Abstract
This study investigated the skills possessed by computer education lecturers in Colleges of Education for
developing instructional courseware.The study adopted the survey research design.The population for the study
is 102 comprised of 77 (51 males and 26 females)Computer Education lecturers in Colleges of Education in the
South East, Nigeria and 25 ICT experts from the ICT Unit of the Colleges of Education surveved. There was no
sampling since the population was manageable. Three specific purposes and four null hypotheses guided the
study. The instrument for data collection was the researcher-developed questionnaire. The data collected were
analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions while t-test and ANOVA statistic were
employed to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that computer education
lecturers do not possess adequate multimedia authoring skills required for developing enriched captivating digital
courseware for instructional delivery.It was therefore recommended that formation of mentoring groups for sharing
innovative ideas on effective implementation of multimedia instruction in the classroom; organizing regular
trainings for computer education lecturers in the form of internal/external capacity building through funding by
TETFund.UNESCO.Federal Ministry of Education among others should be vigoroushy pursued towards
enhancing the skills of lecturers in utilizing multimedia tools in teaching and learning.
Keywords:Multimedia,Authoring Systems.Courseware,Computer Education,Lecturers.
Publication Date: 2019-12-05