Abstract
The study was conducted to assess the attitude and application of Information and Communication Technology among undergraduate students, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Nigeria. To guide this study, two (2) research questions were raised and four (4) hypotheses formulated and tested at 0.05 significant level. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 4,069 students while the sample was made up of 464 students from three (3) sampled departments in the Faculty of Education, University of Benin using simple random sampling and proportionate stratified sampling techniques. Data for the study were collected using an adapted instrument which was modified and titled “Undergraduate Students' Attitude and Application of ICT Questionnaire” (USAAICTQ). The content validity of the instrument was done by the three experts from the department of Educational Evaluation and Counselling Psychology. The instrument was trial-tested and the reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha statistics which yielded coefficients of 0.88 and 0.86 for the two subscales respectively. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation while independent t-test was used in testing the hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that undergraduate students of Faculty of Education, University of Benin have a high positive attitude towards ICT. The findings also showed a low level of ICT application among the students. There was significant difference between the male and female students with regards to attitude towards ICT as well as in the level of application of ICT. There was no significant difference in attitude towards ICT with regards to academic year/level of study. Based on the findings it was recommended among others that the school management should periodically organize training and retraining of undergraduate students on ICT
application to sharpen their skills and to increase their level of ICT application.