By By: Dr. Okere, Joseph Ejimogu
Dr. Olaka, Gwegweson Ngoronwi
Dr. Ifediatu, Ngozi Mercy
Abstract
The paper examined the impact of digital technology in education on students‘ acquisition of employable skills in AIFUE, Owerri, Imo State. The study design was the descriptive survey. This design was adopted because it enabled the researchers to elicit data from the respondents.The population of the study consisted 4125undergraduate students at the Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education, (AIFUE), Owerri who are on full time programmesexcluding the new intakes. The sample size of the study was 250 students who were purposively selected.Researchers made instrument tagged Questionnaire on Employable Skills and Human Capital among Students (QESHCS) was used to collect data for the study. Data generated from the study were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. Findings of the study revealed that students can acquiredigital (employable) skills in education such as digital literacy, data analysis, and cybersecurity skills. It also showed that these skills can positively impact on human capital development in such areas like; improved job opportunities, marketing, and career advancements. On the basis of the above findings, the paper concluded that digital technologies should be continually used in education because of its obvious benefits to human capacity develop especially in today‘s digital driven economy and stress the need to deal with the challenges of poor funding, unequal access to education and curriculum revision for quality and inclusive education system. The study recommended that policy framework on inclusive education and funding of digital technologies should be taken into cognizance in Nigerian education, and that appropriate monitoring and evaluation mechanisms should be put in place in order to ensure that learning outcomes equate expenditure on digital technologies.
