BLENDED LEARNING INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS ACQUISITION IN POST-COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMON UNDERGRADUATES OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIESIN CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA
Usua, Oku Bassey (Ph.D.)
Department of Curriculum and Teaching
University of Calabar
Calabar
Patrick Elizabeth Odije, James, Joy John (Ph.D)
& Emenyi, Josephine Hamlet (Ph.D)
Department of Adult and Continuing Education
Faculty of Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education
University of Calabar, Calabar
Odok, Leo Asu
Department of Curriculum and Teaching
University of Calabar, Calabar
Abstract
The study examined the relationship between blended learning instructional strategy and entrepreneurship skills acquisition in Post-COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduates in public universities in Cross-River State. One research question and one hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. Correlation research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of 4,520 year three undergraduates in Faculty of Education at University of Calabar and University of Cross River State. A sample of seven hundred and fifty eight (758) undergraduates were used for the study. The selection was done through stratified and proportionate simple random sampling techniques. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire titled: Blended Learning Instructional Strategy and Entrepreneurship Skills Acquisition (BLISESAQ). The reliability of the instrument was established by using Cronbach Alpha reliability method. The reliability coefficient ranges from.76 to .74 which was high enough. Regression analysis was the statistical technique employed to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the analysis revealed that, blended learning instructional strategy significantly predicted entrepreneurship skills acquisition in Post-Covid-19 pandemic among undergraduates in public universities in Cross-River State. On the basis of the finding of this study, It was recommended that the government, non-governmental organizations, donor agencies and private philanthropists should ensure that they support the development and utilization of blended learning instructional strategy for quality delivery.
Keywords: Blended Learning, instructional strategy and Entrepreneurship skills. Download Pdf