Imperatives of Technology Integration into Vocational Education Workspace and Environment of Universities of Education in South West, Niger

This study is designed to investigate the imperatives of integrating technology into vocational education workspace andenvironments in universities of education in south west, Nigeria, with reference to the current state of technology use, identifiedchallenges, prospects and strategies for effective technology integration into vocational education workspace and environments.Two research questions and two hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance was used for the study. The population of thestudy was 130 Part Two vocational education students and 25 teachers from Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, IjebuOde, Ogun State and Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State in the southwest, Nigeria made up the sample size. No sampling technique was used in the study. The instrument for the data collection wasa self-constructed questionnaire titled “Imperatives of technology integration into vocational education workspace andenvironment in universities of education’. The instrument was designed in a 5-point like scale of requirement. The questionnaireunderwent face validation by three experts: two from the Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Faculty ofEducation, Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State and one additional expert used to collect data. The internal consistency ofthe instrument was determined using the Cronbach-Alpha method, and its reliability was further established through thetest-retest technique. A trial test was conducted with vocational and technical educators from University of Lagos, Akoka, LagosState, Nigeria. The reliability coefficient was calculated to be 0.84, indicating that the instrument was reliable and valid for thestudy. The instrument was administered by the researchers. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation forthe research questions, while t-test was used to test the hypotheses. Findings revealed that there are significant gaps in technologyintegration, influenced by funding, modern equipment, lack professionally competent teachers, regular training and poormethodology, in order to promote technology integration in vocational education workspace and environment. It is