LECTURERS’ ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES RETRIEVAL SKILLS, USE, AND TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS IN PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 

1.1       Background to the study                                                                                            

1.2       Statement of the Problem                                                                               

1.3       Objective of the Study                                                                                   

1.4       Research Questions                                                                                         

1.5       Hypotheses                                                                                                     

1.6       Scope of the Study                                                                                         

1.7       Significance of the Study                                                                               

1.8       Operational Definition of Terms                                                                     

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF LITERATURE 

2.0       Introduction                                                                                                   

2.1       Electronic Information Resources (EIR) Overview                                       

2.1.1    Accessibility and Utilization of Electronic Information Resources   

2.1.2    The Use of Electronic Information Resources over Printed Information

by Lecturers                                                                                                    

2.1.3    Challenges in the Use of Electronic Information Resources                          

2.2       Electronic Information Resources Retrieval Skills                                         

2.2.1    Need for Electronic Information Retrieval Skills                                           

2.2.2  The Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy

in the Retrieval of Electronic Information Resources                                    

2.2.3    Electronic Information Resources (EIR) Retrieval Skills and Use                 

2.3       Teaching Effectiveness                                                                                  

2.3.1    Characteristics of Quality Teaching                                                                

2.3.2    Students’ View on Lecturers’ Teaching Effectiveness                                  

2.3.3    Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness                                                            

2.4       The Use of Electronic Information Resources and Lecturers’

Teaching Effectiveness                                                                                   

2.5       Electronic Information Resources Retrieval Skills and Teaching

Effectiveness                                                                                                  

2.6       Theoretical Framework                                                                                   

2.6.1    Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) (1989)  

 2.6.2           Information utilization capacity theory (1986)     

2.6.3           E-learning theory (Mayer & Moreno, 1998)       

  2.6.4           Vygotsky and Social Cognition (1962)                                                         

2.7       Conceptual Model                                                                                          

2.8       Appraisal of Literature                                                                                      

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY 

3.0       Introduction                                                                                                   

3.1       Research Design                                                                                             

3.2       Population                                                                                                       

3.3       Sample size and sampling Technique                                                              

3.4       Research Instrument                                                                                       

3.5       Validity and Reliability of Instrument                                                           

3.6       Data Collection Procedure                                                                              

3.7       Method of Data Analysis                                                                               

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS 

4.0       Introduction                                                                                                    

4.1       Analysis of Research Questions                                                                    

4.2       Testing of Hypotheses                                                                                    

4.3       Discussion of Findings                                                                                 

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

5.0       Introduction                                                                                                    

5.1       Summary                                                                                                         

5.2       Conclusion                                                                                                      

5.3       Recommendations                                                                                          

5.4       Contribution to Knowledge                                                                            

5.5       Suggestion for Further Studies                                                                      

5.6       Limitation of the Study 

 References 

Appendix