Extent of Adoption and Utilization of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4r) Technologies for Effective Pedagogy in University-Based Library Schools in Rivers State
Keywords:
Fourth Industrial Revolution (4R), Effective Pedagogy, Library Schools, University, SmartTechnology, Video Animation Technology, Virtual Reality, and Cloud Computing.Abstract
The study examined the extent of adoption and utilization of the fourth industrial
revolution (4R) technologies for effective pedagogy in University-Based library schools
in Rivers State. Considering the nature of the study, a descriptive survey design was
adopted. The population of the study comprised the entire lecturers in the three University
based library schools in Rivers State which is 39 including both full-time and part-time
lecturers. There was no sampling since the population size was small, accessible and
manageable. A structured online questionnaire was used to collect data from the lecturers.
The data from the online survey was imported to excel and then to the SPSS version 22
for final analysis. Mean and standard deviation was the major data analysis tools used.
The findings revealed that the adoption of fourth industrial revolution (4R) technologies
such as cloud computing services, smart technology, video animation technology and
virtual reality were very poor as only social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Google
meet and Zoom were fairly adopted. The findings also revealed that the extent of
utilization of these technologies were very low. Major challenges are inadequate skills,
lack of internet access, inadequate technological infrastructures, technophobia, and lack
of policy mandating lecturers to adopt and utilize fourth industrial revolution (4R)
technologies in teaching among others. It was recommended that lecturers should be
trained on the use of Fourth industrial revolution technologies for effective pedagogy, also
technological infrastructures should be acquired and installed. Also, a policy mandating
lecturer to adopt and utilize Fourth industrial revolution technologies such as cloud
computing services, smart technology, video animation technology and virtual reality for
effective pedagogy should be formulated in the library schools.
