Title:
EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON TEACHING OF ADULT LEARNERS IN LITERACY CENTRES OF SOUTH WEST, NIGERIA

Authors:
Oye Oyelami and Francis O. Olaniyi ,Nigeria

Abstract:
The study examined the effect of social media on teaching of adult learners and their performance in selected literacy centres of South-West, Nigeria. It ascertained the extent at which learners depend on social media as a tool to enhance their academic knowledge and gained academic information performance. The researchers employed survey method, questionnaire to elicit data from the respondents. Five research questions were raised for this study. Findings showed that social media, as it is all over the world enabled respondents to engage in interpersonal communication. The effects of information and communication technology on open and distance learning of adult literacy programme is very high. Majority of the learners see social media as a means of acquiring knowledge and also network with other like-minded learners as far as academic related information is concerned. However, poverty, non-availability of power supply was discovered to be a major impediments to adult learners’ usage of various social sites to enhance their academic performance