karuthan Chinna Prof.

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Study of existing literature on e-learning trend is a must in order to define the path for new research in the field. The objective of this study is to find the full range of scientific literature published since the emergence of the concept of e-learning. The researcher intended to get all of the literature published in the Sri Lankan context. Web of Science database search was carried out in January 2020 to understand the research trend. This study found 6934 results for e-learning after performing a basic search in Web of Science. This results covered 59784 citations. Though multilingual literature …

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Exploring The Usage Of Information Communication Technology Tools And Their Benefits In Basic Schools In Ghana: A Case Of Agorpko D.A. Junior High School In The South Tongu District, Ghana, George Tesilimi Banji, Stephen Okyere, David Dogbe Jan 2020

Exploring The Usage Of Information Communication Technology Tools And Their Benefits In Basic Schools In Ghana: A Case Of Agorpko D.A. Junior High School In The South Tongu District, Ghana, George Tesilimi Banji, Stephen Okyere, David Dogbe

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This paper seeks to identify the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools available for students. It also investigates how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools benefits students’ in learning in a basic school in Ghana. A total of 60 students from Agorkpo D.A. JHS in the South Tongu District were surveyed. A descriptive design was used for the study. A set of questionnaires was used to collect data from the respondents. The entire questionnaires were retrieved and IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 22.0 in combination with the Microsoft excel were used to analyse the data. Simple frequency tables …

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Assessing The Integration Of Ict Resources In Teaching And Learning In Selected Senior Secondary Schools In Cape Coast Metropolis, Kwaku Anhwere Barfi Mr., Alexander Amenu Mr, Valentina Arkorful Dr. Jan 2020

Assessing The Integration Of Ict Resources In Teaching And Learning In Selected Senior Secondary Schools In Cape Coast Metropolis, Kwaku Anhwere Barfi Mr., Alexander Amenu Mr, Valentina Arkorful Dr.

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Despite the effort Government and other stakeholders are making to support Ghanaian senior high schools in information and communication technology (ICT), most of the schools are teaching ICT as an isolated subject rather than integrating the ICT resources into the educational curriculum to improve teaching and learning. The objective of the study was to assess the integration of ICT resources in teaching and learning in senior secondary schools in the Cape Coast metropolis. A total of 270 respondents took part in the survey. Five senior secondary schools were selected. This comprised of teachers and students. Random sampling was used to …

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