LAPTOP OWNERSHIP AND USE AMONG POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES, EFFURUN

Abstract

Rapid technological development over the past decades has prompted interest in using laptops as a teaching tool to enhance students learning. The purpose of this study was to investigate laptop ownership and the use among postgraduate students at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun. A descriptive survey was employed in the study. The research population consist of 519 postgraduate students at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun. A questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection. The questionnaire was designed based on the objectives of the study. The results indicated that a substantial number of the participants owing laptop and extent of the usage is high because they considered it useful. The results indicated that the major challenges to using laptop include lack of access to the internet connectivity in the faculty, irregular power supply / watching moves, technology problems, product price, playing game/virus hazard and theft/pornography distraction. Recommendation were proffered among others that, management should provide access to the Internet connectivity so that students can efficiently and effectively use it without restriction and management should provide alternative power supply such as solar in the campus to facilitate better use of laptop by the students among others.