Lecturers’ Intention and Use of Emerging Technologies for Achieving Global Best Practices in Education in Ondo State, Nigeria

This study examines lecturers' intention and use of emerging technologies in in Ondo State, Nigeria.Descriptive survey research design was used in the study.Two research questions and one research hypothesis were generated for this study.The sample population consisted of 480 lecturers randomly selected from the three universities across the three senatorial districts of Ondo State (Ondo North, Ondo central and Ondo south).160 participants were randomly selected from each of the selected public universities, making the total of 480 participants.The instrument for this study was researcher' self-developed questionnaire titled Lecturers' Intention and Use of Emerging Technology Questionnaire (LIUETQ).The instrument was validated by two experts.Reliability coefficient of 0.83 was obtained using Kuder-Richardson (KR21) technique.The findings of the study revealed that lecturers' intention of using emerging technology in tertiary institutions in Ondo State was positive.It was also shown in the study that lecturers' level of use of emerging technology in Ondo State was very high.The results also shown that there was significant relationship between lecturers intention and use of emerging technology in Ondo State (N = 180; r = -.090;p>0.05).The study therefore recommends that managements of tertiary institutions should encourage the use of emerging technology among lecturers in tertiary institutions in Ondo State.The study also recommended that funds should be made available by the university managements for the provision of web-based devices for effective teaching and learning in tertiary institutions particularly university education in Ondo State.