Perceived Obstacles to The Utilization of Web 2.0 Technologies in The Delivery of Business Education Course Content in Southern Nigeria

The study was conducted to determine the perceived obstacles to the utilization of Web 2.0 technologies in the delivery of business education course content in southern Nigeria. A descriptive survey design was used in the study. The population of the study comprised one hundred and twenty-five (125) business education lecturers (69 male and 56 female) in seven (7) universities in southern Nigeria. The entire population was used because it was manageable; thus, there was no sample in the study. Questionnaire titled “Perceived Obstacle for the Utilization of Web 2.0 Technologies” (POUWTQ) was used as an instrument for data collection. The instrument was validated by two experts and tested for reliability using splithalf analysis, which produced a reliability coefficient of 0.79. The mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while an independent t-test was used to test the null hypotheses. Findings revealed that the perceived obstacles influence the utilization of Web 2.0 in delivering business education course content, and the result of the hypothesis revealed that this indicates that there is no significant difference in the mean scores of male and female business educators on the perceived obstacles for the utilization of Web 2.0 technologies in the delivery of business education course content in southern Nigeria. It was recommended that the university management train and retrain business education lecturers on the usage of Web 2.0 in the delivery of business education course content.