The study investigated fifteen social media platforms relevant to teaching-learning process. The participants were 330 undergraduate in the Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. The research instrument for data collection was a questionnaire and Focus Group Discussion Guide (FGDG). The findings revealed that teacher trainees were highly aware of social media useful in teaching-learning process.Whatsapp was the most utilized, followed by Facebook, Wikipedia, Google+, Tube, Ask.com, Instagram, Twitter, Slideshare, WordPress, Viber, Del.iccio.us, Printrest and Flickr. Male and female did not differ in the extent of utilization of these social media. Barriers militating against effective use of social media are finance, poor network services, lack of smartphone, erratic power supply, distraction, technical knowhow on the part of students, and lack of encouragement. The study recommended that Faculty Management should ensure that teacher trainees have access to free Wi-Fi to access internet.
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TEACHER TRAINEES' READINESS TO ADOPT SOCIAL MEDIA IN TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS: CASE STUDY OF FACULTY OF EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATES, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA
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Atanda, Ademola
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