Nnadiebube Journal of Education

This study investigated facilitators’ competency in utilizing online technologies of social media and Learning Management System (LMS) for facilitating adult learning in literacy centres in Delta State. Two research questions were raised and two null hypotheses formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The descriptive survey research design was employed in the study. The population of the study comprised all the 492 facilitators, in the 67 adult literacy centres in Delta State. Sample size for the study consisted of 294 facilitators from 28 literacy centres selected using the multi-stage sampling technique. Data for the study was collected using a self-constructed questionnaire titled Facilitators’ Competency in Utilizing Online Technologies of Social Media and Learning Management System Questionnaire (FCUOTSMLMSQ) which contained 21 items and was validated using face and construct validity while the reliability of the instrument was ascertained using the split half reliability approach with an index of 0.73. Data collated were analyzed using mean statistics rated at 2.50 and the standard deviation (SD) to answer the research questions. The t-test was used in testing the hypotheses of the study. Findings of this study revealed among others that the male and female facilitators were incompetent in utilizing both the social media apps and the learning management systems, for facilitating adult learning in literacy centres in Delta State. There was no significant difference between male and female facilitators in their competency in utilizing social media and Learning Management System (LMS) for facilitating adult learning. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that the centre coordinators should encourage the use of social media apps for facilitating adult learning in literacy centres in Delta State. As such the male and female facilitators should be encouraged through availability of internet facilities and high connectivity, support for data bundle to improve their ICT competency in utilizing social media apps to facilitate adult learning in the literacy centres.

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