Short Video Clips: a Tool for Teaching Library User Education in Colleges of Education in Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated adoption of short video clips as a tool for teaching Library User Education (LUE) in Colleges of Education in Nigeria. To achieve the objectives of the study, the study formulated the following research questions amongst others: What are the perceptions of LUE Lecturers on the relevance of Short Video Clips as a tool for teaching and Learning? What are the infrastructures available for the adoption of SVCs in teaching LUE in the Colleges of Education in the North West States of Nigeria? And What are the strategies required for the adoption of SVCs in teaching LUE in the Colleges of Education in the North West States of Nigeria? The research design adopted for this study was survey research method. A quantitative research methodology using the self – developed questionnaire was adopted as the instrument used to collect data in the study. The population of the study comprised of all academic staff, teaching Library User Education in the Colleges of Education in Northern States of Nigeria. The sample size of the study is one hundred and three (103) academic staff teaching Library User Education across the twelve Collages of Education in North West States, of Nigeria. A Total Enumerative sampling technique was used for the study. The study found that majority of the respondents agreed that short video clips are very relevant for effective teaching and learning; Android and I-Phones which many lecturers owned had been identified as a major infrastructure that could be used to create short video clips; and linking short video clips with overall learning objectives of library users education was identify as a vital strategy for adopting short video clips in teaching and research. The need for more sensitization on the relevance of short video clips in teaching library user as well as re-training and retooling of the lecturers teaching library user education in Colleges of Education was recommended.