Access to Tablet Portable Computers and Undergraduates Reading Culture: The experience of a Nigerian University

• Authors: M.B. Bello , D.S. Daramola , A. Yusuf , I.O.O. Amali
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper examines the use of tablet personal computers (PCs) and how they interfere with Nigerian undergraduates reading culture and love for educational books. The study adopts a descriptive research design. The University of Ilorin undergraduates constitute the population for this study while 200 level students of three faculties across the university constitute the target population. Stratified sampling technique was used to sample the needed respondents. A researchers’ designed questionnaire was use for data collection. The collected data was analysed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that access to tablet computer influence the undergraduate reading culture. Also, 55.7% of 200 level undergraduates read more electronic materials on their tablet computer than printed texts. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that students should be encouraged to visit the library and read textbooks since there is certain fundamental knowledge that might not be accessible on the net

Keywords

EN

Access; Tablet PC; Computer; Reading culture

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human and Social Studies
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 42-51

Dates

published

2015-10-01

online

2015-11-10

Contributors

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M.B. Bello

• Department of Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

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D.S. Daramola

• Department of Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

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A. Yusuf

• Department of Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

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I.O.O. Amali

• Department of Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/hssr-2015-0023