DIGITAL IN CURRICULUM IMPLENMENTATION AT WORK PLACE IN THE NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Research activities are to meet the demands of changing workplace and to suggest 
solutions to the challenges posed by new technologies and ways of working. 
These challenges may be found among the professionals in many different fields. 
This paper examined academic perspectives regarding digital communication at 
work place with the use of computer. Specifically, it explored how vast in 
practices are the academics in communicating with colleagues at work place. This 
is with the view to enhancing effective implementation of the school curriculum 
in moving education forward globally in the 21st Century. Presently, the push 
towards increased globalization requires more interaction between people from 
diverse cultures, beliefs, and backgrounds and the effects of this call for adequate 
preparation of learners to fit into the interdependent world; this includes the 
differences between technological infrastructures in difference countries. This is 
necessary so that learners would understand and benefit from the increasing 
interconnectedness of the world and its sub-systems. A qualitative research 
method was used under a survey research design. The population comprised of 
all the lecturers in the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH). 
Ten (10) sample purposive random sampling was selected due to the fact all the 
population were lecturers and from the higher institutions. An interview was 
conducted by the researcher with the sampled participant, with their consent. 
Participant responses were analysed using thematic approach. The conclusions 
and recommendations reflected a changing world and marketplace, with respect 
to cultural differences. The expected benefits in the workplace include enhancing 
competitive edge, and increasing work productivity in the global education 
market.