Shuaibu, Aishatu (2017)

This study aimed at determining the perceived knowledge and usage of Electronic Information Resources (EIR) among Distance Learners in Adamawa State. Three purposes and three research questions were formulated and one hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population of the study comprised 193 Distance Learning students of Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH), and 114 students of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Yola study centre. The design of the study was descriptive survey and the instrument used was close-ended questionnaire tagged ‘Distance Learners Electronic Information Resources Rating Scale (DLIRRS)’. The instrument was designed by the researchers and was validated by three experts from Department of Electrical Technology Education MAUTECH, Yola. The data was analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions. The Microsoft word excel was used to determine the mean scores and the standard deviation, while Z-...