EFFECTS OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN AGRICULTURE

Abstract

The study assessed the impact of technology integration in the agricultural education of students of Adeyemi Federal University of Education. Specifically, the study examined the socio-economic characteristics of the students, technology integration on students' engagement and motivation in agricultural education, and the challenges facing technology integration in agricultural education. A simple random sampling technique was used to sample 125 respondents for the study. Data were collected with the aid of a structured questionnaire, and the data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency counts and percentages. Results of analysis showed that technology integration in agricultural education among students in the study area helps to facilitate teaching and learning, promotes understanding of concepts, enhances interactions and collaboration and helps to reach out to a larger audience.  More than 75% of the students indicated that technology integration in teaching and learning of agricultural education increases students' understanding of agricultural concepts and skills acquisition. Findings also showed that the effects of technology integration in agricultural education cannot be undermined in the development of agriculture. It promotes skill acquisition and development among the students. The result showed that despite the prospect of technology integration in agricultural education, finance, irregular power supply and poor technology infrastructure posed major challenges that may hinder its effective implementation. It could therefore be suggested that electronic media technology integration will enhance students’ performance when employed in agricultural education.