EXPLORING THE TRANSFORMATIVE EFFECT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION DELIVERY IN NIGERIA

Abstract

This study explored the transformative effect of new technologies on business and entrepreneurship education delivery in Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. The population comprised 65 business educators and 205 final year (2024/2025 academic session) business education students, drawn from the universities that offer business education in Delta State. The entire number of the 270 was used as the study sample due to its size. A 30-item questionnaire graded on a four-point rating scale of Strongly Agreed (4points) Agreed (3points), Disagreed (2points), and Strongly Disagreed (1point) was used as instrument for data collection. The instrument was validated by two educational technology experts and the instrument reliability was determined using the Cronbach's alpha statistical where a coefficient of 0.87 was obtained. This value was suitable for the study. Data generated from the research questions were analyzed using Mean and Standard Deviation while Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used in testing the null hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. Findings revealed that the integration of new technologies (Learning Management Systems (LMS), Virtual Classrooms Platforms, Multimedia Content in education are linked to enhanced instructional delivery, promotion of students’ engagement, and learning flexibility particularly in business and entrepreneurship education programme in Delta State.. Further findings identified some notable challenges that are associated with the utilization of these new technologies in education, these include: poor infrastructural development, teachers’ unpreparedness due to inadequate training, un-equal access to learning tools among students. Based on these findings, recommendations were made to include: Developing quality Infrastructure for service delivery, Regular capacity building programmes for Educators, Establish viable evaluate mechanism among, others.