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Otomiewo Esther Elo, Fewaripamogha Ebimobowei Richard.

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ABSTRACT The study examined how technological switch-over can enhance instructional delivery of Business Education programme in Colleges of Education in South-South Nigeria. The paper employed the survey of literatures to achieve the objectives. The study is based on three theories, Castells' Theory of Network Society:(1996), Theory of Technological Determinism was propounded by Marshall McLuhan in (1962). Three research questions and three hypotheses were raised in this study. The population for the study was two hundred and fifty-one business educators in colleges of education in South-South, Nigeria. There was no sampling as the entire population was used in the study while 227 were used for data analysis indicating the number of questionnaires that were returned. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation. The mean figures were 3.0 and above which showed a high extent response from the respondents to the questions posed. While the hypotheses were tested using t-test statistical tool at 0.05 significant level. It was found out that male and female, experienced and inexperienced business educators WhatsApp Platforms have high extent of influence on content delivery and supervision, skills development as well as educators’ expectations among other findings. It is therefore concluded that technological switch-over highly enhances instructional delivery of Business Education programme in colleges of education in South-South Nigeria. It is therefore recommended that business educators should be trained on the use of these digital technologies for instructional delivery in colleges of education in South-South, Nigeria. Keywords: Business Education, Technological Switch -Over and Instructional Delivery

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