Web 2.0 Technologies Skills and Lecturers Research Productivity in Southwest State-Owned Universities

Abstract

The level of lecturers’ research productivity in tertiary institutions in Nigeria are becoming an issue of concern to collective authority and other stakeholders in the country. The study examined Web 2.0 technologies skills and lecturers research productivity in Southwest State-owned universities. It was guided by two research questions. A descriptive survey research design of correlational typed was used. The population of the study comprised 3,536 lecturers from nine state-owned universities in Southwest that has existed in the last a decade. The sample size of the study was 616 teaching staff. A multi-stage sampling technique used. Two self-developed questionnaires tagged: ‘Web 2.0 Technologies Skills Questionnaire (WEBTS) and Lecturers Research Productivity Questionnaire (LRPQ) with reliability coefficients of (r = .87 & .89) were used for data collection. Research questions were answered using inferential statistics of PPMC and multiple regression. The findings of the study revealed that there was positive relationship between electronic communication skills (r = 0.737, p < .05), internet skills (r = 0.735, p < .05), proficiency in ICT skills (r = 0.500, p < .05), collaborative skills (r = 0.211, p < .05), and duplicate skills (r = 0.129, p < .05) and lecturers’ research productivity. There was joint contribution of explanatory variables on lecturers’ research productivity (R = 0.692, p < .05). It was concluded that explanatory variables have a substantial joint contribution on the dependent variable, with F 6, 582) = 89.277 and p < .05. The university authority should carryout investment opportunities in capacity building on how to improve lecturers Web 2.0 technology skills tailored towards ways of sourcing for data, information and knowledge sharing globally among colleagues.