EFFECTS OF BASIC PODCAST AND VODCAST METHODS ON STUDENTS LEARNING OUTCOME INGENERAL WOODWORK IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN FCT, ABUJA, NIGERIA

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ABSTRACT The study was carried out to determine the effects of basic podcast and vodcast methodson Students learning outcome in General woodwork in Technical Colleges in FCT, Abuja, Nigeria. Six research questions and six research hypotheses guided the study. The study adopts quasi-experimental and Factorial research design. The population for this study comprised 126NTC II students offering general woodwork trade subject in technical colleges in FCT, Abuja. The instruments for data collection were: General woodwork Achievement and Retention Tests (GWWART) and General woodwork Interest Inventory (GWWII). The GWWART and GWWII were subjected to face and content validation by three experts from Industrial and Technology Education Department, Federal University of Technology, Minna. The reliability coefficient of GWWART was obtained to be 0.78 using Kuder Richardson 20 (K-R20) while that of GWWII was 0.85 through Cronbach Alpha statistics. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was employed to test the null hypothesis formulated for the study at 0.05 level of significance.The findings revealed that the two instructional methods (basic podcast and vodcast) significantly increase academic achievement with meanscores of (X1=57.27 X2=59.42).Interest(X1=41.59, X2=43.54). Retention(X1=59.42,X2=60.15) and ability level of students learninghigh (X2 =76.86, X2=93.67), medium (X1=57.79, X2=65.17) and low (X133.50, X2=37.00) but the group taught with vodcast has the highest performance followed by basic podcast method. The result of the hypotheses tested revealed that there was significant difference in the mean achievement scoresof students taught using basic podcast and vodcast method F(4.164), = 0.43, p< 0.05. Significance difference was observed in mean interest scoresof students taught using basic podcast and vodcast method F(5.779), = 0.018, p< 0.05. NoSignificance difference in mean retention scores of students taught using basic podcast and vodcast method F(13.317), = 0.000, p< 0.05. and there was Significance difference in mean ability scores of thestudentstaught using basic podcast and vodcast method F(26.232), = 0.000, p< 0.05. Based on the findings, the study therefore recommended that attention should be given to multimedia instructional methods that are student’s centred learning such as basic podcast and vodcast teaching methods in teaching vocational and technical subjects and trades such as general woodwork in Nigeria technical colleges.