Relationship Between Personality Traits and Lecturers’ use of Digital Technology for Teaching Research Methods in Federal Universities

Abstract

The study ascertained the relationship between personality traits and lecturers’ use of digital
technology for teaching research methods in federal universities in South-East, Nigeria. The study
was guided by three research questions and tested three corresponding hypotheses. Correlational
research design was utilized for the study. The population of the study comprised all 72 educational
research method lecturers in federal universities in South-East, Nigeria. No sampling was done as the
population is of manageable size. Data were collected using two sets of questionnaire. Data collected
were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The findings of the study revealed that
very high positive and significant relationship existed between openness and lecturers’ use of digital
technology for teaching research methods. Additionally, a low positive and insignificant relationship
existed between conscientiousness and lecturers’ use of digital technologies. It was recommended
among others that university authorities should provide institutional support and technological
infrastructure to shape the relationship between openness and lecturers’ use of digital technologies for
the teaching of research methods