GenderDifferencesandCompetencesofStudentsintheUsageofICTforLearningAttheSt.John’sUniversity,Tanzania

St.John’sUniversity,Tanzania

Authors

  • EliasMkunda DaresSalaamUniversityCollegeofEducation(DUCE),Tanzania
  • Hosea Mungwabi UniversityofDaresSalaam

Abstract

ThisstudyexaminedtheextenttowhichstudentsattheSt.John’sUniversityinDodomauseinformationandcommunicationtechnology(ICT)inlearning.Aquantitativeresearchdesignwasemployed,utilizingthesurveymethodtocollectdata.Conveniencesamplingwasusedtoselect110respondentswhosee-mailswereobtained.DatawasanalysedusingtheStatisticalPackageforSocialSciences(SPSS).Thechi-squaretestwasemployedtoexploretherelationshipbetweencertainvariables,whiletheSpearmant-testwasemployedtodeterminethecorrelationbetweenstudents’useofICTinlearningandtheirsearchcompetences.ThekeyfindingsindicatethatstudentsatSt.John’sUniversityhaveahighlevelofICTusageintheirlearningendeavours,despitesomeinadequaciesintheavailablelearningfacilities.Moreover,genderdoesnotsignificantlyinfluencetheapplicationofICTinlearning.Additionally,therewasnosignificantrelationshipfoundbetweentheuseofICTinlearningandstudents’competencesinsearchskills.Thestudyrevealsthatstudentsheavilyrelyonbothaudio-visualmaterialsandonlinetextualresources.Basedonthefindings,itisrecommendedthattheSt.John’sUniversitycontinuestoenhanceitsICTinfrastructuretofacilitateeffectiveaccessandutilizationofinformationbystudents.Librariesshouldallocatesufficientfundsforthesubscriptionofmostlyelectronicresourcesalongwithprintresources.

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Author Biographies

EliasMkunda, DaresSalaamUniversityCollegeofEducation(DUCE),Tanzania

DaresSalaamUniversityCollegeofEducation(DUCE),Tanzania

Hosea Mungwabi, UniversityofDaresSalaam

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Published

2023-06-30

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Vol. 30 No. 1 (2023): Tanzania Journal of Population Studies and Development

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