Reconsidering Motivational Supremacy of Postgraduate Students' Ease of Use, Efficacy and Perceived Use of Power Point Technology for Learning

Abstract

An investigation was conducted on reconsidering the motivational supremacy of PowerPoint Technology on Postgraduate Students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso, Nigeria.  The descriptive survey type was adopted as the design of the study. The sample comprised 224 students from six faculties in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria. The faculties used are: Clinical Sciences, Engineering, Management Sciences, Pure and Applied Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Basic Medical Sciences and Environmental Sciences.  The sample was obtained using the stratified random sampling technique to select on twenty percent of the total population admitted in 2014/2015 academic session.  The instrument for data collection was questionnaires adapted from Olasedidun (2014) and Data was analyzed using t-test statistics for the two hypotheses and tested at 0.05 level of significance.  It was discovered that there is no significant difference between the mean ratings of postgraduate students on use of PowerPoint for instruction.  Therefore, postgraduate students should be encouraged to use PowerPoint for presentation.