Abstract
This paper determined the e-teaching competencies for capacity building needs of lecturers for
effective delivery of technical education programmes in the universities in south eastern Nigeria.
Three research questions guided the study. The study made use of survey research design. It was
carried out in southeast states of Nigeria. The population for the study was 105 lecturers of
technical education and computer education. A self developed 44-competency item questionnaire
was used for data collection and it was validated by three experts. Cronbach Alpha reliability
method was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument while the reliability
coefficient of 0.82 was obtained. One hundred and five copies of questionnaire were administered
to the respondents by the researchers while 101 copies of the questionnaire were returned and
analyzed using Mean and Improvement Need Index (INI) to answer the research questions. It was
found out that those lecturers of technical education needed capacity building in the operating
computer, up loading of text on the internet and videoconferencing for e-teaching in universities.
It is therefore recommended that the findings of this study be packaged and used for retraining
lecturers of technical education through seminars, workshops or shot duration courses on eteaching
for effective delivery of technical education courses in universities in Southeastern
Nigeria.
Keywords: Capacity-building, Technical Education Lecturers, e-teaching, Instructional delivery,
Teacher training
Publication Date: 2016-12-14