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Assessment of postgraduate students attitudes and competencies in the use of ICT: A case of nigerian students at the Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia

ICT is an important tool in education and research. ICT is the leading centaury's revolution for the enhancement of teaching, learning, research, personal and professional development at all level of education . The focus of 21stcentury postgraduate studies is basically on research and the role...

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Main Authors:	Rahimah, Embong, Mustafa, Mamat, Fadzli, Adam, Ado, Abdu Bichi
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	L Education (General) LB Theory and practice of education T Technology (General)
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spelling	my-unisza-ir.9922020-11-04T04:06:02Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/992/ Assessment of postgraduate students attitudes and competencies in the use of ICT: A case of nigerian students at the Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia Rahimah, Embong Mustafa, Mamat Fadzli, Adam Ado, Abdu Bichi L Education (General) LB Theory and practice of education T Technology (General) ICT is an important tool in education and research. ICT is the leading centaury's revolution for the enhancement of teaching, learning, research, personal and professional development at all level of education . The focus of 21stcentury postgraduate studies is basically on research and the role of ICT in research has been highlighted in various studies. This study investigates the attitudes and competency of postgraduate students in the use of ICT resources. Also field of studies on their attitude and competence were examined. 77 postgraduate students from the graduate school were randomly selected for the study. 41 items questionnaire was designed and administered to the respondents. The means, percentages and t-test statistics were to analyse the data. Results showed that majority of the postgraduate students' attitude is positive and they are competent in the use of some simple ICT resources. Similarly, there was no significant difference between sciences based and non-sciences based postgraduate students' attitudes. However, there was a significant difference between sciences based and non-sciences based competence in the use of ICT resources. This study provides evidence that; the postgraduate students may lack the necessary competence in to fully integrate of ICT in research. It is recommended that, a special training program on ICT should be introduced by the university with needed hands-on experiences in order to promote ICT integration into postgraduate research. Further study should be conducted with different variables and focus on assessing whether ICT competence affect ICT attitude. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/992/1/FH03-INSPIRE-17-08307.pdf Rahimah, Embong and Mustafa, Mamat and Fadzli, Adam and Ado, Abdu Bichi (2016) Assessment of postgraduate students attitudes and competencies in the use of ICT: A case of nigerian students at the Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia. In: International Postgraduate Research Conference, 08-10 Oct 2016, Terengganu.
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spellingShingle	L Education (General) LB Theory and practice of education T Technology (General) Rahimah, Embong Mustafa, Mamat Fadzli, Adam Ado, Abdu Bichi Assessment of postgraduate students attitudes and competencies in the use of ICT: A case of nigerian students at the Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia
description	ICT is an important tool in education and research. ICT is the leading centaury's revolution for the enhancement of teaching, learning, research, personal and professional development at all level of education . The focus of 21stcentury postgraduate studies is basically on research and the role of ICT in research has been highlighted in various studies. This study investigates the attitudes and competency of postgraduate students in the use of ICT resources. Also field of studies on their attitude and competence were examined. 77 postgraduate students from the graduate school were randomly selected for the study. 41 items questionnaire was designed and administered to the respondents. The means, percentages and t-test statistics were to analyse the data. Results showed that majority of the postgraduate students' attitude is positive and they are competent in the use of some simple ICT resources. Similarly, there was no significant difference between sciences based and non-sciences based postgraduate students' attitudes. However, there was a significant difference between sciences based and non-sciences based competence in the use of ICT resources. This study provides evidence that; the postgraduate students may lack the necessary competence in to fully integrate of ICT in research. It is recommended that, a special training program on ICT should be introduced by the university with needed hands-on experiences in order to promote ICT integration into postgraduate research. Further study should be conducted with different variables and focus on assessing whether ICT competence affect ICT attitude.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Rahimah, Embong Mustafa, Mamat Fadzli, Adam Ado, Abdu Bichi
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title	Assessment of postgraduate students attitudes and competencies in the use of ICT: A case of nigerian students at the Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia
title_short	Assessment of postgraduate students attitudes and competencies in the use of ICT: A case of nigerian students at the Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia
title_full	Assessment of postgraduate students attitudes and competencies in the use of ICT: A case of nigerian students at the Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia
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