LECTURERS’ ENGAGEMENT OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (OSS) FOR LEARNING IN UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, NIGERIA

Ayotunde Atanda Falade, Moridiyah Omolola Ibrahim, Olubunmi Michael Odewumi

Abstract


The growth and development of education is associated primarily with the use of ICT, whereas, the evolution of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) gives birth to Open Source Software (OSS), a product of instructional delivery. The research was of descriptive research of the survey type and the population for the study consisted of 300 with 125 male and 175 female lecturers in university of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.  The research instrument was researchers’ designed questionnaire titled lecturers perceived ease of use of Open Source Software. The validation of the instrument was done by researchers’ colleagues and two lecturers in faculty of education, University of Ibadan. While, the reliability, was pilot-tested on 20 lecturers at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, Nigeria with Cronbach’s Alpha and the values were 0.73 and 0.67 respectively, the instruments were randomly given to the lecturers, and the data obtained were analysed using the descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that lecturers were positive on the use of the OSS and it was recommended that there should be continued use open source for learning.

Keywords


content and instructional delivery, information and communication technologies (ICTs), online learning, open-source software, teaching-learning

Full Text:

PDF

References


Abd, H. A., Abdul, R. F. Z., Abu, B. A., & Abdullah, W. S. W. (2016). Effects of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use on continuance intention to use e-government. Procedia Economics and Finance, 35, 644 – 649

Abdalla, S. (2014). The adoption of free and open source software in teaching and learning: Case study Zanzibar education institutions. International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research (IJMSR), 2(5), 53–59.

Abdalla, S., Shanmugam, S., & Dehghantanha, A. (2013). An educational framework for free and open source software. International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology, 4(1), 16–20.

Akindutire, I. O., & Ekundayo, H. T. (2012). Teacher education in a democratic Nigeria: Challenges and the way forward. 1.

Anjaneyulu, P., Biradar, K., Gopinath, S., & Naik, J. K. (2017, August 2-4). Awareness and use of open source software among the library professionals in Bangalore city: A study. 11th International CALIBER-2017

Amuno, A. (2019). The five types of systems software. Retrieved from https://turbofuture.com/computers/The-Five-Types-of-System-Software

Bal-Taştan, S., Davoudi , S. M., Masalimova, A. R., Bersanov, A. S., Kurbanov, R. A., Boiarchu, A. V., & Pavlushin, A. A. (2018). The impacts of teacher’s efficacy and motivation on student’s academic achievement in science education among secondary and high school students. EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(6), 2353-2366.

Borsi, I., Foglia, L., Cannata, M., Vázquez-Suñé, E., Mehl, S., Filippis, G. D., Criollo, R., Ghetta, M., Cardoso, M., Velasco, V., Neumann, J., Toegl, A., Serrano, A., Riera, C., & Rossetto. R. (2017). FREEWAT User Manual, 1-147.

Buffett, B. (2014). How IT can contribute to changing organisational culture. Factors influencing open source software adoption in public sector national and international statistical organisations. Dublin.

Corbly, C. J. (2014). The free software alternative: Freeware, open-source software, and libraries. Information Technology and Libraries, 65-79

Davis, F. D. (1986). A technology acceptance for empirically testing new end user information systems: Theory and results (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). PhD diss. Cambridge, M. A: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Davis, F. (1989). Perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and user acceptance of information technology. MIS Quarterly, 13, 318e339. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/249008.

Deshmukh , H. N., & Deo , P. P. (2020, February 28). Information and Communication Technology (ICT): Machinery and mechanism for effective teaching, learning and communication. UGC Care Journal, 40, 729. Retrieved February 28, 2020

Deshmukh , H. N., & Deo , P. P. (2020, February 28). Information and Communication Technology (ICT): Machinery and mechanism for effective teaching, learning and communication. UGC Care Journal, 40, 729. Retrieved February 28, 2020

Danurdoro, K., & Wulandari, D. (2016). The Impact of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, subjective norm, and experience toward student’s intention to use internet banking. Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan, 8(1), 17-22.

Giri, R., & Sengar, D. S. (2011). Use of open source software in the learning resource centre of Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology: A case study. Annals Lib. Inf. Stud., 58, 41-48.

Howard, S. K., & Mozejko, A. (2015). Teachers: technology, change and resistance. Teaching and Digital Technologies: Big Issues and Critical Questions, 307.

Kim, S., & Park, H. (2018). Do female employees at small and medium enterprises perceive open source software usefulness and satisfaction differently from male employees? A Survey Analysis.

Kumari, B. S. (2020, February). Redefining historical research through information and communication technologies. UGC Care Journal, 40, 1944.

Kumar, S. S., & Rabindra. K. M. (2012) Awareness and adoption of open source software among LIS professionals of Engineering Colleges of Odisha. DESIDOC Journal of Lib. & Information Tech., 32(5), 421-426

Lanlan, C. H., Ahmi, A., & Popoola, O. M. J. (2019). Perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and the usage of computerized accounting systems: a performance of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Chaina. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), 8 (2S2), 324-331.

Mittal, P., & Singh, J. (2013). A survey on open source software using questionnaire. International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT), 4(4), 833-838.

Muller, T. (2011). How to choose a free and open source integrated library system. OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives, 27(1), 57-78.

Nehra, V., & Tyagi, A. (2014). Free open source software in electronics engineering education: A survey. Modern Education and Computer Science, 5, 15-25.

Odewumi, M. O., Yusuf, M. O., & Oputa, G. O. (2018). UTAUT MODEL: Intention to use social media for learning interactive effect of postgraduate (students / gender) in south-west Nigeria. The International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT), 14(3), 239-251.

Ogunyinka, E. K., Okeke, T. I., & Adedoyin, R. C. (2015, May). Teacher education and development in Nigeria: An analysis of reforms, challenges and prospects. Educational Journals, 4(3), 111-112.

Opensource.com. (n.d). What is open source? Retrieved from Opensource.com: https://opensource.com/resources/what-open-source

Palau-Saumell, R., Forgas-Coll, S., Sánchez-García, J., & Robres, E. (2019). User acceptance of mobile apps for restaurants: An expanded and extended UTAUT-2. Sustainability, 11, 1-24.

Pankaja, N., & Raj, P. K. M. (2013). Proprietary software versus Open Source Software for Education. American Journal of Engineering Research (AJER), 02(07), 124-130.

Pardeep, M., & Jatinderpal, S. (2013, April). A survey on open source software using questionnaire. International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT), 4(4), 833.

Picha, G. (2018, October 17). Effective Technology Use in Math Class. Retrieved from Edutopia: https://www.edutopia.org/article/effective-technology-use-math-class

Prasanna, R., & Huggins, T. J. (2016). Factors affecting the acceptance of information systems supporting emergency operations centres. Computers in Human Behavior, 57, 168-181.

Robbins, C. A., Korkmaz, G., Calderón, J. B. S. Kelling, C. Shipp, S., & Keller, S. (2018). The scope and impact of open source software: A framework for analysis and preliminary cost estimates. Paper prepared for the 35th IARIW General Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 20-25, 2018.

Rosaline, S., & Wesley, R. (2017). Factors affecting students' adoption of ICT tools in higher education institutions: An Indian context. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 13(2), 82-94.

Santos, C., Kuk, G. Kon, F., & Pearson, J. (2013). The attraction of contributors in free and open source software projects. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 22(1), 26-45

Sawadogo, A. T. (2013). Les facteurs déterminant la pénétration de la téléphonie mobile en Afrique: une étude comparative entre le Mali et le Sénégal. Doctoral dissertation, Evry-Val d'Essonne

Sharma, A., & Adkins, R. (2006). OSS in India. In C. DiBona, D. Cooper, & M. Stone (Eds.), Open sources 2.0: The continuing evolution. Beijing: O’Reilly.

Singh, E. G. (2016). Moodle as an E- learning approach for training and education. International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer and Communication Engineering, 4(10), 1716 -17168

Stella, N. I., & Ravichandran, R. (2017). Use of open source technology for effective academic library services in Nigeria. Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 1-16. . https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/1686

Taiwo, A. A., & Downe, A. (2013). The theory of User Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT): A Meta-Analytic Review of Empirical Findings. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, 48-58.

Teel, S., Schweitzer, D. & Fulto, S. (2012). Teaching undergraduate software engineering using open source development tools. Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, 9, 63-73.

Thankachan, B., & Moore, D. R. (2017). Challenges of implementing Free and Open Source Software (FOSS): Evidence from the Indian educational setting. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(6), 186-199

Sivo, S. A., Ku, C. H., & Acharya, P. (2018). Understanding how university student perceptions of resources affect technology acceptance in online learning courses. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET), 4, 34.

Struyk, T. (2017, 8 11). An introduction to application software. Retrieved from https://www.techopedia.com/2/28350/personal-tech/software-applications/an-introduction-to-application-software

Thankachan, B., & Richard , D. M. (2017, September). Challenges of implementing Free and Open Source Software (FOSS): Evidence from the Indian Educational setting. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18

Umar, H., Datti, A. A., & Abubakar, N. H. (2016). Adoption and usage of open source software in Nigeria. Proceedings of International Conference on Education, Development and Innovation, 29th-31st August 2016 (pp. 93 - 97). Accra, Ghana: INCEDI .

UNESCO. (2019). Information and communication technology (ICT) in education. Paris: UNESCO. Retrieved 10 20, 2019, from https://learningportal.iiep.unesco.org/en/issue-briefs/improve-learning/curriculum-and-materials/information-and-communication-technology-ict

Vijay, N., & Tyagi, A. (2014). Free open source software in electronics engineering education: A survey. International Journal of Modern Education and Computer Science 6.5, 15–25.

Yekini, N. A. (2014). Information Communication Technology (ICT): Concept and application (Vol. 1). Lagos: Hasfem Publication Center.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.24071/ijiet.v5i1.2927

Article Metrics

Abstract view : 1687 times
PDF view: 573 times

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Indexed and abstracted in:

 

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under CC BY-SA.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

IJIET DOI: https://doi.org/10.24071/ijiet

p-ISSN: 2548-8422 (since 5 January 2017); e-ISSN: 2548-8430 (since 5 January 2017)

Flag Counter

IJIET (International Journal of Indonesian Education and Teaching) is published by the Institute for Research and Community Services of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.